Industry

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• General scriptures concerningGenesis 2:15Exodus 23:12Exodus 35:2Deuteronomy 5:13Proverbs 10:4Proverbs 10:5Proverbs 12:11Proverbs 12:24Proverbs 12:27Proverbs 13:4Proverbs 13:11Proverbs 13:23Proverbs 14:4Proverbs 14:23Proverbs 16:26Proverbs 20:13Proverbs 21:5Proverbs 22:29Proverbs 27:23–27Proverbs 28:19
• See Frugality
• Also see [2211]IDLENESS
• See Slothfulness
• INSTANCES OF
• Jeroboam1 Kings 11:28
• PaulActs 18:3Acts 20:33Acts 20:342 Thessalonians 3:8

The passages, in Bible order (40)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 2:15

   Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

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   “Note, now, the person who was taken and the land where he was formed. The virtue of God, therefore, took man and breathed into him, so that man's virtue will advance and increase. God set him apart in Paradise that you may know that man was taken up, that is to say, was breathed upon by the power of God. Note the fact that man was created outside Paradise, whereas woman was made within it. This teaches us that each person acquires grace by reason of virtue, not because of locality or of race.

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2. Exodus 23:12

   For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.

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   “Six days thou shalt do thy work - Though they were thus bound to keep the sabbatical year, yet they must not neglect the seventh day’s rest or weekly Sabbath; for that was of perpetual obligation, and was paramount to all others. That the sanctification of the Sabbath was of great consequence in the sight of God, we may learn from the various repetitions of this law; and we may observe that it has still for its object, not only the benefit of the soul, but the health and comfort of the body also. Doth God care for oxen?

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3. Exodus 35:2

   For six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on that day must be put to death.

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4. Deuteronomy 5:13

   Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

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5. 1 Kings 11:28

   Now Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. So when Solomon noticed that the young man was industrious, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the house of Joseph.

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   “He was a young man of talent and energy, who, having been appointed by Solomon superintendent of the engineering works projected around Jerusalem, had risen into public notice, and on being informed by a very significant act of the prophet Ahijah of the royal destiny which, by divine appointment, awaited him, his mind took a new turn.

   “And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour,.... A man of great strength of body, and fortitude of mind: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious; in what he was set about in the above buildings and repairs: he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph; the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, to be a prince or a deputy governor of them; or rather to collect the king's tax from them, or the revenues of that part of the country, see Pro 22:29.

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6. Proverbs 10:4

   Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.

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   “He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand,.... That is either remiss in giving to the necessities of others, according to his abilities, and as cases require; or that is negligent and slothful in his business. Or, "that worketh with a deceitful hand"; or, "with a hand of deceit" (u), as it may be rendered; who pretends to work, but does not; makes a show as if he did, but acts deceitfully; or who uses many tricking and deceitful ways and methods to live, as usually slothful persons do.

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7. Proverbs 10:5

   He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.

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   “He that gathereth in summer is a wise son,.... Which is the time of gathering the fruits of the earth, and laying them up against winter, as the ant is said to do, Pro 6:8; but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame; to himself, and to his parents and relations.

   “The son is called upon to enter upon the labors of others, and reap where they have sown. To sleep when the plenteous harvest lies ready for the sickle is the most extreme laziness.

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8. Proverbs 12:11

   The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.

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   “The contrast is carried on between the life of industry and that of the idle, “vain person” of the “baser sort” (the “Raca” of Mat 5:22). We might have expected that the second clause would have ended with such words as “shall lack bread,” but the contrast goes deeper. Idleness leads to a worse evil than that of hunger.

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9. Proverbs 12:24

   The hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.

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   “The hand of the diligent shall bear rule - And why? because by his own industry he is independent; and every such person is respected wherever found.

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10. Proverbs 12:27

    A lazy man does not roast his game, but a diligent man prizes his possession.

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    “(Compare Pr 12:24). took in hunting--or, "his venison." He does not improve his advantages. the substance . . . precious--or, "the wealth of a man of honor is being diligent," or "diligence." precious--literally, "honor" (Ec 10:1).

    “The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting,.... Because he takes none. The slothful man takes no pains to get anything for a livelihood, by hunting or otherwise; and though he loves to live well, and eat roast meat, yet what he roasts is not what he has got himself, but what another has laboured for. It is observed (o) that fowlers burn the wings of birds taken by them, that they may not fly away; to which the allusion may be.

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11. Proverbs 13:4

    The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.

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12. Proverbs 13:11

    Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.

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    “By vanity - literally, “by a breath,” i. e., by a windfall, or sudden stroke of fortune, not by honest labor. The general meaning seems to be that the mere possession of riches is as nothing; they come and go, but the power to gain by skill of hand (“labor”) is everything.

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13. Proverbs 13:23

    Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away.

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    The contrast is the ever recurring one between honest poverty and dishonest wealth. “The new-plowed field of the poor is much food, but there are those, who, though rich, perish through their disregard of right.”

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14. Proverbs 14:4

    Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but an abundant harvest comes through the strength of the ox.

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    “Where no oxen are the crib is clean,.... Or "empty" (z), so Jarchi and Aben Ezra. Oxen were used in Judea in several parts of husbandry; in ploughing the land, bringing home the corn, and in threshing or treading it out, Deu 22:

    “But much increase is by the strength of the ox - The ox is the most profitable of all the beasts used in husbandry. Except merely for speed, he is almost in every respect superior to the horse. 1. He is longer lived. 2. Scarcely liable to any diseases. 3. He is steady, and always pulls fair in his gears. 4. He lives, fattens, and maintains his strength on what a horse will not eat, and therefore is supported on one third the cost. 5. His manure is more profitable.

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15. Proverbs 14:23

    There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

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    “Another brother spoke with the same Theodore, and he began to talk about matters of which he had no experience. Theodore said to him, 'You've not yet found a ship to sail in, nor put your luggage aboard, nor put out to sea, and you're …

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16. Proverbs 16:26

    A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.

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    “He that laboreth - literally, as in the margin, i. e., “The desire of the laborer labors for him” (or, helps him in his work), “for his mouth urges him on.” Hunger of some kind is the spring of all hearty labor. Without that the man would sit down and take his ease. So also, unless there is a hunger in the soul, craving to be fed, there can be no true labor after righteousness and wisdom (compare Mat 5:6).

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