2067 verses about Work

In all your works keep the upper hand; Bring not a stain on your honor.

Fodder, a stick, and burdens, for an ass; Bread, and discipline, and work, for a servant.

Set your servant to work, and you shall find rest: Leave his hands idle, and he will seek liberty.

Yoke and thong will bow the neck: And for an evil servant there are racks and tortures.

Send him to labor, that he be not idle; For idleness teaches much mischief.

Set him to work, as is fit for him; And if he obey not, make his fetters heavy.

If you have a servant, let him be as yourself, Because you have bought him with blood.

If you have a servant, treat him as yourself; For as your own soul will you have need of him: If you treat him ill, and he depart and run away, Which way will you go to seek him?

As one that slays his neighbor is he that takes away his living; And as a shedder of blood is he that depriveth a hireling of his hire.

One building, and another pulling down, What profit have they had but toil?

Show new signs, and work various wonders; Glorify your hand and your right arm.

Let reason be the beginning of every work, And let counsel go before every action.

The skill of the physician shall lift up his head; And in the sight of great men he shall be admired.

And he gave men skill, That they might be glorified in his marvelous works.

With these will the apothecary make a confection; And his works shall not be brought to an end; And from him is peace upon the face of the earth.

There is a time when in their very hands is the issue for good.

For they also shall beseech the Lord, That he may prosper them in giving relief and in healing for the maintenance of life.

The wisdom of the scribe comes by opportunity of leisure; And he that has little business shall become wise.

How shall he become wise that holds the plow, That glories in the shaft of the goad, That drives oxen, and is occupied in their labors, And whose discourse is of the stock of bulls?

He will set his heart upon turning his furrows; And his wakefulness is to give his heifers their fodder.

So is every craftsman and workmaster, That passes his time by night as by day; They that cut gravings of signets, And his diligence is to make great variety; He will set his heart to preserve likeness in his portraiture, And will be wakeful to finish his work.

So is the smith sitting by the anvil, And considering the unwrought iron: The vapor of the fire will waste his flesh; And in the heat of the furnace will he wrestle with his work: The noise of the hammer will be ever in his ear, And his eyes are upon the pattern of the vessel; He will set his heart upon perfecting his works, And And he will be wakeful to adorn them perfectly.

So is the potter sitting at his work, And turning the wheel about with his feet, Who is always anxiously set at his work, And all his handywork is by number;

He will fashion the clay with his arm, And will bend its strength in front of his feet; He will apply his heart to finish the glazing; And he will be wakeful to make clean the furnace.

All these put their trust in their hands; And each becomes wise in his own work.

Without these shall not a city be inhabited, And men shall not sojourn nor walk up and down therein.

They shall not be sought for in the council of the people, And in the assembly they shall not mount on high; They shall not sit on the seat of the judge, And they shall not understand the covenant of judgement: Neither shall they declare instruction and judgement; And where parables are they shall not be found.

But they will maintain the fabric of the world; And in the handywork of their craft is their prayer.

All the works of the Lord are exceeding good, And every command shall be accomplished in his season.

Great travail is created for every man, And a heavy yoke is upon the sons of Adam, From the day of their coming forth from their mother’s womb, Until the day for their burial in the mother of all things.

The life of one that labores, and is contented, shall be made sweet; And he that finds a treasure is above both.

Whatsoever you handest over, let it be by number and weight; And in giving and receiving let all be in writing.

I will make mention now of the works of the Lord, And will declare the things that I have seen: In the words of the Lord are his works.

The sun that gives light looks upon all things; And the work of the Lord is full of his glory.

How desirable are all his works! One may behold this even to a spark.

Rich men furnished with ability, Living peaceably in their habitations:

With twisted scarlet, the work of the craftsman; With precious stones graven like a signet, in a setting of gold, the work of the jeweller, For a memorial engraved in writing, after the number of the tribes of Israel;

With a crown of gold upon the mitre, having graven on it, as on a signet, HOLINESS, An ornament of honor, a work of might, The desires of the eyes, goodly and beautiful.

In every work of his he gave thanks to the Holy One Most High with words of glory; With his whole heart he sang praise, And loved him that made him.

By the name of the Lord God, Which is called the God of Israel, You did gather gold as tin, And did multiply silver as lead.

As in his life he did wonders, So in death were his works marvelous.

Also of Nehemiah the memorial is great; Who raised up for us the walls that were fallen, And set up the gates and bars, And raised up our homes again.

Behold with your eyes, How that I laboured but a little, And found for myself much rest.

Work your work before the time comes, And in his time he will give you your reward.

For those who wrought in silver, and were so careful, and whose works are past finding out,

They are fashioned by carpenters and goldsmiths: they can be nothing else than the workmen will have them to be.

and it shall be manifest to all nations and kings that they are no gods, but the works of men’s hands, and that there is no work of God in them.

For sun, and moon, and stars, being bright and sent to do their offices, are obedient.

O all you⌃ works of the Lord, bless you⌃ the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.

Now there was in Jewry the prophet Habakkuk, who had made pottage, and had broken bread into a bowl, and was going into the field, for to bring it to the reapers.

And they pursued after the sons of pride, and the work prospered in their hand.

And he said to those who were building houses, and were betrothing wives, and were planting vineyards, and were fearful, that they should return, each man to his own house, according to the law.

And they set loaves upon the table, and spread out the veils, and finished all the works which they made.

and what things they did in the land of Spain, that they might become masters of the mines of silver and gold which were there;

And he commanded those who did the work to build the walls and the mount Sion round about with square stones for defence; and they did so.

And let there be enrolled among the king’s forces about thirty thousand men of the Jews, and pay shall be given to them, as belongs to all the king’s forces.

