Give her credit for what she has accomplished, and let her works praise her in the city gates.

So even David himself speaks regarding the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, laborers in the Lord. Greet my dear friend Persis, who has worked hard in the Lord.

to equip the saints for the work of ministry, that is, to build up the body of Christ,

and to esteem them most highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.

You know that I’ve worked for your father as hard as I could,

from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone who entered to do the work of service and the work of carrying relating to the tent of meeting –

For you, O Lord, have made me happy by your work. I will sing for joy because of what you have done.

This is how the lampstand was made: It was beaten work in gold; from its shaft to its flowers it was beaten work. According to the pattern which the Lord had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.

They were the potters who lived in Netaim and Gederah; they lived there and worked for the king.

in using gold, silver, bronze, and iron. Get up and begin the work! May the Lord be with you!”

where your ancestors challenged my authority, and tried my patience, even though they had seen my work.

So I went down to the potter’s house and found him working at his wheel.

Now to the one who works, his pay is not credited due to grace but due to obligation.

Whatever you are doing, work at it with enthusiasm, as to the Lord and not for people,

Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?

For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

They went out and proclaimed everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word through the accompanying signs.]]

All the skilled among those who were doing the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and blue and purple and scarlet; they were made with cherubim that were the work of an artistic designer.

and has a reputation for good works: as one who has raised children, practiced hospitality, washed the feet of the saints, helped those in distress – as one who has exhibited all kinds of good works.