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What Does the Bible Say About Workers?

Here are 9 Bible verses about workers, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1Psalms 90:17

    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.

    BSBMay the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish for us the work of our hands— yes, establish the work of our hands!

  2. #2Proverbs 16:3

    Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.

    BSBCommit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved.

  3. #3Colossians 3:23

    And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

    BSBWhatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men,

  4. #4Proverbs 12:24

    The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

    BSBThe hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.

  5. #5Acts 20:35

    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.

    BSBIn everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

  6. #6Colossians 3:23-24

    And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

    BSBWhatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men, because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.

  7. #7Proverbs 14:23

    In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

    BSBThere is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

  8. #8Ephesians 4:28

    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.

    BSBHe who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.

  9. #92 Timothy 2:15

    Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

    BSBMake every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth.

Verse rankings: OpenBible.info Topical Bible (CC BY). Scripture: KJV & BSB (public domain).

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