Bible Verses about “chores”

“But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.”

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

“¶ Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”

“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”

“Favour [is] deceitful, and beauty [is] vain: [but] a woman [that] feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.”

“¶ Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.”

“¶ Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.”

“Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)”

“That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.”

“¶ Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price [is] far above rubies.”

“She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue [is] the law of kindness.”

“Strength and honour [are] her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.”

“Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband [also], and he praiseth her.”

“She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.”

“She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.”

“Let all things be done decently and in order.”

“Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.”

“The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.”

“Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.”

“Children, obey [your] parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.”

“She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.”

“She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.”

“She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.”

“She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.”

“She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing [is] silk and purple.”

“She perceiveth that her merchandise [is] good: her candle goeth not out by night.”

“She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.”

“She maketh fine linen, and selleth [it]; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.”

“She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.”

“She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.”

“She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household [are] clothed with scarlet.”

“Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.”

“And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;”

“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.”

“¶ Do all things without murmurings and disputings:”

“‹He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.›”

“That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;”

“That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and [that] ye may have lack of nothing.”

“For every man shall bear his own burden.”

“But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.”

“[As] an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, [so is] a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.”

“¶ As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, [so is] a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.”

“Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.”