Bible Verses About Industry: General references
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In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
Verses on General references
And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.
Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:
4He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
5He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
23Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
24For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
25The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
26The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
27And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;