Work

Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah

May Your work be shown to Your servants, and Your splendor to their children.

May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish for us the work of our hands—yes, establish the work of our hands!

May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish for us the work of our hands—yes, establish the work of our hands!

…where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work.

I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.

In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.

Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until evening.

Splendid and majestic is His work; His righteousness endures forever.

I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I consider the work of Your hands.

By fruitful speech a man is filled with good things, and the work of his hands returns to him.

Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.

Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys.

The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.

Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.

Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house.

Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”

Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.

So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.

I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?

Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?

Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what He has bent?

I saw every work of God, and that a man is unable to comprehend the work that is done under the sun. Despite his efforts to search it out, he cannot find its meaning; even if the wise man claims to know, he is unable to comprehend.

I saw every work of God, and that a man is unable to comprehend the work that is done under the sun. Despite his efforts to search it out, he cannot find its meaning; even if the wise man claims to know, he is unable to comprehend.

Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.

The strong man will become tinder and his work will be a spark; both will burn together, with no one to quench the flames.

Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.

At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.

…to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!”

So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.

For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon, to do His work, His strange work, and to perform His task, His disturbing task.

For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon, to do His work, His strange work, and to perform His task, His disturbing task.

For when he sees his children around him, the work of My hands, they will honor My name, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and they will stand in awe of the God of Israel.

The oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder, winnowed with shovel and pitchfork.

The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.

They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.

Behold, you are nothing and your work is of no value. Anyone who chooses you is detestable.

Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?

Thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker: “Concerning things to come, do you question Me about My sons, or instruct Me in the work of My hands?

Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.

But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.

No longer will they build houses for others to inhabit, nor plant for others to eat. For as is the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, and My chosen ones will fully enjoy the work of their hands.

Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz—the work of a craftsman from the hands of a goldsmith. Their clothes are blue and purple, all fashioned by skilled workers.

They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.

You must not carry a load out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath day, but you must keep the Sabbath day holy, just as I commanded your forefathers.

If, however, you listen carefully to Me, says the LORD, and bring no load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, and keep the Sabbath day holy, and do no work on it,

For many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.’”

This is what the LORD says: “Keep your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for the reward for your work will come, declares the LORD. Then your children will return from the land of the enemy.

For the children of Israel and of Judah have done nothing but evil in My sight from their youth; indeed, they have done nothing but provoke Me to anger by the work of their hands, declares the LORD.

Why are you provoking Me to anger by the work of your hands by burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to reside? As a result, you will be cut off and will become an object of cursing and reproach among all the nations of the earth.

Cursed is the one who is remiss in doing the work of the LORD, and cursed is he who withholds his sword from bloodshed.

The LORD has opened His armory and brought out His weapons of wrath, for this is the work of the Lord GOD of Hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.

They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.

You will pay them back what they deserve, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.

How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!

Aram was your customer because of your many products; they exchanged turquoise, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies for your wares.

In your marketplace they traded with you fine garments of blue, embroidered work, and multicolored rugs with cords tightly twisted and knotted.

Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of all the work for the temple and everything to be done in it.

“This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The gate of the inner court that faces east must be kept shut during the six days of work, but on the Sabbath day and on the day of the New Moon it shall be opened.

Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!”

Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”

I will also cut off the carved images and sacred pillars from among you, so that you will no longer bow down to the work of your own hands.

Draw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Work the clay and tread the mortar; repair the brick kiln!

“Look at the nations and observe—be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you.

So the LORD stirred the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And they came and began the work on the house of the LORD of Hosts, their God,

But now be strong, O Zerubbabel, declares the LORD. Be strong, O Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. And be strong, all you people of the land, declares the LORD. Work! For I am with you, declares the LORD of Hosts.

Then Haggai replied, “So it is with this people and this nation before Me, declares the LORD, and so it is with every work of their hands; whatever they offer there is defiled.

I struck you—all the work of your hands—with blight, mildew, and hail, but you did not turn to Me, declares the LORD.

He will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I work the land, for I was purchased as a servant in my youth.’

…and said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”

But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’

The servant who had received the five talents went at once and put them to work and gained five more.

Now King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known, and people were saying, “John the Baptist has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”

But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. “There are six days for work,” he told the crowd. “So come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath.”

Otherwise, if he lays the foundation and is unable to finish the work, everyone who sees it will ridicule him,

Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the hard work, and now you have taken up their labor.”

But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”

Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”

Jesus replied, “The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.”

While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.

“We are not stoning You for any good work,” said the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because You, who are a man, make Yourself out to be God.”

I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.

So if God gave them the same gift He gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder the work of God?”

While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

‘Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you.’”

From Attalia they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had just completed.

But Paul thought it best not to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work.

In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

So they show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts either accusing or defending them

However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness.

For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.

But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin that dwells within me.

This is also why you pay taxes. For the authorities are God’s servants, who devote themselves to their work.

Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.

…his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work.

We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;