Nave Scripture-reference index
Key KJV Scriptures: Full Text
68 indexed verses · Showing 1–40. Read each passage in its chapter context.
Genesis 2:15 (KJV)
And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Exodus 23:12 (KJV)
Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
Exodus 35:2 (KJV)
Six 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.
Deuteronomy 5:13 (KJV)
Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:
1 Kings 11:28 (KJV)
And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.
Proverbs 10:4 (KJV)
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Proverbs 10:5 (KJV)
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Proverbs 12:11 (KJV)
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
Proverbs 12:24 (KJV)
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
Proverbs 12:27 (KJV)
The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
Proverbs 13:4 (KJV)
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Proverbs 13:11 (KJV)
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
Proverbs 13:23 (KJV)
Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
Proverbs 14:4 (KJV)
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
Proverbs 14:23 (KJV)
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
Proverbs 16:26 (KJV)
He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
Proverbs 20:13 (KJV)
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Proverbs 21:5 (KJV)
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
Proverbs 22:29 (KJV)
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
Proverbs 27:23 (KJV)
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
Proverbs 27:24 (KJV)
For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
Proverbs 27:25 (KJV)
The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
Proverbs 27:26 (KJV)
The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
Proverbs 27:27 (KJV)
And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.
Proverbs 28:19 (KJV)
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
Proverbs 30:25 (KJV)
The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
Proverbs 30:26 (KJV)
The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
Proverbs 30:27 (KJV)
The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
Proverbs 30:28 (KJV)
The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.
Proverbs 31:13 (KJV)
She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
Proverbs 31:14 (KJV)
She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
Proverbs 31:15 (KJV)
She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
Proverbs 31:16 (KJV)
She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Proverbs 31:17 (KJV)
She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
Proverbs 31:18 (KJV)
She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.
Proverbs 31:19 (KJV)
She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
Proverbs 31:20 (KJV)
She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
Proverbs 31:21 (KJV)
She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
Proverbs 31:22 (KJV)
She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
Proverbs 31:23 (KJV)
Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
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