133 verses contain “Labor” (in the KJV: 1, in the BSB: 132) — showing 101–133
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I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour
wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord GOD.
I have given him the land of Egypt as the reward for his labor, because it was done for Me, declares the Lord GOD.
Then the king, when he heard these words, was
sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him.
As soon as the king heard this, he was deeply distressed and set his mind on delivering Daniel, and he
labored until
sundown to
rescue him.
And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”
The sorrows of a
travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.
Labor pains come upon him, but he is an unwise son. When the time arrives, he fails to present himself at the opening of the
womb.
Now why
dost thou cry out
aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in
travail.
Why do you now cry
aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your
counselor perished so that
anguish grips you like a woman in
labor?
Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of
Zion, like a woman in
travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall
redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.
Writhe in
agony, O Daughter of
Zion, like a woman in
labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be
rescued; there the LORD will
redeem you from the hand of your enemies!
Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the
remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.
Therefore Israel will be abandoned until she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of His brothers will return to the children of Israel.
Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall
weary themselves for very vanity?
Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the
labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations
weary themselves in vain?
And I called for a
drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.
I have summoned a
drought on the fields and on the mountains, on the grain, new wine, and oil, and on whatever the ground yields, on man and beast, and on all the
labor of your hands.”
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that
oppress the
hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who
defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
And why take ye thought for
raiment? Consider the
lilies of the field, how they grow; they
toil not, neither do they
spin:
And why do you
worry about clothes? Consider how the
lilies of the field grow: They do not
labor or
spin.
Consider the
lilies how they grow: they
toil not, they
spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not
arrayed like one of these.
Consider how the
lilies grow: They do not
labor or
spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.
I sent you to
reap that
whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
I sent you to
reap what you have not worked for; others have done the hard work, and now you have taken up their
labor.”
Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye
stedfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord,
forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be
steadfast and immovable. Always
excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your
labor in the Lord is not in vain.
That ye submit
yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with us, and laboureth.
to submit to such as these, and to every fellow worker and laborer.
In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger;
Not
boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men’s labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,
Neither do we
boast beyond our limits in the
labors of others. But we hope that as your faith increases, our area of influence among you will greatly increase as well,
Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a
fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths
oft.
Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.
In
weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and
thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
in
labor and
toil and often without sleep, in hunger and
thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.
But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I
wot not.
But if I go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. So what shall I choose? I do not know.
Holding forth the word of life; that I may
rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may
boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or
labor in vain.
And I intreat thee also, true
yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.
Yes, and I ask you, my true
yokefellow, to help these women who have
labored with me for the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.
To this end I also
labor,
striving with all His energy working powerfully within me.
Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and
patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your
labor of love, and your
enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
For ye remember, brethren, our labour and
travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
Surely you recall, brothers, our
labor and
toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to
anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
For this cause, when I could no longer
forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the
tempter have
tempted you, and our labour be in vain.
For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the
tempter had
somehow tempted you and caused our
labor to be in vain.
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as
travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like
labor pains on a
pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
Neither did we eat any man’s bread for
nought; but wrought with labour and
travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
nor did we eat
anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in
labor and
toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.
For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.
To this end we
labor and
strive, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the
Savior of
everyone, and especially of those who believe.
I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy
patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
I know your deeds, your
labor, and your
perseverance. I know that you cannot
tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles.
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth:
Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “
Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their
labors, for their deeds will follow them.”
Hate not
laborious work, neither
husbandry, which the most High hath ordained.