Bible Verses About Livelihood

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the Lord, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.

Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;

Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.

Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.

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

Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.

He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.

Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.

But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?

For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.

Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.

Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.

Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,

And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.

For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.

Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.

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

And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.

He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.

And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.

There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.

At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the Lord, and it be sin unto thee.