'Work' in the Bible

And why are you troubled about clothing? See the flowers of the field, how they come up; they do no work, they make no thread:

And he said to them, Go into the vine-garden with the others, and whatever is right I will give you. And they went to work.

They say to him, Because no man has given us work. He says to them, Go in with the rest, into the vine-garden.

And when those men came who had gone to work at the eleventh hour, they were given every man a penny.

Saying, These last have done only one hour's work, and you have made them equal to us, who have undergone the hard work of the day and the burning heat.

But how does it seem to you? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go and do work today in the vine-garden.

And he who had had the one talent came and said, Lord, I had knowledge that you are a hard man, getting in grain where you have not put seed, and making profits for which you have done no work:

But his lord in answer said to him, You are a bad and unready servant; if you had knowledge that I get in grain where I did not put seed, and make profits for which I have done no work,

And he was unable to do any work of power there, but only to put his hands on one or two persons who were ill, and make them well.

But Jesus said, Say not so: for there is no man who will do a great work in my name, and be able at the same time to say evil of me.

It is as when a man who is in another country for a time, having gone away from his house, and given authority to his servants and to everyone his work, gives the porter an order to keep watch.

And when the days of his work in the Temple were ended, he went back to his house.

But Martha had her hands full of the work of the house, and she came to him and said, Lord, is it nothing to you that my sister has let me do all the work? Say to her that she is to give me some help.

So you are witnesses and give approval to the work of your fathers; for they put them to death and you make their last resting-places.

Give thought to the flowers: they do no work, they make no thread; and still I say to you, Even Solomon, in all his glory, was not clothed like one of these.

And the ruler of the Synagogue was angry because Jesus had made her well on the Sabbath, and he said to the people, There are six days in which men may do work: so come on those days to be made well, and not on the Sabbath.

And he said, Go and say to that fox, I send out evil spirits and do works of mercy today and tomorrow, and on the third day my work will be complete.

Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.

I sent you to get in grain which you had no hand in planting: other men did that work, and you take the reward.

But the witness which I have is greater than that of John: the work which the Father has given me to do, the very work which I am now doing, is a witness that the Father has sent me.

Let your work not be for the food which comes to an end, but for the food which goes on for eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for on him has God the Father put his mark.

Jesus, answering, said to them, This is to do the work of God: to have faith in him whom God has sent.

This was the answer of Jesus: I have done one work and you are all surprised at it.

While it is day we have to do the works of him who sent me: the night comes when no work may be done.

This was their answer: We are not stoning you for a good work but for evil words; because being a man you make yourself God.

You did not take me for yourselves, but I took you for myself; and I gave you the work of going about and producing fruit which will be for ever; so that whatever request you make to the Father in my name he may give it to you.

I have given you glory on the earth, having done all the work which you gave me to do.

For he was numbered among us, and had his part in our work.

If we are questioned today about a good work done to a man who was ill, as to how he has been made well,

And now I say to you, Do nothing to these men, but let them be: for if this teaching or this work is of men, it will come to nothing:

And they made the image of a young ox in those days, and made an offering to it, and had joy in the work of their hands.

And Barnabas and Saul came back from Jerusalem, when their work was ended, taking with them John named Mark.

And while they were doing the Lord's work, and going without food, the Holy Spirit said, Let Barnabas and Saul be given to me for the special work for which they have been marked out by me.

And when John was completing his work, he said, What do I seem to you to be? I am not he; but one is coming after me, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo.

Now David, having done God's work for his generation, went to sleep, and was put with his fathers, and his body came to destruction:

And from there they went by ship to Antioch, where they had been handed over to the grace of God for the work which they had not done.

But Paul was of the opinion that it was not right to take with them one who had gone away from them in Pamphylia, and had not gone on with the work.

And he is not dependent on the work of men's hands, as if he had need of anything, for he himself gives to all life and breath and all things;

Because a day has been fixed in which all the world will be judged in righteousness by the man who has been marked out by him for this work; of which he has given a sign to all men by giving him back from the dead.

And because he was of the same trade, he was living with them, and they did their work together; for by trade they were tent-makers.

Doing the Lord's work without pride, through all the sorrow and troubles which came on me because of the evil designs of the Jews:

But I put no value on my life, if only at the end of it I may see the work complete which was given to me by the Lord Jesus, to be a witness of the good news of the grace of God.

And when he had said how glad he was to see them, he gave them a detailed account of the things which God had done through his work among the Gentiles.

And when we had gone on slowly for a long time, and had had hard work getting across to Cnidus, for the wind was against us, we went under cover of Crete, in the direction of Salmone;

And, sailing near the side of a small island named Cauda, we were able, though it was hard work, to make the ship's boat safe:

Because the work of the law is seen in their hearts, their sense of right and wrong giving witness to it, while their minds are at one time judging them and at another giving them approval;

Be not slow in your work, but be quick in spirit, as the Lord's servants;

For rulers are not a cause of fear to the good work but to the evil. If you would have no fear of the authority, do good and you will have praise;

Do not let the work of God come to nothing on account of food. All things are certainly clean; but it is evil for that man who by taking food makes it hard for another.

