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Want to know what the Bible says about Work Ethic? Here are 195 Bible verses about Work Ethic from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Colossians 3:23 NIV
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,
1370
Proverbs 16:3 NIV
Commit to the Lord whatever you do,
    and he will establish your plans.
930
Proverbs 14:23 NIV
All hard work brings a profit,
    but mere talk leads only to poverty.
906
2 Thessalonians 3:10 NIV
For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.”
890
Ecclesiastes 9:10 NIV
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.
742
Proverbs 10:4 NIV
Lazy hands make for poverty,
    but diligent hands bring wealth.
703
Acts 20:35 NIV
In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’
683
Proverbs 12:11 NIV
Those who work their land will have abundant food,
    but those who chase fantasies have no sense.
637
1 Corinthians 10:31 NIV
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
514
Proverbs 13:4 NIV
A sluggard’s appetite is never filled,
    but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.
486

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