What does the Bible say about a man working?
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The Bible teaches that a man should receive work as God’s good calling, laboring diligently to provide for those entrusted to him, serve others, and honor the Lord. Genesis 2:15 shows work as part of humanity’s purpose before the fall, while Exodus 20:9 joins faithful labor with the gift of Sabbath rest. Proverbs praises steady, skillful diligence and warns that laziness leads to want. Paul directs believers to work honestly, share with those in need, and provide for their households, as in Ephesians 4:28 and 1 Timothy 5:8. Yet work is not a path to self-righteousness; it is grateful service flowing from God’s grace in Christ.
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- 1 Timothy 3:2
The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;
- Genesis 2:15
Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
- Proverbs 14:23
In all hard work there is profit, But the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.
- Ephesians 4:28
Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:10
For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: "If anyone will not work, neither let him eat."
- 1 Timothy 5:8
But if anyone doesn't provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
- Exodus 20:9
You shall labor six days, and do all your work,
- Proverbs 12:11
He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, But he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.
- Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, But the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.
- Proverbs 22:29
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings; He won't serve obscure men.
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