23 Bible Verses about Getting a Job (KJV)

Here are 23 Bible verses about getting a job, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

2 Thessalonians 3:10 KJV

¹⁰For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

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Matthew 6:33 KJV

³³But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

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1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 KJV

¹¹And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; ¹²That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.

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Jeremiah 27:5 KJV

⁵I 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.

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Exodus 31:1-18 KJV

¹And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, ²See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: ³And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, ⁴To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, …

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Exodus 18:1-27 KJV

¹When 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; ²Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back, ³And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land: …

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1 Kings 5:6 KJV

⁶Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.

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Exodus 35:10 KJV

¹⁰And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that the Lord hath commanded;

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Matthew 4:19 KJV

¹⁹And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

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Proverbs 22:29 KJV

²⁹Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

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Proverbs 6:6-8 KJV

⁶Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: ⁷Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, ⁸Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

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1 Samuel 16:18 KJV

¹⁸Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the Lord is with him.

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Exodus 28:3 KJV

³And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.

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Galatians 6:4 KJV

⁴But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.

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1 Corinthians 12:18 KJV

¹⁸But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.

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1 Corinthians 12:1-31 KJV

¹Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. ²Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led. ³Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. ⁴Now there are diversities …

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John 9:4 KJV

⁴I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

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Daniel 1:3-4 KJV

³And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king’s seed, and of the princes; ⁴Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king’s palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.

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Psalm 128:2 KJV

²For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

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2 Chronicles 2:7 KJV

⁷Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.

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1 Chronicles 15:22 KJV

²²And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.

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Numbers 1:3 KJV

³From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.

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Exodus 35:1-35 KJV

¹And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, These are the words which the Lord hath commanded, that ye should do them. ²Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the Lord: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. ³Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations …

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