Bible Verses About Work Ethic
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for work ethic, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 28,455 votes, led by Colossians 3:23. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Work Ethic
Colossians 3:231,430 votes
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Proverbs 16:3968 votes
Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.
Proverbs 14:23938 votes
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
2 Thessalonians 3:10916 votes
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
Ecclesiastes 9:10773 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 10:4732 votes
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Acts 20:35706 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.
Proverbs 12:11661 votes
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
1 Corinthians 10:31529 votes
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Proverbs 13:4506 votes
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Genesis 2:15498 votes
And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Ephesians 4:28490 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 22:29467 votes
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
1 Timothy 5:8452 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.
Psalms 128:2424 votes
For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
1 Corinthians 15:58397 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.
Matthew 5:16369 votes
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Proverbs 3:5-6340 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Proverbs 21:25335 votes
The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
2 Thessalonians 3:6-9319 votes
Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
Proverbs 11:1317 votes
A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.
Hebrews 6:10312 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.
Colossians 3:17309 votes
And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Psalms 90:17291 votes
And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
Proverbs 24:30-34283 votes
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
What does the Bible say about work ethic?
Readers most often cite Colossians 3:23 on the subject of work ethic. Across 28,455 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 16:3, Proverbs 14:23, 2 Thessalonians 3:10. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.