{"id":1255,"date":"2017-09-03T04:29:29","date_gmt":"2017-09-03T04:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bibletop10.com\/?p=1255"},"modified":"2017-09-03T19:45:36","modified_gmt":"2017-09-03T19:45:36","slug":"top-10-verses-labor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bibletop10.com\/top-10-verses-labor\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Verses About Our Labor"},"content":{"rendered":"

When sin came into the world, the earth became cursed, because it came under the dominion of Satan. Ever since that day, humanity has been working to eke out a living through backbreaking labor. But that was never God\u2019s plan for our lives. If you want a new perspective on your work and how God can bless you through it, have a seat and check out our list of the Top 10 Verses On Labor.<\/p>\n

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#10: Genesis 3:17-19<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 3<\/h4>

17<\/small><\/span> To Adam he said, \"Because you have listened to your wife's voice, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground for your sake. In toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.\r\n<\/p>

18<\/small><\/span> Thorns also and thistles will it bring forth to you; and you will eat the herb of the field.\r\n<\/p>

19<\/small><\/span> By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return.\"\r\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: World English Bible<\/em><\/p>\n

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#9: Psalms 127:1-2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 127<\/h4>

1<\/small><\/span> Unless Yahweh builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.\r\n<\/p>

2<\/small><\/span> It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil; for he gives sleep to his loved ones.\r\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: World English Bible<\/em><\/p>\n

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#8: Psalms 90:17<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 90<\/h4>

17<\/small><\/span> Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us; establish the work of our hands for us; yes, establish the work of our hands.\r\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: World English Bible<\/em><\/p>\n

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#7: Proverbs 14:23<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 14<\/h4>

23<\/small><\/span> In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.\r\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: World English Bible<\/em><\/p>\n

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#6: Proverbs 18:9<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 18<\/h4>

9<\/small><\/span> One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.\r\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: World English Bible<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"honorable-mention\"<\/p>\n

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Top 10 Things The Bible Says About Our Labor Honorable Mentions:<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is a big difference in the Bible between our \u201cwork\u201d (labor) and our \u201cworks\u201d (activities performed in God\u2019s service). That is why these verses were excluded from our list of the Top 10 Verses About Our Labor.<\/p>\n

Ephesians 2:8<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 2<\/h4>

8<\/small><\/span> for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,\r\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: World English Bible<\/em><\/p>\n

Ephesians 2:10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 2<\/h4>

10<\/small><\/span> For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.\r\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: World English Bible<\/em><\/p>\n

2 Corinthians 9:8<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 9<\/h4>

8<\/small><\/span> And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.\r\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: World English Bible<\/em><\/p>\n

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#5: John 6:27-29<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 6<\/h4>

27<\/small><\/span> Don't work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.\"\r\n<\/p>

28<\/small><\/span> They said therefore to him, \"What must we do, that we may work the works of God?\"\r\n<\/p>

29<\/small><\/span> Jesus answered them, \"This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.\"\r\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: World English Bible<\/em><\/p>\n

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#4: Psalms 128:1-4<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 128<\/h4>

1<\/small><\/span> Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways.\r\n<\/p>

2<\/small><\/span> For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you.\r\n<\/p>

3<\/small><\/span> Your wife will be as a fruitful vine, in the innermost parts of your house; your children like olive plants, around your table.\r\n<\/p>

4<\/small><\/span> Behold, thus is the man blessed who fears Yahweh.\r\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: World English Bible<\/em><\/p>\n

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#3: Colossians 3:17<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 3<\/h4>

17<\/small><\/span> Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.\r\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: World English Bible<\/em><\/p>\n

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#2: Deuteronomy 28:1-14<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 28<\/h4>

1<\/small><\/span> It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to the voice of Yahweh your God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you this day, that Yahweh your God will set you on high above all the nations of the earth:\r\n<\/p>

2<\/small><\/span> and all these blessings shall come on you, and overtake you, if you shall listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.\r\n<\/p>

3<\/small><\/span> You shall be blessed in the city, and you shall be blessed in the field.\r\n<\/p>

4<\/small><\/span> You shall be blessed in the fruit of your body, the fruit of your ground, the fruit of your animals, the increase of your livestock, and the young of your flock.\r\n<\/p>

5<\/small><\/span> Your basket and your kneading trough shall be blessed.\r\n<\/p>

6<\/small><\/span> You shall be blessed when you come in, and you shall be blessed when you go out.\r\n<\/p>

7<\/small><\/span> Yahweh will cause your enemies who rise up against you to be struck before you. They will come out against you one way, and will flee before you seven ways.\r\n<\/p>

8<\/small><\/span> Yahweh will command the blessing on you in your barns, and in all that you put your hand to; and he will bless you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.\r\n<\/p>

9<\/small><\/span> Yahweh will establish you for a holy people to himself, as he has sworn to you; if you shall keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, and walk in his ways.\r\n<\/p>

10<\/small><\/span> All the peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of Yahweh; and they shall be afraid of you.\r\n<\/p>

11<\/small><\/span> Yahweh will make you plenteous for good, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground, in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give you.\r\n<\/p>

12<\/small><\/span> Yahweh will open to you his good treasure in the sky, to give the rain of your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand: and you shall lend to many nations, and you shall not borrow.\r\n<\/p>

13<\/small><\/span> Yahweh will make you the head, and not the tail; and you shall be above only, and you shall not be beneath; if you shall listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God, which I command you this day, to observe and to do [them],\r\n<\/p>

14<\/small><\/span> and shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.\r\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: World English Bible<\/em><\/p>\n

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#1: Ecclesiastes 3:12-13<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 3<\/h4>

12<\/small><\/span> I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.\r\n<\/p>

13<\/small><\/span> Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.\r\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: World English Bible<\/em><\/p>\n

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