Work

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

Roll unto Jehovah thy works, And established are thy purposes,

I have known that there is no good for them except to rejoice and to do good during their life, — read the full passage →

And Jehovah God taketh the man, and causeth him to rest in the garden of Eden, to serve it, and to keep it.

Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;

And let the pleasantness of Jehovah our God be upon us, And the work of our hands establish on us, Yea, the work of our hands establish it!

He also that is remiss in his work, A brother he <FI>is<Fi> to a destroyer.

In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips <FI>is<Fi> only to want.

whoso is stealing let him no more steal, but rather let him labour, working the thing that is good with the hands, that he may have to impart to him having need.

Lo, that which I have seen: <FI>It is<Fi> good, because beautiful, to eat, and to drink, and to see good in all one's labour that he laboureth at under the sun, the number of the days of his life that God hath given to him, for it <FI> is<Fi> his portion. — read the full passage →

for even when we were with you, this we did command you, that if any one is not willing to work, neither let him eat,

and all, whatever ye may do in word or in work, <FI>do<Fi> all things in the name of the Lord Jesus--giving thanks to the God and Father, through him.

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men, — read the full passage →

The hand of the diligent ruleth, And slothfulness becometh tributary.

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.

let all your things be done in love.

so that, my brethren beloved, become ye stedfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labour is not vain in the Lord.

work not for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to life age-during, which the Son of Man will give to you, for him did the Father seal--<FI> even<Fi> God.'

The servants! obey in all things those who are masters according to the flesh, not in eye-service as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing God; — read the full passage →

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

Whoso is tilling the ground is satisfied <FI>with<Fi> bread, And whoso is pursuing vanities is lacking heart,

The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.

be diligent to present thyself approved to God--a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

for God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labour of the love, that ye shewed to His name, having ministered to the saints and ministering;

and his own work let each one prove, and then in regard to himself alone the glorying he shall have, and not in regard to the other, — read the full passage →

The purposes of the diligent <FI>are<Fi> only to advantage, And of every hasty one, only to want.

The two <FI>are<Fi> better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour.

and God <FI>is<Fi> able all grace to cause to abound to you, that in every thing always all sufficiency having, ye may abound to every good work,

and to study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we did command you,

the labouring husbandman it behoveth first of the fruits to partake;

And I have turned, and I see all the oppressions that are done under the sun, and lo, the tear of the oppressed, and they have no comforter; and at the hand of their oppressors <FI>is<Fi> power, and they have no comforter. — read the full passage →

Every man also to whom God hath given wealth and riches, and hath given him power to eat of it, and to accept his portion, and to rejoice in his labour, this is a gift of God.

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness, — read the full passage →

Lo, that which I have seen: <FI>It is<Fi> good, because beautiful, to eat, and to drink, and to see good in all one's labour that he laboureth at under the sun, the number of the days of his life that God hath given to him, for it <FI> is<Fi> his portion.

All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work, and device, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol whither thou art going.

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,

and by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace that <FI>is<Fi> towards me came not in vain, but more abundantly than they all did I labour, yet not I, but the grace of God that <FI>is<Fi> with me;

And I have seen all the labour, and all the benefit of the work, because for it a man is the envy of his neighbour. Even this <FI>is<Fi> vanity and vexation of spirit.

and she shall be saved through the child-bearing, if they remain in faith, and love, and sanctification, with sobriety.

Wherefore, having left the word of the beginning of the Christ, unto the perfection we may advance, not again a foundation laying of reformation from dead works, and of faith on God, — read the full passage →

Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof <FI>is<Fi> brutish. — read the full passage →

and, confessedly, great is the secret of piety--God was manifested in flesh, declared righteous in spirit, seen by messengers, preached among nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory!

According to man do I speak these things? or doth not also the law say these things?

but I make account of none of these, neither do I count my life precious to myself, so that I finish my course with joy, and the ministration that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify fully the good news of the grace of God.

The labour of thy hands thou surely eatest, Happy <FI>art<Fi> thou, and good <FI>is<Fi> to thee.

