Happy Labor Day! – “Top Ten” Bible Verse for Today.

It is my prayer that all my friends have a peaceful and joyful Labor Day.

I will be taking the day off from podcasting but I thought I would share the “top 10” Bible verses from Bible.Info’s “89 Bible Verses About Labor Day”

“Top Ten” Verses about Labor Day

• Ephesians 4:28 ESV – Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.
• Colossians 3:23-24 ESV – Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.
• Proverbs 14:23 ESV – In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.
• 2 Thessalonians 3:10-12 ESV – For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat. For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies. Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.
• 1 Corinthians 15:58 ESV – Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
• Matthew 11:28-30 ESV – Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
• Exodus 20:9-10 ESV – Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates.
• 1 Timothy 5:8 ESV – But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
• Proverbs 6:6-8 ESV – Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. Without having any chief, officer, or ruler, she prepares her bread in summer and gathers her food in harvest.
• Proverbs 16:3 ESV – Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.

Let’s thank God fro the ability to work and for days of rest like today. God bless you all.

MT