Working For God

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men, — read the full passage →

But Jesus answered them, “My Father is still working, so I am working, too.”

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us; establish the work of our hands for us; yes, establish the work of our hands.

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: “If anyone will not work, neither let him eat.”

Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s farming, God’s building.

Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.

Don’t work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.”

knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.

For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.

So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. — read the full passage →

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.

One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

in all things showing yourself an example of good works; in your teaching showing integrity, seriousness, incorruptibility, — read the full passage →

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you 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.’”

For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.

The farmers who labor must be the first to get a share of the crops.

Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise, and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it. — read the full passage →

and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you; — read the full passage →

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: — read the full passage →

The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

Let all that you do be done in love.

But let each man test his own work, and then he will take pride in himself and not in his neighbor. — read the full passage →

Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.

God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work of creation which he had done.

and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live. — read the full passage →

For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you.

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.

God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.

Most certainly I tell you, he who believes in me, the works that I do, he will do also; and he will do greater works than these, because I am going to my Father.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, — read the full passage →

rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;

For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: “If anyone will not work, neither let him eat.” — read the full passage →

Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.

For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

To Adam he said, “Because you have listened to your wife’s voice, and ate from the tree, about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ the ground is cursed for your sake. You will eat from it with much labor all the days of your life. — read the full passage →

There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God. — read the full passage →

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.

You shall surely give, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him; because that for this thing Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work, and in all that you put your hand to.

“‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap into the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest: you shall leave them for the poor, and for the foreigner. I am Yahweh your God.’”

Therefore leaving the teaching of the first principles of Christ, let us press on to perfection—not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God, — read the full passage →

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

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →

Watch yourselves, that we don’t lose the things which we have accomplished, but that we receive a full reward.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

Now who is he who will harm you, if you become imitators of that which is good?

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

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

with good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men;

Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, — read the full passage →

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.

not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; — read the full passage →

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.

Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion. — read the full passage →

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” — read the full passage →

Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?’” — read the full passage →

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God.

Do I speak these things according to the ways of men? Or doesn’t the law also say the same thing?

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

but she will be saved through her childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and sanctification with sobriety.

No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

You ask, and don’t receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.

His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

On the first day of the week, let each one of you save, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer. — read the full passage →

Go,and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Yet God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. — read the full passage →

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. — read the full passage →

Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

After the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, took leave of them, and departed to go into Macedonia. — read the full passage →