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The Scriptures provide numerous insights into the value of labor, the ethics of earning, and the spiritual implications of what is earned in both material and spiritual contexts.<br><br><b>Work and Labor</b><br><br>The Bible consistently affirms the dignity and necessity of work. In <a href="/genesis/2-15.htm">Genesis 2:15</a>, God places Adam in the Garden of Eden to "work it and take care of it," establishing work as part of the divine order. The Book of Proverbs frequently highlights the virtues of diligence and hard work. <a href="/proverbs/14-23.htm">Proverbs 14:23</a> states, "In all hard work there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty." This underscores the principle that effort and labor are rewarded with tangible benefits.<br><br><b>Earnings and Reward</b><br><br>The New Testament also addresses the concept of earning, particularly in the context of fair wages and just compensation. In <a href="/luke/10-7.htm">Luke 10:7</a>, Jesus instructs His disciples, "Stay in that house, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker is worthy of his wages." This teaching emphasizes the right of workers to receive what they have earned, reflecting a broader biblical ethic of justice and fairness in economic transactions.<br><br><b>Spiritual Earnings</b><br><br>While the Bible acknowledges the importance of material earnings, it places a greater emphasis on spiritual rewards. In <a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Matthew 6:19-20</a>, Jesus advises, "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven." This passage highlights the transient nature of earthly earnings compared to the eternal value of spiritual investments.<br><br><b>Consequences of Actions</b><br><br>The principle of reaping what one has sown is a recurring theme in Scripture. <a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7-8</a> warns, "Do not be deceived: God is not mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life." This passage illustrates the moral and spiritual consequences of one's actions, emphasizing that what is earned through one's life choices has eternal significance.<br><br><b>Grace and Unmerited Favor</b><br><br>While the Bible speaks of earning in terms of work and reward, it also profoundly teaches about grace—God's unmerited favor. <a href="/ephesians/2-8.htm">Ephesians 2:8-9</a> declares, "For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast." This highlights the distinction between what is earned through human effort and what is received as a gift from God, underscoring the foundational Christian belief that salvation cannot be earned but is granted through faith in Jesus Christ.<br><br>In summary, the biblical concept of "earned" encompasses both the practical aspects of work and reward and the deeper spiritual truths about grace and eternal consequences. The Scriptures encourage diligence and fairness in earthly endeavors while pointing to the ultimate value of spiritual pursuits and the unearned gift of salvation.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>(<I>imp. & p. p.</I>) of Earn.<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/6089a.htm"><span class="l">6089a. etseb -- a hurt, pain, toil</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin from atsab Definition a hurt, pain, toil NASB Word Usage hard-<b>earned</b><br> goods (1), harsh (1), labor (1), pain (1), painful labors (1), sorrow (1). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6089a.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_it_belongs_to_a.htm"><span class="l">Whether it Belongs to a Liberal Man Chiefly to Give?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> iv, 1) that "those who have not <b>earned</b> money, but have received the money <b>earned</b><br> by others, spend it more liberally, because they have not experienced the want <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether it belongs to a.htm</font><p><a href="/library/shedd/sermons_to_the_natural_man/faith_the_sole_saving_act.htm"><span class="l">Faith the Sole Saving Act.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> can show a clean record, from the beginning to the end of his existence, the statute<br> says to him, "Well done," and gives him the reward which he has <b>earned</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../shedd/sermons to the natural man/faith the sole saving act.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/exposition_on_the_book_of_psalms/psalm_xlvii.htm"><span class="l">Psalm XLVII.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> For they <b>earned</b> to be devoured by beasts; we to be crowned by Angels. For we<br> acknowledge the humility of our Lord, and of it are not ashamed. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm xlvii.htm</font><p><a href="/library/howard/standards_of_life_and_service/xiv_lost_earnings.htm"><span class="l">Lost Earnings</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The man had <b>earned</b> his wages, and then let what he had won by toil slip through<br> holes in the bag into which he put it. <b>...</b> The wages were <b>earned</b>, but lost. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../howard/standards of life and service/xiv lost earnings.htm</font><p><a href="/library/brownlie/hymns_from_the_east/introduction.htm"><span class="l">Introduction</span></a> <br><b>...