Top 25 Bible Verses About Child Labor (ESV)

14 but Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.”

14 Here for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be a burden, for I seek not what is yours but you. For children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

21 When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.

13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

10   fear not, for I am with you;
    be not dismayed, for I am your God;
  I will strengthen you, I will help you,
    I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

23 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,

15 Now they were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them. And when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. 16 But Jesus called them to him, saying, “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. 17 Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.”

12 she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”

28 Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.

16 To the woman he said,

  “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing;
    in pain you shall bring forth children.
  Your desire shall be contrary to your husband,
    but he shall rule over you.”

6   Train up a child in the way he should go;
    even when he is old he will not depart from it.

35 In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

11   Rescue those who are being taken away to death;
    hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.

3   You keep him in perfect peace
    whose mind is stayed on you,
    because he trusts in you.

11 and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you,

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

27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

7 casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

3   Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD,
    the fruit of the womb a reward.

11   Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread,
    but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense.

22   Cast your burden on the LORD,
    and he will sustain you;
  he will never permit
    the righteous to be moved.

27 Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.”