And after the ceasing of the tumult, Paul having called near the disciples, and having embraced <FI>them<Fi> , went forth to go on to Macedonia; — read the full passage →

look to the fowls of the heaven, for they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into storehouses, and your heavenly Father doth nourish them; are not ye much better than they?

The blessing of Jehovah--it maketh rich, And He addeth no grief with it.

See to yourselves that ye may not lose the things that we wrought, but a full reward may receive;

and who <FI>is<Fi> he who will be doing you evil, if of Him who is good ye may become imitators?

there doth remain, then, a sabbatic rest to the people of God, — read the full passage →

for even when we were with you, this we did command you, that if any one is not willing to work, neither let him eat, — read the full passage →

`Verily, verily, I say to you, he who is believing in me, the works that I do--that one also shall do, and greater than these he shall do, because I go on to my Father;

so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens.

the things above mind ye, not the things upon the earth,

Servants--to their own masters <FI>are<Fi> to be subject, in all things to be well-pleasing, not gainsaying, — read the full passage →

And God blesseth the seventh day, and sanctifieth it, for in it He hath ceased from all His work which God had prepared for making.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God; — read the full passage →

and to study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we did command you, — read the full passage →

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

`Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not--reward ye have not from your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens; — read the full passage →

And Jesus answered them, `My Father till now doth work, and I work;'

for ye did die, and your life hath been hid with the Christ in God;

for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,

through which also ye are being saved, in what words I proclaimed good news to you, if ye hold fast, except ye did believe in vain,

And God seeth all that He hath done, and lo, very good; and there is an evening, and there is a morning--day the sixth.

Poor <FI>is<Fi> he who is working--a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering the spirits.

and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap--not desponding;

if to others I am not an apostle--yet doubtless to you I am; for the seal of my apostleship are ye in the Lord.

Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great. — read the full passage →

all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart. — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise; — read the full passage →

Thou turnest man unto a bruised thing, And sayest, Turn back, ye sons of men.

having known that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance--for the Lord Christ ye serve;

Hast thou seen a man speedy in his business? Before kings he doth station himself, He stations not himself before obscure men!

concerning all things thyself showing a pattern of good works; in the teaching uncorruptedness, gravity, incorruptibility, — read the full passage →

And to the man He said, `Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and dost eat of the tree concerning which I have charged thee, saying, Thou dost not eat of it, cursed <FI>is<Fi> the ground on thine account; in sorrow thou dost eat of it all days of thy life, — read the full passage →

in the diligence not slothful; in the spirit fervent; the Lord serving;

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. — read the full passage →

All things do without murmurings and reasonings, — read the full passage →

A little sleep, a little slumber, A little clasping of the hands to rest, — read the full passage →

on every first <FI>day<Fi> of the week, let each one of you lay by him, treasuring up whatever he may have prospered, that when I may come then collections may not be made;

Hast not Thou made a hedge for him, and for his house, and for all that he hath--round about?

the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept,

Treasures of wickedness profit not, And righteousness delivereth from death.

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men, — read the full passage →

There is nothing good in a man who eateth, and hath drunk, and hath shewn his soul good in his labour. This also I have seen that it <FI>is<Fi> from the hand of God.

thou dost certainly give to him, and thy heart is not sad in thy giving to him, for because of this thing doth Jehovah thy God bless thee in all thy works, and in every putting forth of thy hand;

with good-will serving, as to the Lord, and not to men,

`Thou dost not oppress a hireling, poor and needy, of thy brethren or of thy sojourner who is in thy land within thy gates;

`And in your reaping the harvest of your land thou dost not complete the corner of thy field in thy reaping, and the gleaning of thy harvest thou dost not gather, to the poor and to the sojourner thou dost leave them; I Jehovah <FI> am<Fi> your God.'

and labour, working with <FI>our<Fi> own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer;

for kings, and all who are in authority, that a quiet and peaceable life we may lead in all piety and gravity,

And I am praising the dead who have already died above the living who are yet alive.