Quotes about Work
Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.
- Genesis 3:23
Laban said to him, “Just because you are my relative, should you work for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.”
- Genesis 29:15
Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.
- Genesis 29:30
Give me my wives and children for whom I have served you, that I may go on my way. You know how hard I have worked for you.”
- Genesis 30:26
Then Jacob answered, “You know how I have served you and how your livestock have thrived under my care.
- Genesis 30:29
You know that I have served your father with all my strength.
- Genesis 31:6
One day, however, Joseph went into the house to attend to his work, and not a single household servant was inside.
- Genesis 39:11
Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds.
- Genesis 49:14
But the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you draw the people away from their work? Get back to your labor!”
- Exodus 5:4
Pharaoh also said, “Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you would be stopping them from their labor.”
- Exodus 5:5
“You shall no longer supply the people with straw for making bricks. They must go and gather their own straw.
- Exodus 5:7
But require of them the same quota of bricks as before; do not reduce it. For they are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’
- Exodus 5:8