Hard work and diligence are valued in the Bible, with Jesus teaching to labor for eternal rewards, as seen in John 6:27. The apostle Paul commends the Thessalonians for their work of faith, noting its importance in their Christian walk, in 1 Thessalonians 1:3. Scripture also acknowledges the need for rest and enjoyment of one's labor, as expressed in Ecclesiastes 3:12-13, and encourages believers to work honestly, as taught in Ephesians 4:28. Ultimately, Jesus invites the weary to come to Him for rest, as recorded in Matthew 11:28, offering a deeper sense of purpose and fulfillment in their labor.
Relevance Score
41%
Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”
and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live, and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God.
He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.
He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.
Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.
Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men,
By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates. For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.
Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
Take no bag for the road, or second tunic, or sandals, or staff; for the worker is worthy of his provisions.
Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God. For apart from Him, who can eat and who can find enjoyment?
Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.