Colossians 3:23

New International Reader's Version

Work at everything you do with all your heart. Work as if you were working for the Lord, not for human masters.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 31:21

He tried to obey his God. He worked for him with all his heart. That’s the way he worked in everything he did to serve God’s temple. He obeyed the law. He followed the Lord’s commands. So he had success.

Psalm 103:1

I will praise the Lord. Deep down inside me, I will praise him. I will praise him, because his name is holy.

Psalm 119:10

I trust in you with all my heart. Don’t let me wander away from your commands.

Psalm 119:145

Lord, I call out to you with all my heart. Answer me, and I will obey your orders.

Psalm 119:34

Help me understand your law so that I may follow it. I will obey it with all my heart.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

No matter what you do, work at it with all your might. Remember, you are going to the place of the dead. And there isn’t any work or planning or knowledge or wisdom there.

Jeremiah 3:10

In spite of all this, their sister nation Judah did not come back to me. They were not faithful to me either. They did not return with all their heart. They only pretended to,” announces the Lord.

Matthew 6:16

“When you go without eating, do not look gloomy like those who only pretend to be holy. They make their faces look very sad. They want to show people they are fasting. What I’m about to tell you is true. They have received their complete reward.

Romans 14:6

Whoever thinks that one day is special does so to honor the Lord. Whoever eats meat does so to honor the Lord. They give thanks to God. And whoever doesn’t eat meat does so to honor the Lord. They also give thanks to God.

Romans 14:8

If we live, we live to honor the Lord. If we die, we die to honor the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

Ephesians 5:22

Wives, follow the lead of your own husbands as you follow the Lord.

Colossians 3:17

Do everything you say or do in the name of the Lord Jesus. Always give thanks to God the Father through Christ.

1 Peter 1:22

You have made yourselves pure by obeying the truth. So you have an honest and true love for each other. So love one another deeply, from your hearts.

1 Peter 2:13

Follow the lead of every human authority. Do this for the Lord’s sake. Obey the emperor. He is the highest authority.

1 Peter 2:15

By doing good you will put a stop to the talk of foolish people. They don’t know what they are saying.