Bible Verses About Labor

A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.

Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:

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

And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.

And they journeyed from Beth–el; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.

They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them.

Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.

For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.

Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the Lord: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.

For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.

And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.

I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.

What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?

Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.

He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.

Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the Lord shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.

Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.

And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the Lord.

Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O Lord.

My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,

I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.

Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.

And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.

Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.

For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.

Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:

The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.

Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.

He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.

For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?

And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.

That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with us, and laboureth.

And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.