17 Bible Verses about Physical Labour

And Jehovah God taketh the man, and causeth him to rest in the garden of Eden, to serve it, and to keep it.

by the sweat of thy face thou dost eat bread till thy return unto the ground, for out of it hast thou been taken, for dust thou art, and unto dust thou turnest back.'

six days is work done, and in the seventh day is a sabbath of rest, a holy convocation; ye do no work; it is a sabbath to Jehovah in all your dwellings.

Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.

In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips is only to want.

All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work, and device, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol whither thou art going.

whoso is stealing let him no more steal, but rather let him labour, working the thing that is good with the hands, that he may have to impart to him having need.

and to study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we did command you,

and such we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness working, their own bread they may eat;

What advantage is to man by all his labour that he laboureth at under the sun?

I have seen all the works that have been done under the sun, and lo, the whole is vanity and vexation of spirit!

and I have looked on all my works that my hands have done, and on the labour that I have laboured to do, and lo, the whole is vanity and vexation of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun!

There is one, and there is not a second; even son or brother he hath not, and there is no end to all his labour! His eye also is not satisfied with riches, and he saith not, 'For whom am I labouring and bereaving my soul of good?' This also is vanity, it is a sad travail.

And this also is a painful evil, just as he came, so he goeth, and what advantage is to him who laboureth for wind?

Why do ye weigh money for that which is not bread? And your labour for that which is not for satiety? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat good, And your soul doth delight itself in fatness.

Lo, is it not from Jehovah of Hosts And peoples are fatigued for fire, And nations for vanity are weary?

work not for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to life age-during, which the Son of Man will give to you, for him did the Father seal -- even God.'