SCRIPTURES FOR YOUR CAREER JOURNEY

1 Compiled by Susan Britton Whitcomb ~ SCRIPTURES from NIV ~ Susan Whitcomb, 2007-2009 ~ SCRIPTURES FOR your CAREER JOURNEY Collected by Susan Whitcomb For Pocket Prayers and Other CAREER Tools, visit All scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 16-17 THE LORD WANTS TO BLESS YOU Genesis 1:27-28 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground.

2 " Numbers 6:24-26 "The Lord bless you and keep you, The Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you, The Lord lift up His face to you and give you peace." Deuteronomy 33:11a: Bless all his skills, O Lord, and be pleased with the work of his hands. (Note: What a beautiful blessing in Deuteronomy 33 for Levi. (v. 8-11). Levi = priest. We are His royal priesthood. Our skills are to be blessed and God will be pleased with the work of our hands. This is the only blessing on skills in Moses last blessing of the tribes!) Deuteronomy 7:13 He will love you and bless you and increase your numbers. He will bless the fruit of your womb, the crops of your land your grain, new wine and oil the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks in the land that he swore to your forefathers to give you.

3 Deuteronomy 33:11a Bless all his skills, O Lord, and be pleased with the work of his hands. Numbers 6:24-26: The Lord bless you and keep you, The Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you, The Lord lift up His face to you and give you peace. Psalm 22:9-10 Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you even at my mother's breast. From birth I was cast upon you; from my mother's womb you have been my God. Psalm 27:13 I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

4 Ephesians 3:20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us Matthew 7:7 Ask and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. Isaiah 49:15 Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me. Compiled by Susan Britton Whitcomb ~ SCRIPTURES from NIV ~ Susan Whitcomb, 2007-2009 ~ Deuteronomy 7:9 Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands.

5 GOD S PLAN FOR WORK Genesis 2:15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. Hebrews 13:21 equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. Proverbs 16:26 The laborer s appetite works for him; his hunger drives him on. Proverbs 20:4 The sluggard does not plow after the autumn, So he begs during the harvest and has nothing. Isaiah 43:21 the people whom I formed for myself so that they might declare my praise. Revelation 22:12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward [is] with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

6 2 Thessalonians 3:10 For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If a man will not work, he shall not eat." 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to 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. 2 Thessalonians 3:7-9 For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example. We were not idle when we were with you, nor did we eat anyone's food without paying for it. On the contrary, we worked night and day, laboring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any of you. We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help, but in order to make ourselves a model for you to follow.

7 Ephesians 6:6 Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but like slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart. Colossians 3:23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, Proverbs 14:23 All hard work brings a profit but mere talk leads only to poverty Galatians 6:9 Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary. Ephesians 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. (clarify what those good works are!) Ecclesiastes 9:10a Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your Proverbs 18:9 One who is slack in his work is brother to one who destroys.

8 Exodus 34:21 Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during the plowing season and harvest you must rest. Compiled by Susan Britton Whitcomb ~ SCRIPTURES from NIV ~ Susan Whitcomb, 2007-2009 ~ VISIONING & LOOKING TO THE FUTURE Numbers 24:16 The oracle of one who hears the words of God, who has knowledge from the Most High, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who falls prostrate, and whose eyes are (Vision comes from the Almighty, when we are prostrate and He opens our eyes.) Proverbs 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish. (God is the vision) John 14:16 I am the way, the truth, and the light. (God is the way, the path, to all truth, to all visions.)

9 Proverbs 16:9 In his heart, a man plans his course, but the Lord determines His steps. (We may plan, but the Lord can be trusted to redirect our steps if we need to go a different direction.) Lamentations 3:37 Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not decreed it? (God is sovereign!) Isaiah 30:21 Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, This is the way; walk in it. (God will be faithful to guide.) Psalm 32:8 I will instruct you, and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you. 1 Chronicles 28:12 He (King David) gave him (Solomon) the plans of all that the Spirit had put in his JOBS / ASSIGNMENTS & SUCCESS COME FROM GOD Genesis 32:9-10 Then Jacob prayed, "O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, O Lord, who said to me, 'Go back to your country and your relatives, and I will make you prosper,' I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness you have shown your servant.

10 I had only my staff when I crossed this Jordan, but now I have become two groups. Genesis 39:2 The Lord was with Joseph and he prospered Psalm 75:6-7 No one from the east or the west or from the desert can exalt a man. But it is God who judges: He brings one down, he exalts another. Luke 19:17 'Well done, my good servant!' his master replied. 'Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.' 1 Chronicles 27:25-34 Azmaveth son of Adiel was in charge of the royal storehouse .. in charge of the field workers .. in charge of the produce of the vineyards .. was in charge of King David s property .. Jonathan, David s uncle, was a counselor, a man of insight and a scribe.