Finding joy and fulfillment in our work is a common desire. The Bible offers wisdom on approaching our jobs with diligence, integrity, and faith. In these 115 Bible verses about jobs, you’ll find inspiration and encouragement for your professional journey. 

Integrity in Jobs

• Proverbs 10:9 – “Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.”
• Proverbs 11:1 – “The Lord detests dishonest scales, but accurate weights find favor with him.”
• Proverbs 12:11 – “Those who work their land will have abundant food, but those who chase fantasies have no sense.”
• Proverbs 13:4 – “A sluggard’s appetite is never filled, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.”
• Proverbs 16:11 – “Honest scales and balances belong to the Lord; all the weights in the bag are of his making.”
• Proverbs 22:29 – “Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings; they will not serve before obscure men.”
• Colossians 3:23 – “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters.”
• Titus 2:7 – “In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness.”
• 1 Peter 2:12 – “Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.”
• Leviticus 19:13 – “Do not defraud or rob your neighbor. Do not hold back the wages of a hired worker overnight.”

Diligence and Hard Work in Jobs

• Proverbs 6:6-8 – “Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.”
• Proverbs 12:24 – “Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.”
• Proverbs 14:23 – “All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.”
• Proverbs 20:13 – “Do not love sleep or you will grow poor; stay awake and you will have food to spare.”
• Proverbs 21:5 – “The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.”
• Ecclesiastes 9:10 – “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.”
• 2 Thessalonians 3:10 – “For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: ‘The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.’”
• 2 Timothy 2:6 – “The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops.”
• Luke 16:10 – “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.”

Wisdom and Guidance in Jobs

• Proverbs 3:5-6 – “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”
• Psalm 90:17 – “May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us—yes, establish the work of our hands.”
• Proverbs 16:3 – “Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.”
• Proverbs 24:27 – “Put your outdoor work in order and get your fields ready; after that, build your house.”
• James 1:5 – “If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.”
• Ecclesiastes 2:24 – “A person can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in their own toil. This too, I see, is from the hand of God.”
• Proverbs 8:12 – “I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence; I possess knowledge and discretion.”
• Proverbs 2:6 – “For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.”
• Proverbs 18:9 – “One who is slack in his work is brother to one who destroys.”
• Exodus 35:35 – “He has filled them with skill to do all kinds of work as engravers, designers, embroiderers in blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen, and weavers—all of them skilled workers and designers.”

God’s Provision Through Jobs

• Deuteronomy 28:12 – “The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none.”
• Philippians 4:19 – “And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.”
• 2 Corinthians 9:8 – “And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.”
• Psalm 128:2 – “You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours.”
• Leviticus 26:4 – “I will send you rain in its season, and the ground will yield its crops and the trees their fruit.”
• Psalm 1:3 – “That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither—whatever they do prospers.”
• Psalm 37:3 – “Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.”
• Proverbs 14:4 – “Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but from the strength of an ox come abundant harvests.”
• Isaiah 65:21-22 – “They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. No longer will they build houses and others live in them, or plant and others eat. For as the days of a tree, so will be the days of my people.”
• Psalm 107:37 – “They sowed fields and planted vineyards that yielded a fruitful harvest.”

Balance and Rest with Jobs

• Exodus 20:8-10 – “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping 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.”
• Psalm 127:2 – “In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat—for he grants sleep to those he loves.”
• Ecclesiastes 4:6 – “Better one handful with tranquillity than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind.”
• Leviticus 25:4 – “But in the seventh year the land is to have a year of sabbath rest, a sabbath to the Lord. Do not sow your fields or prune your vineyards.”
• Mark 6:31 – “Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, ‘Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.'”
• Exodus 34:21 – “Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during the plowing season and harvest you must rest.”
• Psalm 23:2 – “He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters.”
• Hebrews 4:9-10 – “There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his.”
• Ecclesiastes 3:13 – “That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God.”
• Psalms 46:10 – “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”

Reward of Labor and Jobs

• Proverbs 16:26 – “The appetite of laborers works for them; their hunger drives them on.”
• Proverbs 13:11 – “Dishonest money dwindles away, but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.”
• Proverbs 27:18 – “Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored.”
• 1 Corinthians 3:8 – “The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor.”
• 1 Corinthians 9:9 – “For it is written in the Law of Moses: ‘Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.’ Is it about oxen that God is concerned?”
• 2 Chronicles 15:7 – “But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded.”
• Ruth 2:12 – “May the Lord repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”
• Hebrews 6:10 – “God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.”
• Luke 6:38 – “Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”
• Proverbs 22:4 – “Humility is the fear of the Lord; its wages are riches and honor and life.”

