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1,012 verses contain “Work” (in the KJV: 860, in the BSB: 566) — showing 901–1,000
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For whoso despiseth wisdom and nurture, he is miserable, and their hope is vain, their labours unfruitful, and their works unprofitable:
For power is given you of the Lord, and sovereignty from the Highest, who shall try your works, and search out your counsels.
For in his hand are both we and our words; all wisdom also, and knowledge of workmanship.
For wisdom, which is the worker of all things, taught me: for in her is an understanding spirit holy, one only, manifold, subtil, lively, clear, undefiled, plain, not subject to hurt, loving the thing that is good quick, which cannot be letted, ready to do good,
For she is privy to the mysteries of the knowledge of God, and a lover of his works.
If riches be a possession to be desired in this life; what is richer than wisdom, that worketh all things?
And if prudence work; who of all that are is a more cunning workman than she?
And great pleasure it is to have her friendship; and in the works of her hands are infinite riches; and in the exercise of conference with her, prudence; and in talking with her, a good report; I went about seeking how to take her to me.
And wisdom was with thee: which knoweth thy works, and was present when thou madest the world, and knew what was acceptable in thy sight, and right in thy commandments.
So shall my works be acceptable, and then shall I judge thy people righteously, and be worthy to sit in my father’s seat.
She prospered their works in the hand of the holy prophet.
Whom thou hatedst for doing most odious works of witchcrafts, and wicked sacrifices;
But by such works hast thou taught thy people that the just man should be merciful, and hast made thy children to be of a good hope that thou givest repentance for sins.
Surely vain are all men by nature, who are ignorant of God, and could not out of the good things that are seen know him that is: neither by considering the works did they acknowledge the workmaster;
For being conversant in his works they search him diligently, and believe their sight: because the things are beautiful that are seen.
But miserable are they, and in dead things is their hope, who call them gods, which are the works of men’s hands, gold and silver, to shew art in, and resemblances of beasts, or a stone good for nothing, the work of an ancient hand.
And after spending the refuse of his work to dress his meat, hath filled himself;
For verily desire of gain devised that, and the workman built it by his skill.
Nevertheless thou wouldest not that the works of thy wisdom should be idle, and therefore do men commit their lives to a small piece of wood, and passing the rough sea in a weak vessel are saved.
And so the multitude, allured by the grace of the work, took him now for a god, which a little before was but honoured.
Notwithstanding his care is, not that he shall have much labour, nor that his life is short: but striveth to excel goldsmiths and silversmiths, and endeavoureth to do like the workers in brass, and counteth it his glory to make counterfeit things.
For being mortal, he worketh a dead thing with wicked hands: for he himself is better than the things which he worshippeth: whereas he lived once, but they never.
He created her, and saw her, and numbered her, and poured her out upon all his works.
And say not, Who shall controul me for my works? for the Lord will surely revenge thy pride.
Hate not laborious work, neither husbandry, which the most High hath ordained.
Whereas thy servant worketh truly, entreat him not evil, nor the hireling that bestoweth himself wholly for thee.
For the hand of the artificer the work shall be commended: and the wise ruler of the people for his speech.
Boast not of thy clothing and raiment, and exalt not thyself in the day of honour: for the works of the Lord are wonderful, and his works among men are hidden.
Wisdom, knowledge, and understanding of the law, are of the Lord: love, and the way of good works, are from him.
Be stedfast in thy covenant, and be conversant therein, and wax old in thy work.
Marvel not at the works of sinners; but trust in the Lord, and abide in thy labour: for it is an easy thing in the sight of the Lord on the sudden to make a poor man rich.
Take heed of a mischievous man, for he worketh wickedness; lest he bring upon thee a perpetual blot.
Every work rotteth and consumeth away, and the worker thereof shall go withal.
And his eyes are upon them that fear him, and he knoweth every work of man.
As his mercy is great, so is his correction also: he judgeth a man according to his works
Make way for every work of mercy: for every man shall find according to his works.
The Lord hardened Pharaoh, that he should not know him, that his powerful works might be known to the world.
It is a tempest which no man can see: for the most part of his works are hid.
Who can declare the works of his justice? or who can endure them? for his covenant is afar off, and the trial of all things is in the end.
The works of the Lord are done in judgment from the beginning: and from the time he made them he disposed the parts thereof.
He garnished his works for ever, and in his hand are the chief of them unto all generations: they neither labour, nor are weary, nor cease from their works.
He set his eye upon their hearts, that he might shew them the greatness of his works.
He gave them to glory in his marvellous acts for ever, that they might declare his works with understanding.
Therefore all their works are as the sun before him, and his eyes are continually upon their ways.
But the Lord being gracious and knowing his workmanship, neither left nor forsook them, but spared them.
To whom hath he given power to declare his works? and who shall find out his noble acts?
As for the wondrous works of the Lord, there may nothing be taken from them, neither may any thing be put unto them, neither can the ground of them be found out.
He that obeyeth me shall never be confounded, and they that work by me shall not do amiss.
As the lion lieth in wait for the prey; so sin for them that work iniquity.
He that winketh with the eyes worketh evil: and he that knoweth him will depart from him.
He that worketh mischief, it shall fall upon him, and he shall not know whence it cometh.
My son, hear me, and despise me not, and at the last thou shalt find as I told thee: in all thy works be quick, so shall there no sickness come unto thee.
