Good Sunday Morning! Enjoying your Labor Day Weekend?
1. Question – What’s the Bible have to say about work?
2. Thought :
Genesis 2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.
Exodus 40:33 And he raised up the court all around the tabernacle and the alter, and hung up the screen of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.
Nehemiah 4:6 So we built the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.
Job 14:15 You shall call, and I will answer You; You shall desire the work of your hands.
Psalm 8:3 When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained.
Psalm 101:3 I will set nothing wicked before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.
Psalm 104:23 Man goes out to his work, and to his labor until the evening.
Psalm 111:3 His work is honorable and glorious, and His righteousness endures forever.
Proverbs 11:18 The wicked man does deceptive work, But he who sows righteousness will have a sure reward.
Ecclesiastes 8:17 then I saw all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun,
Ecclesiastes 9:10 What ever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going.
Ecclesiastes 12:14 For God will bring every work into judgment, Including every secret thing, Whether good or evil.
Isaiah 28:21 For the Lord will rise up as at Mount Perazim, He will be angry as in the Valley of Gibeon – That He may do His work, His awesome work, And bring to pass His act, His unusual act.
Isaiah 64:8 But now, O Lord, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter; And we are the work of Your hand.
Jeremiah 22:13 Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, And his chambers by injustice, Who uses his neighbors service without wages…And gives him nothing for his work,
Jeremiah 32:19 You are great in counsel and mighty in work, for your eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of men, to give everyone according to the fruit of his doings.
Habakkuk 1:5 “Look among the nations and watch – Be utterly astounded! For I will work a work in your days, Which you would not believe, though it were told you.”
Matthew 21:28-29 “But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, ‘Son, go, work today in my vineyard.’ He answered and said, ‘I will not,’ but afterwards he regretted it and went. Then he came to the second and said likewise. And he answered and said, ‘I go, sir,’ but he did not go. Which of the two did the will of his father?”
Mark 6:5 Now He could do no mighty work there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them.
John 6:28-29 Then they said to Him, “What shall we do that we may work the works of God?” Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.”
John 9:3-5 Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God should be revealed in him. I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
John 17:4 “I have glorified You on earth. I have finished the work which you have given Me to do.”
Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.
Romans 9:28 “For He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, Because the Lord will make a short work upon the earth.”
Romans 11:6 And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
Romans 14:20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All things are indeed pure, but it is evil for the man who eats with offense.
1 Corinthians 3:13 each one’s work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one’s work, of what sort it is.
1 Corinthians 9:3 Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?
1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 1:3 remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father, knowing, beloved brethren, your election by God.
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope by grace, comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work.
2 Thessalonians 3:10-11 For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat. For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but are busybodies.
James 1:25 But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does. (The MacArthur Study Bible)
By the way, the words worked, worker, workers, working, workmanship and works are referenced 47 more times in the Bible not included above!![images[7]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/images7.jpg)
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