15 Bible verses on rest, productivity & ambition
How do you define rest, productivity and ambition? During different seasons, their definitions might change too. There might even be times when we don’t know what they look like at all. Below are some Bible verses that explore these three important aspects of our lives.
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REST
Matthew 11:28
‘Come to me all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.’
Exodus 34:21
‘You shall work six days, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during plowing time and harvest you shall rest.’
Genesis 2:2
‘By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.’
1 Corinthians 2:5
‘So that your faith would not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God.’
Psalm 127:2
‘It is vain for you to rise up early, To retire late, To eat the bread of painful labours; For He gives to His beloved even in His sleep.’
PRODUCTIVITY
Ecclesiastes 4:6
‘One hand full of rest is better than two fists full of labour and striving after wind.’
Matthew 6:34
‘Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.’
Ecclesiastes 9:10
‘Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going.’
Proverbs 21:5
‘The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.’
Jeremiah 42:3
‘Pray that the LORD your God may tell us the way we should walk and the thing we should do.’
AMBITION
Luke 9:25
‘For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?’
Philippians 2:4
‘Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.’
Romans 12:16
‘Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight.’
Proverbs 21:21
‘Whoever pursues righteousness and unfailing love will find life, righteousness, and honour.’
Colossians 3:23
‘Whatever you do, do it enthusiastically, as something done for the Lord and not for men.’
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