Here are 6 Bible verses about families and work, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.
Exodus 20:9-11 KJV
9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: 11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the …
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John 16:33 KJV
33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
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Proverbs 24:27 KJV
27 Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
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Genesis 3:16 KJV
16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
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Ephesians 5:21 KJV
21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
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Ephesians 4:17 KJV
17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
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