2067 verses about Work

Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.

He breaks open a shaft away from where people live. They are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing back and forth.

As for the earth, out of it comes bread; Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.

He puts his hand on the flinty rock, and he overturns the mountains by the roots.

He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.

For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it commended me:

Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?

then let me sow, and let another eat. Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out.

“If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me;

let briers grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.

For the work of a man he will render to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

Who doesn’t respect the persons of princes, nor respects the rich more than the poor; for they all are the work of his hands.

Therefore he takes knowledge of their works. He overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed.

then he shows them their work, and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.

If they listen and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

“Remember that you magnify his work, whereof men have sung.

He seals up the hand of every man, that all men whom he has made may know it.

It is turned around by his guidance, that they may do whatever he commands them on the surface of the habitable world,

“Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough?

Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you?

Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave to him your labor?

You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:

Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings. Give them according to the operation of their hands. Bring back on them what they deserve.

Because they don’t respect the works of Yahweh, nor the operation of his hands, he will break them down and not build them up.

For Yahweh’s word is right. All his work is done in faithfulness.

he who fashions all of their hearts; and he considers all of their works.

A man’s goings are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way.

We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us, what work you did in their days, in the days of old.

Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and don’t call on God?

Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work.

All mankind shall be afraid. They shall declare the work of God, and shall wisely ponder what he has done.

Come, and see God’s deeds— awesome work on behalf of the children of men.

But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.

I will also meditate on all your work, and consider your doings.

He gave also their increase to the caterpillar, and their labor to the locust.

He also chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;

So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.

“I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket.

Let your work appear to your servants; your glory to their children.

Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us; establish the work of our hands for us; yes, establish the work of our hands.

For you, Yahweh, have made me glad through your work. I will triumph in the works of your hands.

How great are your works, Yahweh! Your thoughts are very deep.

when your fathers tempted me, tested me, and saw my work.

Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands.

He waters the mountains from his rooms. The earth is filled with the fruit of your works.

The sun rises, and they steal away, and lay down in their dens.

Man goes out to his work, to his labor until the evening.

Yahweh, how many are your works! In wisdom have you made them all. The earth is full of your riches.

He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all of his possessions;

Therefore he brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, and there was no one to help.

Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in great waters;

sow fields, plant vineyards, and reap the fruits of increase.

Yahweh’s works are great, pondered by all those who delight in them.

His work is honor and majesty. His righteousness endures forever.

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!

He who goes out weeping, carrying seed for sowing, will certainly come again with joy, carrying his sheaves.

Unless Yahweh builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.

It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil; for he gives sleep to his loved ones.

Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways.

For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you.

with which the reaper doesn’t fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.

Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me; your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. Don’t forsake the works of your own hands.

I remember the days of old. I meditate on all your doings. I contemplate the work of your hands.

Our oxen will pull heavy loads. There is no breaking in, and no going away, and no outcry in our streets.

For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.

Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man’s house.

Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.

Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,

provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.

How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.

With me are riches, honor, enduring wealth, and prosperity.

My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold; my yield than choice silver.

that I may give wealth to those who love me. I fill their treasuries.

“Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work, before his deeds of old.

then I was the craftsman by his side. I was a delight day by day, always rejoicing before him,

He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame.

The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.

Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

A gracious woman obtains honor, but violent men obtain riches.

Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

Better is he who is little know, and has a servant, than he who honors himself, and lacks bread.

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.

A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth. The work of a man’s hands shall be rewarded to him.

The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

The slothful man doesn’t roast his game, but the possessions of diligent men are prized.

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

The king’s favor is toward a servant who deals wisely, but his wrath is toward one who causes shame.

In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but the income of the wicked brings trouble.

The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.

Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed.