Work Hard

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; But every one that is hastyhastethonly to want.

whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men;

He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.

In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lipstendethonly to penury.

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.

Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain persons is void of understanding.

and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Prepare thy work without, And make it ready for thee in the field; And afterwards build thy house.

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

if any man speaketh, speaking as it were oracles of God; if any man ministereth, ministering as of the strength which God supplieth: that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, whose is the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.

give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again.

It is vain for you to rise up early, To take rest late, To eat the bread of toil; Forso he giveth unto his beloved sleep.

For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, — read the full passage →

Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing to them in all things; not gainsaying; — read the full passage →

Forit isaswhena man, going into another country, called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. — read the full passage →

The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much; but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; — read the full passage →

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men.

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise: — read the full passage →

knowing that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance: ye serve the Lord Christ.

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord.

not in the way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; — read the full passage →

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need.

or he that exhorteth, to his exhorting: he that giveth, let him do it with liberality; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness.

And in that same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

The desire of the sluggard killeth him; For his hands refuse to labor.

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth by labor shall have increase.

A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth; And the doings of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him.

and without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.

Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise; — read the full passage →

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise: — read the full passage →

Masters, render unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds:

And Jehovah God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.