What does the Bible say about finding a job?

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The Bible teaches that believers may seek work diligently and prayerfully, trusting God to provide, guide, and establish the labor of their hands according to his wise will. Jesus invites his people to ask in faith and abide in him, praying for what accords with his words and purposes (John 15:7; John 14:14; Luke 11:9). Philippians 4:19 assures Christians that God knows and supplies their true needs, while Psalm 90:17 asks him to make our work fruitful. Proverbs 3:6 calls us to acknowledge the Lord in every step, and 1 Peter 5:7 urges us to cast employment anxieties on him. James 1:1-27 encourages steadfast faith, wisdom, and practical obedience amid trials.

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  • John 15:7

    If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.

  • Philippians 4:19

    My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

  • Psalms 90:17

    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.

  • John 14:14

    If you will ask anything in my name, I will do it.

  • Mark 11:24

    Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you receive them, and you shall have them.

  • Proverbs 3:6

    In all your ways acknowledge him, And he will direct your paths.

  • Luke 11:9

    "I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.

  • 1 Peter 5:7

    casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

  • James 1:1-27

    [1] James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings. [2] Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, [3] knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. [4] Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. [5] But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him. [6] But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed. [7] For let that man not think that he will receive anything from the Lord. [8] He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. [9] But let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position; [10] and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away. [11] For the sun arises with the scorching wind, and withers the grass, and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits. [12] Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him. [13] Let no man say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God can't be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one. [14] But each one is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed. [15] Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin; and the sin, when it is full grown, brings forth death. [16] Don't be deceived, my beloved brothers. [17] Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow. [18] Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. [19] So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger; [20] for the anger of man doesn't produce the righteousness of God. [21] Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. [22] But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves. [23] For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a mirror; [24] for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. [25] But he who looks into the perfect law, the law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does. [26] If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn't bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man's religion is worthless. [27] Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

  • Jeremiah 29:11

    For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

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