Quotes about Work
Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds.
— Genesis 49:14
But the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you draw the people away from their work? Get back to your labor!”
— Exodus 5:4
Pharaoh also said, “Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you would be stopping them from their labor.”
— Exodus 5:5
“You shall no longer supply the people with straw for making bricks. They must go and gather their own straw.
— Exodus 5:7
But require of them the same quota of bricks as before; do not reduce it. For they are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’
— Exodus 5:8
Make the work harder on the men so they will be occupied and pay no attention to these lies.”
— Exodus 5:9
So the people scattered all over the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
— Exodus 5:12
Now get to work. You will be given no straw, yet you must deliver the full quota of bricks.”
— Exodus 5:18
On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly, and another on the seventh day. You must not do any work on those days, except to prepare the meals—that is all you may do.
— Exodus 12:16
Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
— Exodus 20:9
but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.
— Exodus 20:10
For six years you are to sow your land and gather its produce,
— Exodus 23:10