Working Hard

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

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

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,

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

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

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.

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 →

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 labouring husbandman it behoveth first of the fruits to partake;

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.

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

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

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!

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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,

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

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

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

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 →

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

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.'

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

I have known thy works, and thy labour, and thy endurance, and that thou art not able to bear evil ones, and that thou hast tried those saying themselves to be apostles and are not, and hast found them liars, — read the full passage →

So then, my brethren, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand ye in the Lord, beloved. — read the full passage →

and labour, working with <FI>our<Fi> own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer; — read the full passage →

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

He also that is remiss in his work, A brother he <FI>is<Fi> to a destroyer. — read the full passage →

For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, — read the full passage →

And we ought--we who are strong--to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves; — read the full passage →

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

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

Thou, therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that <FI>is<Fi> in Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

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

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

concerning all things thyself showing a pattern of good works; in the teaching uncorruptedness, gravity, incorruptibility,

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

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.

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

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 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 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 →

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

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;

salute Tryphaena, and Tryphosa, who are labouring in the Lord; salute Persis, the beloved, who did labour much in the Lord.

I sent you to reap that on which ye have not laboured; others laboured, and ye into their labour have entered.

Roll on Jehovah thy way, And trust upon Him, and He worketh,

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

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 →

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 →

I have known that there is no good for them except to rejoice and to do good during their life, — 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.

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

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

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

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.

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 →

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;

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

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 →

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

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

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!

let all your things be done in love.

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.

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 →

`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;

Jesus saith to them, `My food is, that I may do the will of Him who sent me, and may finish His work;

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?

`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 →

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

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

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.

The slothful hath said, `A lion <FI>is<Fi> in the way, A lion <FI>is<Fi> in the broad places.'