Bible Verses About Industry: General references

Idle hands bring poverty; diligent hands bring wealth.

A sensible person gathers in summer, but he who sleeps during harvest is an embarrassment.

Take care to know the condition of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds.

For wealth doesn't last forever, neither does a crown through all generations.

When the hay has been mown, and the new grass appears, and the mountain greens have been gathered;

the lambs will provide your clothing, the goats will sell for enough to buy a field,

and there will be enough goat's milk to [buy] food for you and your household and maintenance for your servant-girls.

the ants, a species not strong, yet they store up their food in the summer;

the coneys, a species with little power, yet they make their home in the rocks;

the locusts, who have no king, yet they all march out in ranks;

and the spiders, which you can catch in your hand, yet they are in the king's palace.

She procures a supply of wool and flax and works with willing hands.

She is like those merchant vessels, bringing her food from far away.

It's still dark when she rises to give food to her household and orders to the young women serving her.

She considers a field, then buys it, and from her earnings she plants a vineyard.

She gathers her strength around her and throws herself into her work.

She sees that her business affairs go well; her lamp stays lit at night.

She puts her hands to the staff with the flax; her fingers hold the spinning rod.

She reaches out to embrace the poor and opens her arms to the needy.

When it snows, she has no fear for her household; since all of them are doubly clothed.

She makes her own quilts; she is clothed in fine linen and purple.

Her husband is known at the city gates when he sits with the leaders of the land.

She makes linen garments and sells them; she supplies the merchants with sashes.

Clothed with strength and dignity, she can laugh at the days to come.

When she opens her mouth, she speaks wisely; on her tongue is loving instruction.