Top 25 Bible Verses About Hard Work (NIV)

²³ Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men,

⁴ The sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.

²³ All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

¹³ I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

¹⁰ For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If a man will not work, he shall not eat." ¹¹ We hear that some among you are idle. They are not busy; they are busybodies. ¹² Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the bread they eat.

³ Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.

¹⁴ Do everything without complaining or arguing, ¹⁵ so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe

²⁴ Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

³¹ So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.

¹¹ Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, ¹² so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.

³⁷ For nothing is impossible with God."

¹⁰ Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the grave, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.

¹⁷ And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

⁸ If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

⁹ Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

²⁴ since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.

⁶ The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops.

¹¹ He who works his land will have abundant food, but he who chases fantasies lacks judgment.

⁷ In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness ⁸ and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.

¹⁵ The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.

⁶ Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! ⁷ It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, ⁸ yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.

⁷ Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men,

³⁵ In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

² You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours.

¹¹ For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.