What Does the Bible Say About Work?

Proverbs 14:23

“In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.”

Colossians 3:23

“Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men.”

Ecclesiastes 9:10

“Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might...”

Proverbs 12:11

“Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread...”

1 Corinthians 15:58

“Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord...”

Proverbs 13:4

“The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.”

Ecclesiastes 5:12

“Sweet is the sleep of a laborer...”