Bible Verses About Work Hard
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for work hard, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 317 votes, led by Proverbs 21:5. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Work Hard
Proverbs 21:578 votes
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
Colossians 3:2350 votes
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Proverbs 10:433 votes
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Proverbs 13:423 votes
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
1 Timothy 5:821 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 9:1018 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 14:2314 votes
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
Proverbs 12:1112 votes
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
Proverbs 12:2412 votes
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
2 Timothy 2:1512 votes
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Proverbs 20:411 votes
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Proverbs 24:2711 votes
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
Acts 20:3511 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.
1 Thessalonians 4:1111 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;
What does the Bible say about work hard?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 21:5 on the subject of work hard. Across 317 votes, 14 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Colossians 3:23, Proverbs 10:4, Proverbs 13:4. This page lists all 14 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.