70 Bible Verses About Work Ethic

Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the Lord: so they sanctified the house of the Lord in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.

And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,

And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the Lord had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.

And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.

Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,

The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.

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

And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.

The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;

And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.

And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.

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

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

He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

And the asses of Kish Saul’s father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses.

The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.

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

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

And he set three days’ journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon,

And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the Lord’s tribute was threescore and one.

Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;

As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.

From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that came to do the service of the ministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation,

From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.

In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.

And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.

A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.

She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.

As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.

And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was over the levy.

A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.

And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.

Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

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

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

And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.

Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.

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

From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation.

The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.

How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the Lord was with him, and that which he did, the Lord made it to prosper.

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

As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.

I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:

There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.

For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.

Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:

And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood standing up.

Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.

And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof: