Bible Verses About A Man Working
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for a man working, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,815 votes, led by 1 Timothy 3:2. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about A Man Working
1 Timothy 3:2611 votes
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
Genesis 2:15214 votes
And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Ephesians 4:28168 votes
Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Proverbs 14:23165 votes
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
2 Thessalonians 3:10159 votes
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
1 Timothy 5:8153 votes
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Exodus 20:9149 votes
Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
Proverbs 12:11134 votes
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
Proverbs 13:4131 votes
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Proverbs 22:29121 votes
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
Proverbs 16:3115 votes
Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.
1 Thessalonians 4:11-12104 votes
And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
Proverbs 6:6-8101 votes
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Colossians 3:2396 votes
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Ecclesiastes 9:1087 votes
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.
Colossians 3:23-2465 votes
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Proverbs 10:461 votes
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
2 Thessalonians 3:1256 votes
Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
Proverbs 10:4-551 votes
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Proverbs 18:944 votes
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
Proverbs 12:2438 votes
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
1 Thessalonians 4:1137 votes
And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
Proverbs 28:1933 votes
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
1 Corinthians 15:5833 votes
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Titus 3:1433 votes
And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.
What does the Bible say about a man working?
Readers most often cite 1 Timothy 3:2 on the subject of a man working. Across 3,815 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Genesis 2:15, Ephesians 4:28, Proverbs 14:23. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.