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20 Bible Verses About Hard Work

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  • Genesis 2:15 gives the first man work in Eden, before the curse on the ground in Genesis 3:17-19 makes it toil “by the sweat of your face.”
  • Proverbs sets the diligent against the sluggard and sends the sluggard to learn from the ant, which works without any ruler (Proverbs 6:6-8).
  • Colossians 3:23-24 was written to bondservants and counts their work for earthly masters as service to the Lord Christ.
  • Ephesians 4:28 and Acts 20:35 give a purpose for work beyond one’s own needs: to share with anyone in need and to help the weak.
  • The Sabbath commandment limits labor to six days and extends the day of rest to servants, livestock and the sojourner (Exodus 20:9-10).

The Bible commends hard work and warns against laziness. In Proverbs, the soul of the diligent “is richly supplied” while the sluggard “gets nothing” (Proverbs 13:4), and the sluggard is sent to learn from the ant (Proverbs 6:6-8). Work is given to the first man in Eden (Genesis 2:15) and becomes toil “by the sweat of your face” after the ground is cursed (Genesis 3:19). The New Testament tells believers to work “heartily, as for the Lord” (Colossians 3:23), to…

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Scripture quotations are from the English Standard Version.

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