Bible Verses for Someone Starting a New Job
Verses about purpose, diligence and God's guidance to encourage someone in the first days of a new job.
Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.
May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us— yes, establish the work of our hands.
Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings; they will not serve before officials of low rank.
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.”
The LORD will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none.
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.
Those who work their land will have abundant food, but those who chase fantasies have no sense.
Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn, your vindication like the noonday sun.
You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours.
That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God.
And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.
But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded.”
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers.


