Genesis 3:19

3:19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat food

until you return to the ground,

for out of it you were taken;

for you are dust, and to dust you will return.”

Psalms 104:23

104:23 Men then go out to do their work,

and labor away until evening.

Psalms 128:2

128:2 You will eat what you worked so hard to grow.

You will be blessed and secure.

Proverbs 13:11

13:11 Wealth gained quickly will dwindle away,

but the one who gathers it little by little will become rich.

Proverbs 14:23

14:23 In all hard work there is profit,

but merely talking about it only brings poverty.

Proverbs 24:27

24:27 Establish your work outside and get your fields ready;

afterward build your house.

Ecclesiastes 1:13

1:13 I decided to carefully and thoroughly examine

all that has been accomplished on earth.

I concluded: God has given people a burdensome task

that keeps them occupied.

Ecclesiastes 5:12

5:12 The sleep of the laborer is pleasant – whether he eats little or much –

but the wealth of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

Ephesians 4:28

4:28 The one who steals must steal no longer; rather he must labor, doing good with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with the one who has need.

Ephesians 4:1

Live in Unity

4:1 I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live worthily of the calling with which you have been called,

Ephesians 4:11-12

4:11 It was he who gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, 4:12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, that is, to build up the body of Christ,

Ephesians 4:2

4:2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

Ephesians 3:10

3:10 The purpose of this enlightenment is that through the church the multifaceted wisdom of God should now be disclosed to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly realms.