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3 Commit your work to the LORD, and your plans will be established.
View on BibleGateway22 The blessing of the LORD makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.
View on BibleGateway23 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.
View on BibleGateway58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
View on BibleGateway17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
View on BibleGateway11 Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.
View on BibleGateway24 The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.
View on BibleGateway8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.
View on BibleGateway17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands!
View on BibleGateway8 Watch yourselves, so that you may not lose what we have worked for, but may win a full reward.
View on BibleGateway15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
View on BibleGateway26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
View on BibleGateway12 I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live; 13 also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil--this is God's gift to man.
View on BibleGateway9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.
View on BibleGateway19 Everyone also to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil--this is the gift of God.
View on BibleGateway13 Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good?
View on BibleGateway24 But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
View on BibleGateway18 Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his lot.
View on BibleGateway4 Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man's envy of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
View on BibleGateway16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.
View on BibleGateway17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands!
View on BibleGateway22 The blessing of the LORD makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.
View on BibleGateway24 The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.
View on BibleGateway11 Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.
View on BibleGateway3 Commit your work to the LORD, and your plans will be established.
View on BibleGateway12 I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live; 13 also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil--this is God's gift to man.
View on BibleGateway4 Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man's envy of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
View on BibleGateway9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.
View on BibleGateway18 Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his lot.
View on BibleGateway19 Everyone also to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil--this is the gift of God.
View on BibleGateway26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
View on BibleGateway8 Watch yourselves, so that you may not lose what we have worked for, but may win a full reward.
View on BibleGateway24 But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
View on BibleGateway58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
View on BibleGateway8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.
View on BibleGateway23 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.
View on BibleGateway17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
View on BibleGateway15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
View on BibleGateway16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.
View on BibleGateway13 Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good?
View on BibleGateway