Bible Verses About Industry
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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;
Every verse, in Bible order
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.
30I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
31And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
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.
25The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
26The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
27The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
28The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.
13She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
14She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
15She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
16She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
17She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
18She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.