Quotes about Occupation
Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.
— Thomas Jefferson
The Lord calls each one of His children, no matter what his occupation—lawyer, doctor, maintenance man, carpenter, accountant, athlete, musician, teacher, homeschooling mom, and so on—to have a real prayer life.
— Mike Bickle
Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do
— Oscar Wilde
When Pharaoh summons you and asks, ‘What is your occupation?’
— Genesis 46:33
“What is your occupation?” Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers. “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied, “both we and our fathers.”
— Genesis 47:3
Make the work harder on the men so they will be occupied and pay no attention to these lies.”
— Exodus 5:9
Israel captured all the cities of the Amorites and occupied them, including Heshbon and all its villages.
— Numbers 21:25
But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.
— Joshua 16:10
But the descendants of Manasseh were unable to occupy these cities, because the Canaanites were determined to stay in this land.
— Joshua 17:12
However, when the Israelites grew stronger, they put the Canaanites to forced labor; but they failed to drive them out completely.
— Joshua 17:13
When Israel became stronger, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor, but they never drove them out completely.
— Judges 1:28
So the Asherites lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, because they did not drive them out.
— Judges 1:32