Lexicon :: Strong's G2038 - ergazomai

no shrub of the field had yet grown on the land,[fn] and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the LORD God had not made it rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground.

The LORD God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to work it and watch over it.

So the LORD God sent him away from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.

She also gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel became a shepherd of flocks, but Cain worked the ground.

“If you work the ground, it will never again give you its yield. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.”

“Complete this week of wedding celebration, and we will also give you this younger one in return for working yet another seven years for me.”

“Now get to work. No straw will be given to you, but you must produce the same quantity of bricks.”

You are to labor six days and do all your work,

“to design artistic works in gold, silver, and bronze,

“You are to labor six days but you must rest on the seventh day; you must even rest during plowing and harvesting times.

“Let all the skilled artisans[fn] among you come and make everything that the LORD has commanded:

Then all the artisans who were doing all the work for the sanctuary came one by one from the work they were doing

After Moses gave an order, they sent a proclamation throughout the camp: “Let no man or woman make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary.” So the people stopped.

They made specially woven[fn] garments for ministry in the sanctuary, and the holy garments for Aaron from the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

“Let him stay with you as a hired worker or temporary resident; he may work for you until the Year of Jubilee.

“They are to perform duties for[fn] him and the entire community before the tent of meeting by attending to the service of the tabernacle.

“Aaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a presentation offering from the Israelites, so that they may perform the LORD’s work.

“After that the Levites may come to serve at the tent of meeting, once you have ceremonially cleansed them and presented them as a presentation offering.

“From the Israelites, I have given the Levites exclusively to Aaron and his sons to perform the work for the Israelites at the tent of meeting and to make atonement on their behalf, so that no plague will come against the Israelites when they approach the sanctuary.”

“But at fifty years old he is to retire from his service in the work and no longer serve.

Moses and the priest Eleazar received from them all the articles made out of gold.

“You are to labor six days and do all your work,

“Consecrate to the LORD your God every firstborn male produced by your herd and flock. You are not to put the firstborn of your oxen to work or shear the firstborn of your flock.

“The elders of the city nearest to the victim are to get a young cow that has not been yoked or used for work.

“You, your sons, and your servants are to work the ground for him, and you are to bring in the crops so your master’s grandson will have food to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, is always to eat at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

David and the officers of the army also set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, who were to prophesy accompanied by lyres, harps, and cymbals. This is the list of the men who performed their service:

Ezri son of Chelub was in charge of those who worked in the fields tilling the soil.

I will give your servants, the woodcutters who cut the trees, one hundred twenty thousand bushels[fn] of wheat flour, one hundred twenty thousand bushels of barley, one hundred twenty thousand gallons[fn] of wine, and one hundred twenty thousand gallons of oil.

They gather their fodder in the field

and glean the vineyards of the wicked.

God certainly does all these things

two or three times to a person

“Teach me what I cannot see;

if I have done wrong, I won’t do it again.”

The boastful cannot stand in your sight;

you hate all evildoers.

Depart from me, all evildoers,

for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping.

He dug a pit and hollowed it out

but fell into the hole he had made.

Will evildoers never understand?

They consume my people as they consume bread;

they do not call on the LORD.

The one who lives blamelessly, practices righteousness,

and acknowledges the truth in his heart —

Do not drag me away with the wicked,

with the evildoers,

who speak in friendly ways with their neighbors

while malice is in their hearts.

There! The evildoers have fallen.

They have been thrown down and cannot rise.

God, we have heard with our ears —

our ancestors have told us —

the work you accomplished in their days,

in days long ago:

Will evildoers never understand?

They consume my people as they consume bread;

they do not call on God.

No, you practice injustice in your hearts;

with your hands you weigh out violence in the land.

Rescue me from evildoers,

and save me from men of bloodshed.

LORD God of Armies, you are the God of Israel.

Rise up to punish all the nations;

do not show favor to any wicked traitors.Selah

Hide me from the scheming of wicked people,

from the mob of evildoers,

God my King is from ancient times,

performing saving acts on the earth.

though the wicked sprout like grass

and all evildoers flourish,

they will be eternally destroyed.

For indeed, LORD, your enemies —

indeed, your enemies will perish;

all evildoers will be scattered.