Working for God

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• Colossians 3:23

  And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

• 1 Corinthians 15:58

  Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

• Colossians 3:23–24

  And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

• John 5:17

  But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.

• 2 Timothy 2:15

  Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

• Psalms 90:17

  And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

• Luke 1:37

  For with God nothing shall be impossible.

• Proverbs 14:23

  In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

• Genesis 2:15

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

• Proverbs 16:3

  Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.

• Ephesians 2:10

  For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

• Proverbs 12:24

  The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

• 1 Timothy 5:8

  But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

• Ephesians 4:28

  Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

• 2 Thessalonians 3:10

  For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

• 1 Corinthians 10:31

  Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

• Philippians 4:13

  I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

• Jeremiah 29:11

  For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

• Proverbs 13:4

  The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

• 1 Corinthians 3:9

  For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.

• Colossians 3:17

  And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

• John 6:27

  Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

• Colossians 3:24

  Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

• Philippians 2:12–16

  Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Do all things without murmurings and disputings: …

• Ecclesiastes 9:10

  Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

• Hebrews 6:10

  For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

• Revelation 1:1

  The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

• Galatians 6:9

  And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

• Proverbs 12:11

  He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.

• Proverbs 18:9

  He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

• Titus 2:7–8

  In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.

• Acts 20:35

  I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

• Philippians 2:13

  For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

• Proverbs 13:11

  Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

• 2 Timothy 2:6

  The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.

• Revelation 11:1–19

  And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. …

• 1 Thessalonians 4:11–12

  And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.

• Matthew 5:16

  Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

• Proverbs 6:10–12

  Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

• Proverbs 21:5

  The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.