Quotes about Work

In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day.

“Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?

Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.

Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?

look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.

You will call, and I will answer; You will desire the work of Your hands.

He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.

Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.

They crush olives within their walls; they tread the winepresses, but go thirsty.

The miner strikes the flint; he overturns mountains at their base.

Remember to magnify His work, which men have praised in song.

Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?