What Does the Bible Say About Jobs And Promotions?

Psalm 128:2 ESV / 14 helpful votes

You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.

Colossians 3:23 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,

Proverbs 22:29 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.

Ephesians 4:28 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 8 helpful votes

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Luke 6:38 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”

Luke 10:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes

And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the laborer deserves his wages. Do not go from house to house.

Jonah 1:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Then they said to him, “Tell us on whose account this evil has come upon us. What is your occupation? And where do you come from? What is your country? And of what people are you?”

Matthew 9:37 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few;

Ecclesiastes 9:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.

Proverbs 18:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.

Proverbs 12:11 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense.

Exodus 20:8-10 ESV / 5 helpful votes

“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates.

Genesis 1:28 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 ESV / 4 helpful votes

There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God, for apart from him who can eat or who can have enjoyment?

Matthew 6:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

Proverbs 14:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.

Genesis 2:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.

1 Peter 2:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust.

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

2 Thessalonians 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.

1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one.

Colossians 3:22-24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Bondservants, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.

Ephesians 6:5-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Bondservants, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man, knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a bondservant or is free. Masters, do the same to them, and stop your threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him.

Ephesians 1:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

Proverbs 13:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

Genesis 3:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.

Genesis 3:17-19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And to Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

Hebrews 13:5-6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?”

Ecclesiastes 3:22 ESV / 1 helpful vote

So I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his work, for that is his lot. Who can bring him to see what will be after him?

Proverbs 12:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

From the fruit of his mouth a man is satisfied with good, and the work of a man's hand comes back to him.

33 Bible Verses about Jobs And Promotions

Psalm 128:2 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Colossians 3:23 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:29 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:28 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Luke 6:38 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Luke 10:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Jonah 1:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Matthew 9:37 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 9:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 12:11 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Exodus 20:8-10 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Genesis 1:28 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 6:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 14:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Genesis 2:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Peter 2:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Thessalonians 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Colossians 3:22-24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:5-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 1:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 13:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 3:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 3:17-19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:5-6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ecclesiastes 3:22 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Proverbs 12:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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33 Bible Verses about Jobs And Promotions

Psalm 128:2 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 3:23 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 22:29 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 4:28 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 6:38 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 10:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jonah 1:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 9:37 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ecclesiastes 9:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 18:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 12:11 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 20:8-10 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 1:28 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 6:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 14:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 2:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 2:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Proverbs 13:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Psalm 128:2 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Colossians 3:23 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:29 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:28 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Luke 6:38 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Luke 10:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Jonah 1:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Matthew 9:37 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 9:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 12:11 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Exodus 20:8-10 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Genesis 1:28 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 6:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 14:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Genesis 2:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Peter 2:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Thessalonians 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Colossians 3:22-24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:5-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 1:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 13:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 3:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 3:17-19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:5-6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ecclesiastes 3:22 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Proverbs 12:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote