29 Bible Verses about Industry

He who gathers in summer is a wise son. He who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.

And LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

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

not lazy in diligence, being fervent in the Spirit serving the Lord,

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

He who gathers in summer is a wise son. He who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.

And LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

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

not lazy in diligence, being fervent in the Spirit serving the Lord,

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

and to aspire to live quietly, and to do your own things, and to work with your own hands, just as we commanded you,

Let the man who steals steal no more, but rather let him labor, working with his hands the good, so that he may have to give to him who has need.

For ye remember, brothers, our labor and the hardship. For, laboring night and day in order not to burden any of you, we preached to you the good-news of God.

Ye yourselves know that these hands served my needs, and to those who were with me.

She seeks wool and flax, and works willingly with her hands. She is like the merchant ships: she brings her bread from afar. She also rises while it is yet night, and gives food to her household, and their task to her maidens. read more.
She considers a field, and buys it. With the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard. She girds her loins with strength, and makes strong her arms. She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp does not go out by night. She lays her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle. She stretches out her hand to the poor, yea, she reaches forth her hands to the needy. She is not afraid of the snow for her household, for all her household are clothed with scarlet. She makes for herself carpets of tapestry. Her clothing is fine linen and purple. Her husband is known in the gates when he sits among the elders of the land. She makes linen garments and sells them, and delivers girdles to the merchant. Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come. She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the law of kindness is on her tongue. She looks well to the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her sons rise up, and call her blessed. Her husband [also], and he praises her. Many daughters have done worthily, but thou excel them all. Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, [but] a woman who fears LORD, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates.

And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and was working, for they were of the tentmakers craft.

And we toil, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

I gave you a glimpse of all things, that so laboring ye ought to aid the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Let the man who steals steal no more, but rather let him labor, working with his hands the good, so that he may have to give to him who has need.

And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and was working, for they were of the tentmakers craft.

I coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. Ye yourselves know that these hands served my needs, and to those who were with me.

nor did we eat bread gratis from any man, but in labor and toil, working night and day in order not to burden any of you.

I went by the field of the sluggard, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding. And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns. The face of it was covered with nettles, and the stone wall of it was broken down.

And Samuel said to Jesse, Are all thy sons here? And he said, There remains yet the youngest, and, behold, he is keeping the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and fetch him, for we will not sit down till he comes here.

Her sons rise up, and call her blessed. Her husband [also], and he praises her.

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall have increase.

Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates.

She also rises while it is yet night, and gives food to her household, and their task to her maidens.

Go to the ant, thou 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.

And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. And Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he gave him charge over all the labor of the house of Joseph.

And the elders of the Jews built and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they built and finished it according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the dec And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she kept them.

And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.

And LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

but the seventh day is a Sabbath to LORD thy God. Thou shall not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates,

therefore LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from where he was taken.

And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, and said, Because I drew him out of the water.

And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor. And she said to her, Go, my daughter. And she went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers. And her chance was to land on the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.

And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. And Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he gave him charge over all the labor of the house of Joseph.

And after rising, Peter went with them, whom, after coming, they brought into the upper chamber. And all the widows stood by him weeping, and exhibiting the coats and garments, as many things as Dorcas made being with them.

For ye remember, brothers, our labor and the hardship. For, laboring night and day in order not to burden any of you, we preached to you the good-news of God.

Ye yourselves know that these hands served my needs, and to those who were with me.

So she kept close by the maidens of Boaz, to glean to the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest. And she dwelt with her mother-in-law.

And the servant who was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabite damsel who came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab. And she said, Let me glean, I pray you, and gather behind the reapers among the sheaves. So she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, except that she tarried a little in the house.

So she kept close by the maidens of Boaz, to glean to the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest. And she dwelt with her mother-in-law.

And the servant who was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabite damsel who came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab. And she said, Let me glean, I pray you, and gather behind the reapers among the sheaves. So she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, except that she tarried a little in the house.

He who gathers in summer is a wise son. He who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.

And LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

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

not lazy in diligence, being fervent in the Spirit serving the Lord,

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

And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and was working, for they were of the tentmakers craft.

She looks well to the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness.

And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. And Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he gave him charge over all the labor of the house of Joseph.

Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.

So she gleaned in the field until evening. And she beat out that which she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.

And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and was working, for they were of the tentmakers craft.

She looks well to the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness.

And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. And Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he gave him charge over all the labor of the house of Joseph.

Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.

So she gleaned in the field until evening. And she beat out that which she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.