And all the overplus, which those who manage the king’s affairs paid not in as in the first years, they shall give from henceforth toward the works of the house.

And the king gave him honor, and wrote him among his Chief Friends, and made him a captain, and governor of a province.

And they were gathered together to build the city, and there fell down part of the wall of the brook that is on the east side, and he repaired that which is called Chaphenatha.

then rose up Simon, and fought for his nation, and spent much of his own substance, and armed the valiant men of his nation, and gave them wages:

and that he should be captain over them, and should take charge of the sanctuary, to set them over their works, and over the country, and over the arms, and over the strongholds; and that he should take charge of the sanctuary,

And Simon called his two oldest sons, Judas and John, and said to them, I and my kindred and my father’s house have fought the battles of Israel from our youth, even to this day; and things have prospered in our hands, that we should deliver Israel oftentimes.

And the rest of the acts of John, and of his wars, and of his valiant deeds which he did, and of the building of the walls which he built, and of his doings,

these things, I say, which have been declared by Jason of Cyrene in five books, we will assay to abridge in one work.

And although to us, who have taken upon us the painful labor of the abridgement, the task is not easy, but a matter of sweat and watching

(even as it is no light thing to him that prepares a banquet, and seeks the benefit of others); yet for the sake of the gratitude of the many we will gladly endure the painful labor,

For as the masterbuilder of a new house must care for the whole structure, and again he that undertakes to decorate and paint it must seek out the things fit for the adorning thereof; even so I think it is also with us.

(for to him appertained the gathering of the revenues); for which cause they were both called by the king to his presence.

And Menelaus left his own brother Lysimachus for his deputy in the high priesthood; and Sostratus left Crates, who was over the Cyprians.

Menelaus informed us that your desire was to return home and follow your own business.

So when these covenants had been made, Lysias departed to the king, and the Jews went about their husbandry.

And if I have written well and to the point in my story, this is what I myself desired; but if meanly and indifferently, this is all I could attain to.

Moreover the gatekeepers were at every gate; none had need to depart from his daily course: for their kindred the Levites prepared for them.

Then the chief of the families of Judah and of the tribe of Benjamin stood up; the priests also, and the Levites, and all they whose spirit the Lord had stirred to go up, to build the house for the Lord which is in Jerusalem.

Now when Cyrus king of the Persians had brought them forth, he delivered them to Mithradates his treasurer,

and by him they were delivered to Sanabassar the governor of Judea.

To king Artaxerxes our Lord, Your servants, Rathumus the storywriter, and Samellius the scribe, and the rest of their council, and the judges that are in Coelesyria and Phoenicia.

And forasmuch as the things pertaining to the temple are now in hand, we think it meet not to neglect such a matter,

Then the king wrote back again to Rathumus the storywriter, and Beeltethmus, and Samellius the scribe, and to the rest that were in commission, and lived in Samaria and Syria and Phoenicia, after this manner:

Then king Artaxerxes his letters being read, Rathumus, and Samellius the scribe, and the rest that were in commission with them, removing in haste to Jerusalem with horsemen and a multitude of people in battle array, began to hinder the builders; and the building of the temple in Jerusalem ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of the Persians.

Then the three young men of the body-guard, that kept the king’s person, spoke one to another:

They kill and are slain, and transgress not the king’s commandment: if they get the victory, they bring all to the king, as well the plunder, as all things else.

Likewise for those that are no soldiers, and have not to do with wars, but use husbandry, when they have reaped again that which they had sown, they bring it to the king, and compel one another to pay tribute to the king.

if he command to strike, they strike; if he command to make desolate, they make desolate; if he command to build, they build;

if he command to cut down, they cut down; if he command to plant, they plant.

and these keep watch round about him, neither may any one depart, and do his own business, neither disobey they him in anything.

Even of them came they: and they nourished them up that planted the vineyards, from whence the wine comes.

By this also you⌃ must know that women have dominion over you: do you⌃ not labor and toil, and give and bring all to women?

With her there is no accepting of persons or rewards; but she does the things that are just, and refrains from all unrighteous and wicked things; and all men do well like of her works.

Then Darius the king stood up, and kissed him, and wrote letters for him to all the treasurers and governors and captains and satraps, that they should safely bring on their way both him, and all those that should go up with him to build Jerusalem.

He wrote letters also to all the governors that were in Coelesyria and Phoenicia, and to them in Libanus, that they should bring cedar wood from Libanus to Jerusalem, and that they should build the city with him.

and that there should be yearly given twenty talents to the building of the temple, until the time that it were built;

and that all those who should come from Babylonia to build the city should have their freedom, as well they as their posterity, and all the priests that came.

and for the Levites he wrote that their charges should be given them until the day that the house were finished, and Jerusalem built up.

And he commanded to give to all that kept the city lands and wages.

And they returned to Jerusalem, and to the other parts of Jewry, every man to his own city, who came with Zorobabel, with Jesus, Nehemias, and Zaraias, Resaias, Eneneus, Mardocheus, Beelsarus, Aspharsus, Reelias, Roimus, and Baana, their leaders.

The gatekeepers: the sons of Salum, the sons of Atar, the sons of Tolman, the sons of Dacubi, the sons of Ateta, the sons of Sabi, in all a hundred thirty and nine.

The temple servants: the sons of Esau, the sons of Asipha, the sons of Tabaoth, the sons of Keras, the sons of Sua, the sons of Phaleas, the sons of Labana, the sons of Aggaba.

The sons of the servants of Solomon: the sons of Assaphioth, the sons of Pharida, the sons of Jeeli, the sons of Lozon, the sons of Isdael, the sons of Saphuthi,

All the temple-servants, and the sons of the servants of Solomon, were three hundred seventy and two.