Bible Verses About Choosing a Career
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for choosing a career, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 6,610 votes, led by Proverbs 3:5-6. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Choosing a Career
Proverbs 3:5-6562 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Jeremiah 29:11-14450 votes
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Psalms 32:8447 votes
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
Proverbs 16:3422 votes
Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.
Proverbs 19:21327 votes
There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.
Proverbs 3:6267 votes
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Psalms 37:4225 votes
Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Proverbs 24:27213 votes
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
Joshua 1:8180 votes
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
John 3:27174 votes
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
Jeremiah 17:7169 votes
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
James 1:1-27136 votes
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
Ecclesiastes 9:10120 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.
Proverbs 18:16116 votes
A man’s gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
1 Timothy 4:8116 votes
For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
Psalms 1:1-2113 votes
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
James 1:17101 votes
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
1 Thessalonians 4:11-12100 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;
Romans 8:2899 votes
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Psalms 127:196 votes
Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Hebrews 11:193 votes
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Proverbs 14:2360 votes
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
Deuteronomy 8:1859 votes
But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
Matthew 6:3359 votes
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Proverbs 31:10-3158 votes
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
What does the Bible say about choosing a career?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 3:5-6 on the subject of choosing a career. Across 6,610 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Jeremiah 29:11-14, Psalms 32:8, Proverbs 16:3. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.