Industry
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General scriptures concerning
Gen 2:15; Ex 23:12; 35:2; Deut 5:13; Prov 10:4, 5; 12:11, 24, 27; 13:4, 11, 23; 14:4, 23; 16:26; 20:13; 21:5; 22:29; 27:23–27; 28:19; 30:25–28; 31:13–27; Eccl 1:3; 2:10, 11, 17–22; 9:10; 11:4, 6; Rom 12:11; Eph 4:28; 1 Thess 4:11, 12; 2 Thess 3:10–12; 1 Tim 5:8
15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Genesis 2:1512 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
Exodus 23:122 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.
Exodus 35:213 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:
Deuteronomy 5:134 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Proverbs 10:45 He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Proverbs 10:511 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
Proverbs 12:1124 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
Proverbs 12:2427 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
Proverbs 12:274 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Proverbs 13:411 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
Proverbs 13:1123 Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
Proverbs 13:234 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
Proverbs 14:423 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
Proverbs 14:2326 He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
Proverbs 16:2613 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Proverbs 20:135 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
Proverbs 21:529 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
Proverbs 22:2923 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. 24 For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? 25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. 26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field. 27 And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.
Proverbs 27:2319 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
Proverbs 28:1925 The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer; 26 The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks; 27 The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands; 28 The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.
Proverbs 30:2513 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. 14 She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar. 15 She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. 16 She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. 17 She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms. 18 She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night. 19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. 20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. 21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet. 22 She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple. …
Proverbs 31:13 …3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 1:310 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
Ecclesiastes 2:1011 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:1117 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 18 Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. 19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity. 20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun. 21 For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil. 22 For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 2:1710 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
Ecclesiastes 9:104 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
Ecclesiastes 11:46 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Ecclesiastes 11:611 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
Romans 12:1128 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Ephesians 4:2811 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
1 Thessalonians 4:1112 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
1 Thessalonians 4:1210 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. 11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. 12 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
2 Thessalonians 3:108 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
1 Timothy 5:8 - See Frugality
- Also see Idleness
- See Slothfulness
- Instances of
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Jeroboam
1 Kgs 11:28
28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.
1 Kings 11:28 -
Paul
Acts 18:3; 20:33, 34; 2 Thess 3:8
3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
Acts 18:333 I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.
Acts 20:3334 Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.
Acts 20:348 Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
2 Thessalonians 3:8
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
