Work Ethic

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,

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

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,

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.

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

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.'

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

The desire of the slothful slayeth him, For his hands have refused to work.

And we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to withdraw yourselves from every brother disorderly walking, and not after the deliverance that ye received from us, — read the full passage →

Balances of deceit <FI>are<Fi> an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight <FI>is<Fi> His delight.

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 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 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!

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

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

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

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 →

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

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

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

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 →

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

Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes--be satisfied <FI>with<Fi> bread.

Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing.

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

and as ye wish that men may do to you, do ye also to them in like manner;

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

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

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied <FI>with<Fi> bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled <FI>with<Fi> poverty.

for the Writing saith, `An ox treading out thou shalt not muzzle,' and `Worthy <FI>is<Fi> the workman of his reward.'

`He who is faithful in the least, <FI>is<Fi> also faithful in much; and he who in the least <FI>is<Fi> unrighteous, is also unrighteous in much;

O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat; — read the full passage →

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

And concerning the brotherly love, ye have no need of <FI>my<Fi> writing to you, for ye yourselves are God-taught to love one another, — read the full passage →

Sweet <FI>is<Fi> the sleep of the labourer whether he eat little or much; and the sufficiency of the wealthy is not suffering him to sleep.

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

for a root of all the evils is the love of money, which certain longing for did go astray from the faith, and themselves did pierce through with many sorrows;

nor for nought did we eat bread of any one, but in labour and in travail, night and day working, not to be chargeable to any of you;

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

`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 this same also--all diligence having brought in besides, superadd in your faith the worthiness, and in the worthiness the knowledge, — read the full passage →

So that, my beloved, as ye always obey, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, with fear and trembling your own salvation work out,

And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man rejoice in his works, for it <FI>is<Fi> his portion; for who doth bring him in to look on that which is after him?

and we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the infirm, be patient unto all;

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.

`And thou hast remembered Jehovah thy God, for He it <FI>is<Fi> who is giving to thee power to make wealth, in order to establish His covenant which He hath sworn to thy fathers as <FI>at<Fi> this day.

each, according as he received a gift, to one another ministering it, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God; — read the full passage →

Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow--that also he shall reap, — read the full passage →

Words of Lemuel a king, a declaration that his mother taught him: — read the full passage →

Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise;

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

A Song of the Ascents, by Solomon. If Jehovah doth not build the house, In vain have its builders laboured at it, If Jehovah doth not watch a city, In vain hath a watchman waked.

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

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.

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 →

with good-will serving, as to the Lord, and not to men, — read the full passage →

And the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host; — read the full passage →

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;

Vain for you who are rising early, Who delay sitting, eating the bread of griefs, So He giveth to His beloved one sleep.

and let the endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire--in nothing lacking;

for he who did enter into his rest, he also rested from his works, as God from His own.

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service; — read the full passage →

The integrity of the upright leadeth them, And the perverseness of the treacherous destroyeth them.

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;

The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant <FI>is<Fi> the borrower to the lender.

And I said, `For a vain thing I laboured, For emptiness and vanity my power I consumed, But my judgment <FI>is<Fi> with Jehovah, And my wage with my God.

Who <FI>is<Fi> wise, and doth understand these? Prudent, and knoweth them? For upright are the ways of Jehovah, And the righteous go on in them, And the transgressors stumble therein!

six days thou dost labour, and hast done all thy work, — read the full passage →

Of man <FI>are<Fi> arrangements of the heart, And from Jehovah an answer of the tongue.

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

for those sleeping, by night do sleep, and those making themselves drunk, by night are drunken,

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

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 →

but it is great gain--the piety with contentment; — read the full passage →

wherefore, beloved, these things waiting for, be diligent, spotless and unblameable, by Him to be found in peace,

Wherefore, putting away the lying, speak truth each with his neighbour, because we are members one of another; — read the full passage →

And now, O Jehovah, thou <FI>art<Fi> our Father, We <FI>are<Fi> the clay, and Thou our Framer, And the work of Thy hand--all of us.

If the iron hath been blunt, And he the face hath not sharpened, Then doth he increase strength, And wisdom <FI>is<Fi> advantageous to make right.

`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.'

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

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.

to the necessities of the saints communicating; the hospitality pursuing.

let no one despise thy youth, but a pattern become thou of those believing in word, in behaviour, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity;

If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated, — read the full passage →

And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews; — read the full passage →

And he said to them, `The sabbath for man was made, not man for the sabbath,

for through faith we walk, not through sight--

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