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What Does the Bible Say About Working Overtime?

Here are 7 Bible verses about working overtime, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1Proverbs 23:4

    Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

    BSBDo not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.

  2. #2Hebrews 13:5

    Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

    BSBKeep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”

  3. #3Proverbs 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.

  4. #4Philippians 4:13

    I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

    BSBI can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

  5. #5Colossians 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,

  6. #6John 10:10

    The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

    BSBThe thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.

  7. #7Psalms 127:2

    It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

    BSBIn vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat— for He gives sleep to His beloved.

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

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