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Bible Verses About Hard Work
Find Bible verses about hard work — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about hard work?
The Bible addresses hard work with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Proverbs 14:23
“In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.”
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Ezekiel 3:8
“Behold, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your forehead hard against their foreheads.”
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Deuteronomy 5:13
“You shall labor six days, and do all your work;”
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Philippians 1:6
“being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.”
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2 Thessalonians 3:10
“For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: "If anyone will not work, neither let him eat."”
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Colossians 3:23
“And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,”
Habakkuk 1:5
“"Look among the nations, watch, and wonder marvelously; for I am working a work in your days, which you will not believe though it is told you.”
Genesis 18:14
“Is anything too hard for Yahweh? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes round, and Sarah will have a son."”
Romans 8:28
“We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.”
Psalms 92:4
“For you, Yahweh, have made me glad through your work. I will triumph in the works of your hands.”
Psalms 90:17
“Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us; establish the work of our hands for us; yes, establish the work of our hands.”
Matthew 26:10
“However, knowing this, Jesus said to them, "Why do you trouble the woman? Because she has done a good work for me.”
Proverbs 28:19
“One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.”
2 Timothy 3:17
“that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.”
Psalms 62:12
“Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work. A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Judah.”
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Job 36:24 — “"Remember that you magnify his work, whereof men have sung....”
Philippians 2:13 — “For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure....”
Exodus 34:21 — “"Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest: in plowing time and in harvest you ...”
Jeremiah 32:27 — “Behold, I am Yahweh, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?...”
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