11 Bible Verses about Active Lifestyles

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule, but the slothful shall be put under task work.

In all labor there is profit, but the talk of the lips [tends] only to poverty.

and to aspire to live quietly, and to do your own things, and to work with your own hands, just as we commanded you,

But by the grace of God I am what I am. And his grace for me did not become empty, but I labored more abundantly than them all, yet not I, but the grace of God with me.

For which also I labor, striving according to his working, which works in me with power.

The thoughts of a diligent man [lead] only to abundance, but everyone who is hasty, only to want.

And all things, anything whatever ye may do, work from soul as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that from Lord ye will receive the reward of the inheritance, for ye serve the Lord Christ.

Therefore he says, Awake, thou who sleep. And arise from the dead, and the Christ will shine upon thee.

But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up the Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit that dwells in you.

Pure religion and undefiled from God and the Father is this, to go help the orphaned and the widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he shall have no lack of gain. She does him good and not evil all the days of her life.read more.
She seeks wool and flax, and works willingly with her hands. She is like the merchant ships: she brings her bread from afar. She also rises while it is yet night, and gives food to her household, and their task to her maidens. She considers a field, and buys it. With the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard. She girds her loins with strength, and makes strong her arms. She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp does not go out by night. She lays her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle. She stretches out her hand to the poor, yea, she reaches forth her hands to the needy. She is not afraid of the snow for her household, for all her household are clothed with scarlet. She makes for herself carpets of tapestry. Her clothing is fine linen and purple. Her husband is known in the gates when he sits among the elders of the land. She makes linen garments and sells them, and delivers girdles to the merchant. Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come. She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the law of kindness is on her tongue. She looks well to the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her sons rise up, and call her blessed. Her husband [also], and he praises her.