What the Bible says about
Labor
21 references · Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · tap any verse for study tools
“By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.””— Genesis 3:19 BSB
“For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.”— Exodus 23:12 BSB
“Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in the seasons of plowing and harvesting, you must rest.”— Exodus 34:21 BSB
“You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.”— Leviticus 19:13 BSB
“Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.”— Deuteronomy 24:14 BSB
“You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.”— Deuteronomy 24:15 BSB
All 21 references
Genesis 3:19Exodus 20:9-11Exodus 23:12Exodus 34:21Leviticus 19:13Deuteronomy 24:14Deuteronomy 24:15Deuteronomy 25:4Ecclesiastes 5:12Jeremiah 22:13Malachi 3:5Matthew 20:1-15Luke 10:7Acts 20:351 Corinthians 9:9Ephesians 4:281 Thessalonians 4:111 Thessalonians 4:122 Thessalonians 3:7-131 Timothy 5:18James 5:4