Bible Verses about “getting a job”

“‹But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.›”

“‹No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.›”

“For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.”

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

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

“Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place [such] over them, [to be] rulers of thousands, [and] rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:”

“And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, [that] every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear [the burden] with thee.”

“And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.”

“If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee [so], then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.”

“And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,”

“To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,”

“And in cutting of stones, to set [them], and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.”

“¶ And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.”

“And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What [is] this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?”

“And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:”

“When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make [them] know the statutes of God, and his laws.”

“And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest [is] not good.”

“Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that [is] with thee: for this thing [is] too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.”

“Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:”

“¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,”

“See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:”

“And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee;”

“It [is] a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.”

“And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that the LORD hath commanded;”

“Six days may work be done; but in the seventh [is] the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth [any] work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.”

“Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, [for] a perpetual covenant.”

“And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:”

“Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it [is] a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that [ye] may know that I [am] the LORD that doth sanctify you.”

“Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it [is] holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth [any] work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.”

“The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that [is] thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle,”

“And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense,”

“And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the laver and his foot,”

“And the cloths of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office,”

“And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy [place]: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.”

“Now I know that the LORD [is] greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly [he was] above them.”

“So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.”

“And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.”

“And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.”

“And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.”

“¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,”

“And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.”

“I have made the earth, the man and the beast that [are] upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.”

“¶ When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, [and] that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt;”

“Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,”

“And her two sons; of which the name of the one [was] Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:”

“And the name of the other [was] Eliezer; for the God of my father, [said he, was] mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:”

“And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.”

“¶ And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of [their] welfare; and they came into the tent.”

“And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, [and] all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and [how] the LORD delivered them.”

“And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.”