To be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, doing the work of a priest in the good news of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be pleasing to God, being made holy by the Holy Spirit.

Making it my purpose not to take the good news where Christ was named, so that my work might not be resting on that of others;

Give my love to Tryphaena and Tryphosa, workers in the Lord. Give my love to my dear Persis, who did much work in the Lord.

Now the planter and the waterer are working for the same end: but they will have their separate rewards in the measure of their work.

Every man's work will be made clear in that day, because it will be tested by fire; and the fire itself will make clear the quality of every man's work.

If any man's work comes through the test, he will have a reward.

If the fire puts an end to any man's work, it will be his loss: but he will get salvation himself, though as by fire.

And with our hands we do the hardest work: when they give us curses we give blessings, when we undergo punishment we take it quietly;

Am I not free? am I not an Apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? are you not my work in the Lord?

Or I only and Barnabas, have we no right to take a rest from work?

Or has he us in mind? Yes, it was said for us; because it is right for the ploughman to do his ploughing in hope, and for him who is crushing the grain to do his work hoping for a part in the fruits of it.

But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me has not been for nothing; for I did more work than all of them; though not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

For this cause, my dear brothers, be strong in purpose and unmoved, ever giving yourselves to the work of the Lord, because you are certain that your work is not without effect in the Lord.

Now if Timothy comes, see that he is with you without fear; because he is doing the Lord's work, even as I am:

That you put yourselves under such, and under everyone who is helping the Lord's work.

And I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for they have done what was needed to make your work complete.

For you are clearly a letter of Christ, the fruit of our work, recorded not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in stone, but in hearts of flesh.

But all things are of God, who has made us at peace with himself through Christ, and has given to us the work of making peace;

Giving no cause for trouble in anything, so that no one may be able to say anything against our work;

In blows, in prisons, in attacks, in hard work, in watchings, in going without food;

And God is able to give you all grace in full measure; so that ever having enough of all things, you may be full of every good work:

For this work of giving not only takes care of the needs of the saints, but is the cause of much praise to God;

For when, through this work of giving, they see what you are, they give glory to God for the way in which you have given yourselves to the good news of Christ, and for the wealth of your giving to them and to all;

Not taking credit to ourselves for what is not our business, that is, for the work of others; but having hope that, with the growth of your faith, we may get the credit for an increase which is the effect of our work,

So that we may be able to go on and take the good news to countries still farther away than you are, and not take credit for another man's work in making things ready to our hand.

I took money from other churches as payment for my work, so that I might be your servant;

Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking foolishly) I am more so; I have had more experience of hard work, of prisons, of blows more than measure, of death.

In hard work and weariness, in frequent watchings, going without food and drink, cold and in need of clothing.

And I went up by revelation; and I put before them the good news which I was preaching among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were of good name, so that the work which I was or had been doing might not be without effect.

But let every man make test of his work, and then will his cause for glory be in himself only, and not in his neighbour.

Because every man is responsible for his part of the work.

Let him who was a thief be so no longer, but let him do good work with his hands, so that he may have something to give to him who is in need.

Doing your work readily, as to the Lord, and not to men:

For I am certain of this very thing, that he by whom the good work was started in you will make it complete till the day of Jesus Christ:

But if I go on living in the flesh--if this is the fruit of my work--then I do not see what decision to make.

Offering the word of life; so that I may have glory in you in the day of Christ, because my running was not for nothing and my work was not without effect.

And even if I am offered like a drink offering, giving myself for the cause and work of your faith, I am glad and have joy with you all:

But his quality is clear to you; how, as a child is to its father, so he was a help to me in the work of the good news.

But it seemed to me necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, who has taken part with me in the work and in the fight, and your servant, sent by you for help in my need;

Because for the work of Christ he was near to death, putting his life in danger to make your care for me complete.

And I make request to you, true helper in my work, to see to the needs of those women who took part with me in the good news, with Clement and the rest of my brother-workers whose names are in the book of life.

Living uprightly in the approval of the Lord, giving fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

Say to Archippus, See that you do the work which the Lord has given you to do.

Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

For this reason, when I was no longer able to keep quiet, I sent to get news of your faith, fearing that you might be tested by the Evil One and that our work might come to nothing.

And have a high opinion of them in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.

For this reason, you are ever in our prayers, that you may seem to our God such as may have a part in his purpose and that by his power he will make all his good purpose, and the work of faith, complete;

For the secret of evil is even now at work: but there is one who is keeping back the evil till he is taken out of the way.

Give you comfort and strength in every good work and word.

For even when we were with you we gave you orders, saying, If any man does no work, let him not have food.

For it has come to our ears that there are some among you whose behaviour is uncontrolled, who do no work at all, but are over-interested in the business of others.