Ge 2:15
The Lord God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to work it and watch over it.
Ge 3:17–19
And he said to the man, “Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘Do not eat from it’: The ground is cursed because of you. You will eat from it by means of painful labor all the days of your life. It will produce thorns and thistles for you,…
Ps 127:1
Unless the Lord builds a house, its builders labor over it in vain; unless the Lord watches over a city, the watchman stays alert in vain.
Pr 22:29
Do you see a person skilled in his work? He will stand in the presence of kings. He will not stand in the presence of the unknown.
Ec 2:24
There is nothing better for a person than to eat, drink, and enjoy his work. I have seen that even this is from God’s hand,
