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21 Bible Verses About Being Productive

Christian Pure Team

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Zusammenfassung

  • Genesis 2:15 gives the man work in Eden, before the disobedience of Genesis 3.
  • Ephesians 4:28 and Titus 3:14 give the purpose of work as providing for people in need.
  • The rule “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat” in 2 Thessalonians 3:10 is aimed at the unwilling, and Paul points to his own labor as the example.
  • Proverbs 24:33-34 repeats Proverbs 6:10-11 almost word for word: poverty comes through “a little sleep, a little slumber.”
  • The Sabbath command in Exodus 20:8-10 sets six days of work beside one day of rest, and Deuteronomy 5:15 ties the rest to Israel’s release from slavery.

The Bible treats work as part of what people were made for. God put the man in Eden “to work it and take care of it” (Genesis 2:15). Colossians 3:23-24 tells workers to do whatever they do “as working for the Lord.” Other passages tie work to earning one’s own food and having something to share (2 Thessalonians 3:10-11, Ephesians 4:28), warn against laziness (Proverbs 6:6-8) and describe a believer’s life as good works and fruit (Ephesians 2:10, John 15:8,…

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Die Bibelzitate stammen aus der „New International Version“.

King James Version, Romans 12:11, Titus 3:14 and 2 Peter 1:8, for the renderings “Not slothful in business,” “that they be not unfruitful” and “neither be barren nor unfruitful.” biblegateway.com

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