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The Work & Diligence Test

Twelve multiple-choice questions on what Scripture states concerning labour, wages, and the diligent hand, each answer keyed to its KJV verse (Proverbs 10:4 KJV).

What does the Bible say about work? Test your knowledge

The Bible states that the hand of the diligent maketh rich (Proverbs 10:4 KJV), and that the hand of the diligent shall bear rule (Proverbs 12:24 KJV). It records the commands that whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord (Colossians 3:23 KJV), and that if any would not work, neither should he eat (2 Thessalonians 3:10 KJV).

The twelve questions below quote the labour, wages, and just-balance passages word for word from the King James Version (Proverbs 11:1 KJV).

Question 1 of 12 According to Proverbs 10:4, “He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the ___ maketh rich.”
Question 2 of 12 According to Proverbs 12:24, “The hand of the diligent shall bear ___: but the slothful shall be under tribute.”
Question 3 of 12 According to Colossians 3:23, “And whatsoever ye do, do it ___, as to the Lord, and not unto men.”
Question 4 of 12 According to 2 Thessalonians 3:10, “if any would not work, neither should he ___.”
Question 5 of 12 According to Proverbs 14:23, “In all labour there is ___: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.”
Question 6 of 12 According to Proverbs 22:29, “Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before ___.”
Question 7 of 12 According to Proverbs 20:13, “Love not ___, lest thou come to poverty.”
Question 8 of 12 According to Genesis 3:19, “In the ___ of thy face shalt thou eat bread.”
Question 9 of 12 Which passage states, “the labourer is worthy of his hire”?
Question 10 of 12 Which passage states, “the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning”?
Question 11 of 12 Which passage states, “A false balance is abomination to the LORD”?
Question 12 of 12 According to 1 Timothy 5:8, one that provideth not for his own house “hath denied the faith, and is worse than an ___.”