As a signet of an emerald set in a work of gold, so is the melody of musick with pleasant wine.
In every good work trust thy own soul; for this is the keeping of the commandments.
So look upon all the works of the most High; and there are two and two, one against another.
In all thy works keep to thyself the preeminence; leave not a stain in thine honour.
Fodder, a wand, and burdens, are for the ass; and bread, correction, and work, for a servant.
Set him to work, as is fit for him: if he be not obedient, put on more heavy fetters.
Till he have rendered to every man according to his deeds, and to the works of men according to their devices; till he have judged the cause of his people, and made them to rejoice in his mercy.
Shew new signs, and make other strange wonders: glorify thy hand and thy right arm, that they may set forth thy wondrous works.
Sake the time short, remember the covenant, and let them declare thy wonderful works.
Neither consult with a woman touching her of whom she is jealous; neither with a coward in matters of war; nor with a merchant concerning exchange; nor with a buyer of selling; nor with an envious man of thankfulness; nor with an unmerciful man touching kindness; nor with the slothful for any work; nor with an hireling for a year of finishing work; nor with an idle servant of much business: hearken not unto these in any matter of counsel.
And he hath given men skill, that he might be honoured in his marvellous works.
Of such doth the apothecary make a confection; and of his works there is no end; and from him is peace over all the earth,
So every carpenter and workmaster, that laboureth night and day: and they that cut and grave seals, and are diligent to make great variety, and give themselves to counterfeit imagery, and watch to finish a work:
The smith also sitting by the anvil, and considering the iron work, the vapour of the fire wasteth his flesh, and he fighteth with the heat of the furnace: the noise of the hammer and the anvil is ever in his ears, and his eyes look still upon the pattern of the thing that he maketh; he setteth his mind to finish his work, and watcheth to polish it perfectly:
So doth the potter sitting at his work, and turning the wheel about with his feet, who is alway carefully set at his work, and maketh all his work by number;
All these trust to their hands: and every one is wise in his work.
But they will maintain the state of the world, and all their desire is in the work of their craft.
And give ye a sweet savour as frankincense, and flourish as a lily, send forth a smell, and sing a song of praise, bless the Lord in all his works.
All the works of the Lord are exceeding good, and whatsoever he commandeth shall be accomplished in due season.
The works of all flesh are before him, and nothing can be hid from his eyes.
All the works of the Lord are good: and he will give every needful thing in due season.
I will now remember the works of the Lord, and declare the things that I have seen: In the words of the Lord are his works.
The sun that giveth light looketh upon all things, and the work thereof is full of the glory of the Lord.
The Lord hath not given power to the saints to declare all his marvellous works, which the Almighty Lord firmly settled, that whatsoever is might be established for his glory.
He hath garnished the excellent works of his wisdom, and he is from everlasting to everlasting: unto him may nothing be added, neither can he be diminished, and he hath no need of any counsellor.
Oh how desirable are all his works! and that a man may see even to a spark.
The sun when it appeareth, declaring at his rising a marvellous instrument, the work of the most High:
A man blowing a furnace is in works of heat, but the sun burneth the mountains three times more; breathing out fiery vapours, and sending forth bright beams, it dimmeth the eyes.
For therein be strange and wondrous works, variety of all kinds of beasts and whales created.
How shall we be able to magnify him? for he is great above all his works.
There are yet hid greater things than these be, for we have seen but a few of his works.
With an holy garment, with gold, and blue silk, and purple, the work of the embroidere, with a breastplate of judgment, and with Urim and Thummim;
With twisted scarlet, the work of the cunning workman, with precious stones graven like seals, and set in gold, the work of the jeweller, with a writing engraved for a memorial, after the number of the tribes of Israel.
He set a crown of gold upon the mitre, wherein was engraved Holiness, an ornament of honour, a costly work, the desires of the eyes, goodly and beautiful.
In the time of Moses also he did a work of mercy, he and Caleb the son of Jephunne, in that they withstood the congregation, and withheld the people from sin, and appeased the wicked murmuring.
In all his works he praised the Holy One most high with words of glory; with his whole heart he sung songs, and loved him that made him.
But the Lord will never leave off his mercy, neither shall any of his works perish, neither will he abolish the posterity of his elect, and the seed of him that loveth him he will not take away: wherefore he gave a remnant unto Jacob, and out of him a root unto David.
He did wonders in his life, and at his death were his works marvellous.
Work your work betimes, and in his time he will give you your reward.
Wherefore the Lord watched over us for evil, and the Lord hath brought it upon us: for the Lord is righteous in all his works which he hath commanded us.
For they that wrought in silver, and were so careful, and whose works are unsearchable,
As for their tongue, it is polished by the workman, and they themselves are gilded and laid over with silver; yet are they but false, and cannot speak.
They are made of carpenters and goldsmiths: they can be nothing else than the workmen will have them to be.
And it shall manifestly appear to all nations and kings that they are no gods, but the works of men’s hands, and that there is no work of God in them.
For thou art righteous in all the things that thou hast done to us: yea, true are all thy works, thy ways are right, and all thy judgments truth.
Deliver us also according to thy marvellous works, and give glory to thy name, O Lord: and let all them that do thy servants hurt be ashamed;
O all ye works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever,
They pursued also after the proud men, and the work prospered in their hand.