Quotes about Labor
The labor of the righteous leads to life, but the gain of the wicked brings punishment.
— Proverbs 10:16
The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.
— Proverbs 12:11
Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but an abundant harvest comes through the strength of the ox.
— Proverbs 14:4
There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
— Proverbs 14:23
What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?
— Ecclesiastes 1:3
I built reservoirs to water my groves of flourishing trees.
— Ecclesiastes 2:6
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
Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.
— Ecclesiastes 2:11
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
So my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done under the sun.
— Ecclesiastes 2:20
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