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Every Day Wisdom For Work
Pastor Tom Yarbrough
“For by Him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities – all things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.”
Colossians 1:16-17
“And on the seventh day God finished His work that He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work that He had done. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all His work that He had done in creation.”
Genesis 2:2-3
“For those whom He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that He might be the firstborn among many brothers.”
Romans 8:29
“Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent me and to accomplish His work.”
John 4:34
“The Lord possessed me at the beginning of His work, the first of His acts of old. Ages ago, I was set up, at the first, before the beginning of the earth. When there were no depths I was brought forth; when there were no springs abounding with water. Before the mountains had been shaped, before the hills, I was brought forth, before He had made the earth with its fields, or the first of the dust of the world. When He established the heavens, I was there; when He drew a circle on the face of the deep, when He made firm the skies above, when He established the fountains of the deep, when He assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth, then I was beside Him, like a master workman, and I was daily His delight, rejoicing before Him always, rejoicing in His inhabited world and delighting in the children of man.”
Proverbs 8:22-31
“The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.”
Genensis 2:15
“And to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
Genesis 3:17-19
“Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.”
Exodus 20:9-11
“See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with ability and intelligence, with knowledge and all craftsmanship, to devise artistic designs, to work in gold, silver, and bronze, in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, to work in every craft. And behold, I have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. And I have given to all able men ability, that they may make all that I have commanded you: the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is on it, and all the furnishings of the tent, the table and its utensils, and the pure lampstand with all its utensils, and the altar of incense, and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin and its stand, and the finely worked garments, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, for their service as priests, and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense for the Holy Place. According to all that I have commanded you, they shall do.”
Exodus 31:2-11
“Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands!”
Psalm 90:17
“Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain.”
Psalm 127:1
“Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.”
Proverbs 16:3
“Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.”
Proverbs 22:29
“A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.”
Proverbs10:4
“Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense.”
Proverbs 12:11
“Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.”
Proverbs 28:19
“From the fruit of his mouth a man is satisfied with good, and the work of a man’s hand comes back to him.”
Proverbs 12:14
“The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.”
Proverbs 12:24
“In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.”
Proverbs 14:23
“A worker’s appetite works for him; his mouth urges him on.”
Proverbs 16:26
“He who gathers in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who brings shame.”
Proverbs 10:5
“The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.”
Proverbs 20:4
“How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.”
Proverbs 6:6-11
“The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.”
Proverbs 13:4
“Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.”
Proverbs 18:9
“Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.”
Proverbs 19:15
“Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.”
Proverbs 20:13
“The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.”
Proverbs 21:25
“There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God.”
Ecclesiastes 2:24
“We can, therefore, consider the work of the Son and ask how we might imitate it–not by atoning for sin, but by working with our hands…No, we cannot duplicate God’s grand work of redemption, but we can follow in Jesus’s footsteps as we work. It’s both our calling and also our privilege, as men and women recreated in God’s image.” (John 4:34, Matthew 14:22, Matthew 8:24-25, John 4:6, John 19:30)
Dan Doriani, 12 Basic Principles for Faith and Work
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