Quotes about Work
Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house.
— Proverbs 24:27
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
— Proverbs 24:33
As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed.
— Proverbs 26:14
The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
— Proverbs 28:19
She stretches out her hands to the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers.
— Proverbs 31:19
What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?
— Ecclesiastes 1:3
Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.
— Ecclesiastes 2:10
So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
— Ecclesiastes 2:17
I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
— Ecclesiastes 2:18
And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.
— Ecclesiastes 2:19
When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.
— Ecclesiastes 2:21
For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?
— Ecclesiastes 2:22