Bible Verses About Craftsmanship

And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.

And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work.

And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.

And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,

And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;

The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the Lord?

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work.

And the Lord shewed me four carpenters.

The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.

Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the Lord put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the Lord had commanded.

Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.

And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.

For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.

Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.

And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.

And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even they shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing skilful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment.

Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.

So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.

Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.

And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.

They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the Lord:

Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?

To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:

For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.

Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof.

According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.

According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.

He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.

And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made;

The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure.

If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.

The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.

Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.

So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.