Ethical Work Practices in Jobs

• Ephesians 4:28 – “Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need.”
• Leviticus 19:35-36 – “Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight or quantity. Use honest scales and honest weights, an honest ephah and an honest hin.”
• Deuteronomy 24:14-15 – “Do not take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether that worker is a fellow Israelite or a foreigner residing in one of your towns. Pay them their wages each day before sunset, because they are poor and are counting on it.”
• Proverbs 10:4 – “Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.”
• Amos 8:4-6 – “Hear this, you who trample the needy and do away with the poor of the land, saying, ‘When will the New Moon be over that we may sell grain, and the Sabbath be ended that we may market wheat?’—skimping on the measure, boosting the price and cheating with dishonest scales.”
• James 5:4 – “Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.”
• Proverbs 16:8 – “Better a little with righteousness than much gain with injustice.”
• Jeremiah 22:13 – “Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, his upper rooms by injustice, making his own people work for nothing, not paying them for their labor.”
• Proverbs 11:3 – “The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.”
• Micah 6:8 – “He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”

Leadership and Management in Jobs

• Proverbs 27:23-24 – “Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds; for riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations.”
• Matthew 20:26 – “Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant.”
• Proverbs 29:2 – “When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan.”
• Proverbs 31:8-9 – “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.”
• 2 Timothy 2:15 – “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.”
• 1 Peter 5:2-3 – “Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, watching over them—not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not pursuing dishonest gain, but eager to serve; not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.”
• Philippians 2:3 – “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves.”
• Exodus 18:21 – “But select capable men from all the people—men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain—and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.”

The Value of Work and Jobs

• Proverbs 12:14 – “From the fruit of their lips people are filled with good things, and the work of their hands brings them reward.”
• Ecclesiastes 5:19 – “Moreover, when God gives someone wealth and possessions, and the ability to enjoy them, to accept their lot and be happy in their toil—this is a gift of God.”
• 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 – “Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.”
• Ecclesiastes 3:22 – “So I saw that there is nothing better for a person than to enjoy their work, because that is their lot. For who can bring them to see what will happen after them?”
• 2 Thessalonians 3:12 – “Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the food they eat.”
• Proverbs 31:31 – “Honor her for all that her hands have done, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.”
• Genesis 2:15 – “The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.”
• Acts 20:35 – “In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
• Proverbs 28:19 – “Those who work their land will have abundant food, but those who chase fantasies will have their fill of poverty.”

Teamwork and Collaboration in Jobs

• Ecclesiastes 4:9 – “Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.”
• 1 Corinthians 12:14 – “For the body is not made up of one part but of many.”
• Ephesians 4:16 – “From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.”
• Philippians 2:2 – “Then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind.”
• Hebrews 10:24-25 – “And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.”
• Proverbs 15:22 – “Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.”
• Nehemiah 4:6 – “So we rebuilt the wall till all of it reached half its height, for the people worked with all their heart.”
• Acts 18:3 – “Because he was a tentmaker as they were, he stayed and worked with them.”
• 1 Corinthians 3:9 – “For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building.”

Perseverance in Jobs

• Galatians 6:9 – “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”
• 2 Thessalonians 3:13 – “And as for you, brothers and sisters, never tire of doing what is good.”
• James 1:12 – “Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.”
• Hebrews 12:1 – “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.”
• Colossians 1:29 – “To this end I strenuously contend with all the energy Christ so powerfully works in me.”
• Philippians 3:14 – “I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”
• 1 Corinthians 15:58 – “Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.”
• Romans 5:3-4 – “Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.”
• Proverbs 24:10 – “If you falter in a time of trouble, how small is your strength!”

Using Talents and Skills in your Jobs

• Exodus 31:3-5 – “And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills—to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of crafts.”
• Matthew 25:20-21 – “The man who had received five bags of gold brought the other five. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with five bags of gold. See, I have gained five more.’ His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!'”
• 1 Peter 4:10-11 – “Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.”
• Exodus 35:25 – “Every skilled woman spun with her hands and brought what she had spun—blue, purple or scarlet yarn or fine linen.”
• Romans 12:6-8 – “We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach.”
• 1 Corinthians 12:4-6 – “There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.”
• Exodus 36:1-2 – “So Bezalel, Oholiab and every skilled person to whom the Lord has given skill and ability to know how to carry out all the work of constructing the sanctuary are to do the work just as the Lord has commanded.”

Responsibility and Accountability in Jobs

• Luke 12:48 – “From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.”
• Colossians 3:17 – “And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”
• Matthew 12:36 – “But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken.”
• 2 Corinthians 5:10 – “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.”

Conclusion

Reflecting on these 115 Bible verses about jobs, may you find renewed purpose in your work. Let these Scriptures guide you with faith and integrity. Remember, your labor holds divine significance. Embrace the blessings and fulfillment in serving faithfully.