Working Too Much

whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men; — read the full passage →

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.

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

Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind. — read the full passage →

Take heed lest there shall be any one that maketh spoil of you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ:

I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is righteous; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

And he that was sown upon the good ground, this is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; who verily beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,

Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom.

In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. — read the full passage →

And when Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand about thee from morning unto even? — read the full passage →

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!

And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart: — read the full passage →

And furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. — read the full passage →

And he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that heareth the word; and the care of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol.