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Matthew 19:14 ESV / 616 helpful votes
But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.”
2 Corinthians 12:14 ESV / 509 helpful votes
Here for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be a burden, for I seek not what is yours but you. For children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
Philippians 4:13 ESV / 363 helpful votes
I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
John 16:21 ESV / 360 helpful votes
When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.
Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 331 helpful votes
Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Colossians 3:23 ESV / 307 helpful votes
Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,
Luke 18:15-17 ESV / 294 helpful votes
Now they were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them. And when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. But Jesus called them to him, saying, “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.”
Ephesians 4:28 ESV / 282 helpful votes
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.
Romans 9:12 ESV / 268 helpful votes
She was told, “The older will serve the younger.”
Genesis 3:16 ESV / 259 helpful votes
To the woman he said, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.”
Proverbs 22:6 ESV / 244 helpful votes
Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Acts 20:35 ESV / 242 helpful votes
In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
Matthew 11:28 ESV / 233 helpful votes
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 5:16 ESV / 233 helpful votes
In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
Proverbs 24:11 ESV / 232 helpful votes
Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.
1 Thessalonians 4:11 ESV / 226 helpful votes
And to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you,
Proverbs 14:23 ESV / 222 helpful votes
In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.
John 14:27 ESV / 219 helpful votes
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 218 helpful votes
Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
Genesis 1:28 ESV / 212 helpful votes
And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
Psalm 127:3 ESV / 211 helpful votes
Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.
Proverbs 12:11 ESV / 208 helpful votes
Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense.
Psalm 55:22 ESV / 208 helpful votes
Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.
Isaiah 26:3 ESV / 207 helpful votes
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.
John 6:27 ESV / 198 helpful votes
Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.”
Ecclesiastes 9:10 ESV / 198 helpful votes
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.
1 Corinthians 4:12 ESV / 197 helpful votes
And we labor, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure;
Philippians 4:6-7 ESV / 195 helpful votes
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Joshua 1:9 ESV / 195 helpful votes
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
Luke 10:7 ESV / 192 helpful votes
And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the laborer deserves his wages. Do not go from house to house.
1 Corinthians 15:58 ESV / 191 helpful votes
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.
1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV / 185 helpful votes
So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
Proverbs 18:9 ESV / 185 helpful votes
Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.
Genesis 2:15 ESV / 184 helpful votes
The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.
Deuteronomy 28:4 ESV / 180 helpful votes
Blessed shall be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock.
2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 175 helpful votes
For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
Exodus 20:9 ESV / 174 helpful votes
Six days you shall labor, and do all your work,
Psalm 127:1 ESV / 173 helpful votes
A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon. Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.
1 Timothy 5:18 ESV / 170 helpful votes
For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain,” and, “The laborer deserves his wages.”
Malachi 3:5 ESV / 170 helpful votes
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.
Proverbs 31:8-9 ESV / 169 helpful votes
Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.
James 5:4 ESV / 168 helpful votes
Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.
1 Thessalonians 1:3 ESV / 168 helpful votes
Remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Proverbs 10:4 ESV / 167 helpful votes
A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
Psalm 48:6 ESV / 162 helpful votes
Trembling took hold of them there, anguish as of a woman in labor.
1 Samuel 16:11 ESV / 160 helpful votes
Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your sons here?” And he said, “There remains yet the youngest, but behold, he is keeping the sheep.” And Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him, for we will not sit down till he comes here.”
Proverbs 13:11 ESV / 159 helpful votes
Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.
Leviticus 19:13 ESV / 159 helpful votes
“You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.
Proverbs 16:3 ESV / 158 helpful votes
Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.
Hebrews 6:10 ESV / 156 helpful votes
For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.
Jeremiah 4:31 ESV / 156 helpful votes
For I heard a cry as of a woman in labor, anguish as of one giving birth to her first child, the cry of the daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands, “Woe is me! I am fainting before murderers.”
Exodus 20:2 ESV / 156 helpful votes
“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
Proverbs 22:16 ESV / 155 helpful votes
Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.
1 Thessalonians 2:9 ESV / 154 helpful votes
For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil: we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 153 helpful votes
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Isaiah 13:8 ESV / 153 helpful votes
They will be dismayed: pangs and agony will seize them; they will be in anguish like a woman in labor. They will look aghast at one another; their faces will be aflame.
Genesis 3:23 ESV / 152 helpful votes
Therefore the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.
Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 151 helpful votes
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood …
2 Thessalonians 3:10 ESV / 151 helpful votes
For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.
2 Thessalonians 3:8 ESV / 151 helpful votes
Nor did we eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you.
Matthew 20:1-15 ESV / 151 helpful votes
“For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the marketplace, and to them he said, ‘You go into the vineyard too, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went. Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, he did the same. …
Matthew 10:10 ESV / 151 helpful votes
No bag for your journey, nor two tunics nor sandals nor a staff, for the laborer deserves his food.
Genesis 2:2-3 ESV / 151 helpful votes
And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.
1 Corinthians 3:8 ESV / 150 helpful votes
He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor.
Acts 18:3 ESV / 150 helpful votes
And because he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.
Exodus 20:10 ESV / 150 helpful votes
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.
John 3:16 ESV / 147 helpful votes
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Revelation 1:1 ESV / 146 helpful votes
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,
Hebrews 11:1 ESV / 146 helpful votes
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
1 Timothy 4:10 ESV / 143 helpful votes
For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.
Micah 4:9 ESV / 143 helpful votes
Now why do you cry aloud? Is there no king in you? Has your counselor perished, that pain seized you like a woman in labor?
Philippians 4:6 ESV / 142 helpful votes
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
Psalm 128:2 ESV / 142 helpful votes
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.
Deuteronomy 15:10 ESV / 142 helpful votes
You shall give to him freely, and your heart shall not be grudging when you give to him, because for this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake.
Ecclesiastes 3:22 ESV / 141 helpful votes
So I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his work, for that is his lot. Who can bring him to see what will be after him?
Psalm 113:9 ESV / 141 helpful votes
He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children. Praise the Lord!
Colossians 2:1-23 ESV / 140 helpful votes
For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God’s mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ. …
James 4:8 ESV / 130 helpful votes
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Isaiah 66:7 ESV / 130 helpful votes
“Before she was in labor she gave birth; before her pain came upon her she delivered a son.
1 Thessalonians 5:3 ESV / 128 helpful votes
While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
Micah 5:3 ESV / 123 helpful votes
Therefore he shall give them up until the time when she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of his brothers shall return to the people of Israel.
Genesis 25:21 ESV / 123 helpful votes
And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren. And the Lord granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
Romans 8:22 ESV / 120 helpful votes
For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now.
2 Chronicles 15:7 ESV / 120 helpful votes
But you, take courage! Do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded.”
Deuteronomy 28:11 ESV / 120 helpful votes
And the Lord will make you abound in prosperity, in the fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your livestock and in the fruit of your ground, within the land that the Lord swore to your fathers to give you.
Galatians 2:20 ESV / 119 helpful votes
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Galatians 4:19 ESV / 118 helpful votes
My little children, for whom I am again in the anguish of childbirth until Christ is formed in you!
Proverbs 17:6 ESV / 117 helpful votes
Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers.
John 3:16-17 ESV / 113 helpful votes
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
John 5:17 ESV / 109 helpful votes
But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.”
Psalm 90:17 ESV / 104 helpful votes
Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands!
Psalm 127:3-5 ESV / 103 helpful votes
Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.
Jeremiah 30:6 ESV / 100 helpful votes
Ask now, and see, can a man bear a child? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor? Why has every face turned pale?
Colossians 3:17 ESV / 99 helpful votes
And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Ephesians 6:4 ESV / 99 helpful votes
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Matthew 18:1-5 ESV / 97 helpful votes
At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me,
Mark 10:13-16 ESV / 94 helpful votes
And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them. But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.” And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them.
1 Thessalonians 3:10 ESV / 91 helpful votes
As we pray most earnestly night and day that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking in your faith?
Galatians 4:27 ESV / 88 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful
For it is written, “Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear; break forth and cry aloud, you who are not in labor! For the children of the desolate one will be more than those of the one who has a husband.”
Jeremiah 22:23 ESV / 88 helpful votes
O inhabitant of Lebanon, nested among the cedars, how you will be pitied when pangs come upon you, pain as of a woman in labor!”
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