Work Hard

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

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

He becometh poor that dealeth 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 provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

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

In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.

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

I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.

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

If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; — read the full passage →

Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again; — read the full passage →

For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. — read the full passage →

The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance 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 slothful, 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 slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

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

Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

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

Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the 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 labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer 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 the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him.

But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, 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 is 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, give 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 the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.