The word in Scripture

Work in the Bible

The word work appears 420 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Work is the calling to serve and create under God. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What work means in the Bible

Work is the calling to serve and create under God.

Where the word work appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word work appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.”Psalms 9:16

“I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.”Psalms 101:3

“Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.”Isaiah 19:25

“Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.”John 4:34

“I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.”John 9:4

“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”Romans 8:28

“For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.”Romans 9:28

“Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.”Philippians 2:30