Bible Verses About Labor
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for labor, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 16,267 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 15:58. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Labor
1 Corinthians 15:58488 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.
Ephesians 4:28439 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 14:23422 votes
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
Colossians 3:23341 votes
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Proverbs 16:3304 votes
Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.
Genesis 2:15292 votes
And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Exodus 20:9291 votes
Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
Colossians 3:23-24290 votes
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Acts 20:35284 votes
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.
Matthew 11:28275 votes
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Hebrews 6:10265 votes
For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
Proverbs 12:11261 votes
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
Philippians 4:13245 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
John 6:27240 votes
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
James 5:4229 votes
Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
Psalms 127:1227 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.
1 Thessalonians 4:11227 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 13:11211 votes
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
2 Thessalonians 3:10205 votes
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
Genesis 3:19204 votes
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
1 Thessalonians 1:3192 votes
Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
Ecclesiastes 9:10189 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.
Isaiah 41:10177 votes
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
1 Timothy 5:8176 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.
Ecclesiastes 3:12-13171 votes
I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
What does the Bible say about labor?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 15:58 on the subject of labor. Across 16,267 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 4:28, Proverbs 14:23, Colossians 3:23. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.