Bible Verses About Vocation and Work
Bible verses about Vocation and Work
Discover what the Bible says about vocation and work.
Each verse has been chosen for its relevance and insight into this important biblical topic.
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And in the first day [there shall be] a holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation to you: no manner of work shall be done in them, save [that] which every man must eat, that only may be done by you.
And ye shall proclaim on the same day, [that] it may be a holy convocation to you: ye shall do no servile work [in it]. [it shall be] a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD: on the eighth day shall be a holy convocation to you, and ye shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD: it [is] a solemn assembly; [and] ye shall do no servile work [in it].
Scripture Passages
And in the seventh month, on the first [day] of the month, ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets to you.
And ye shall have on the tenth [day] of this seventh month a holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: [in it] ye shall not do any work.
And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast to the LORD seven days:
And on the seventh day ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work.
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers; the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth the work of his hands.
Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavors: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.
And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.
And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yes, the work of our hands establish thou it.
Incline not my heart to [any] evil thing, to practice wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
But what think ye? A [certain] man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go, work to-day in my vineyard.
And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because Jesus had healed on the sabbath, and said to the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath.
They said therefore to him, What sign showest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?
The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy, and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
Who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing testimony, and [their] thoughts the mean while accusing, or else excusing one another)
I speak after the manner of men, because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity, to ([work]) iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness, to ([work]) holiness.
And we know that all things work together for good, to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose.
For he will finish the work, and cut [it] short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
And if by grace, then [is it] no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
But now they break down the carved work of it at once with axes and hammers.
I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.
Let thy work appear to thy servants, and thy glory to their children.
When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens [are] the work of thy hands.
Man goeth forth to his work and to his labor until the evening.
His work [is] honorable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
Their idols [are] silver and gold; the work of men's hands.
The idols of the heathen [are] silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
A just weight and balance [are] the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag [are] his work.
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work [is] pure, and whether [it is] right.
The way of man [is] froward and strange: but [as for] the pure, his work [is] right.
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thy house.
And then will I profess to them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Jesus saith to them, My food is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
Jesus answered and said to them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.
Timothy my work-fellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater my kinsmen, salute you.
And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.