Top 30 Bible Verses about Workers for the Harvest

Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.”

And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”

Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest.

And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s field, God’s building.

Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy!

The field is the world, and the good seed is the children of the kingdom.

But when the grain is ripe, at once he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.

It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops.

He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who brings shame.

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide.

We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you.

Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains.

You have multiplied the nation; you have increased its joy; they rejoice before you as with joy at the harvest, as they are glad when they divide the spoil.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me.

Shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly.

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men.

And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.

You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?

And the Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time?”

Watch yourselves, so that you may not lose what we have worked for, but may win a full reward.

Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.

So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.

The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

And another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, “Put in your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is fully ripe.”

The harvest is only as good as the labor that goes into it.

The care of the earth is our most ancient and most worthy challenge.

Nothing will work unless you do.

There is no friend as loyal as a book, but the hardest workers are the ones who harvest them.

Hold fast to your dreams, for without them life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.