</b> They have <b>earned</b> a reputation, and that reputation adheres to them: they<br> are cold and uninspiring. Such is their reputation, not <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/brownlie/hymns from the east/introduction.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/the_enchiridion/chapter_110_the_benefit_to_the.htm"><span class="l">The Benefit to the Souls of the Dead from the Sacraments and Alms <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> But these services are of advantage only to those who during their lives have<br> <b>earned</b> such merit, that services of this kind can help them. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/the enchiridion/chapter 110 the benefit to the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/the_enchiridion/chapter_36_the_grace_of_god.htm"><span class="l">The Grace of God is Clearly and Remarkably Displayed in Raising <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> For what merit had the human nature in the man Christ <b>earned</b>, that it should in<br> this unparalleled way be taken up into the unity of the person of the only Son <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/the enchiridion/chapter 36 the grace of god.htm</font><p><a href="/library/john/the_adornment_of_the_spritual_marriage/chapter_iii_of_the_union.htm"><span class="l">Of the Union through Means</span></a> <br><b>...</b> and separately"more or less according as he is worthy of it and can lay hold of<br> it"the loftiness of His glory and honour which He alone has <b>earned</b> by the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../john/the adornment of the spritual marriage/chapter iii of the union.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/nature_and_grace/article_five_whether_the_foreknowledge.htm"><span class="l">Whether the Foreknowledge of Merits is the Cause of Predestination</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Some have said that the effect of predestination is ordained for us beforehand,<br> on account of merits already <b>earned</b> in a previous life. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/nature and grace/article five whether the foreknowledge.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/nature_and_grace/article_ten_whether_temporal_goods.htm"><span class="l">Whether Temporal Goods Can be Merited</span></a> <br><b>...</b> And it came to pass, because the mid wives feared God, that he made them houses,"<br> and the gloss by Gregory says: "their good will might have <b>earned</b> the reward <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/nature and grace/article ten whether temporal goods.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/e/earned.htm"><span class="l"><b>Earned</b> (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (imp. & pp) of Earn. Multi-Version Concordance <b>Earned</b> (6 Occurrences). Matthew<br> 5:46 For if you love only those who love you, what reward have you <b>earned</b>? <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/earned.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/h/honestly-earned.htm"><span class="l">Honestly-<b>earned</b> (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br>Honestly-<b>earned</b>. Honestly, Honestly-<b>earned</b>. Honesty . Multi-Version<br> Concordance Honestly-<b>earned</b> (1 Occurrence). 2 Thessalonians <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/h/honestly-earned.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/earn.htm"><span class="l">Earn (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> of that sort our injunction--and our command by the authority of the Lord Jesus<br> Christ--is that they are to work quietly and eat their own honestly-<b>earned</b> bread <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/earn.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/earning.htm"><span class="l">Earning (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> & vb. n.) of Earn. 2. (n.) That which is <b>earned</b>; wages gained by work or services;<br> money <b>earned</b>; -- used commonly in the plural. Multi-Version Concordance <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/earning.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/h/hire.htm"><span class="l">Hire (48 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> ethnan. It is rather a gift (from root nathan, "to give") than a wage<br><b>earned</b> by labor, and is used uniformly in a bad sense. It <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/h/hire.htm - 27k</font><p><a href="/topical/h/honesty.htm"><span class="l">Honesty (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/h/honesty.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/h/honestly.htm"><span class="l">Honestly (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/h/honestly.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/h/hard-earned.htm"><span class="l">Hard-<b>earned</b> (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br>Hard-<b>earned</b>. Hard-drinking, Hard-<b>earned</b>. Harden . Multi-Version<br> Concordance Hard-<b>earned</b> (1 Occurrence). Proverbs 5:10 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/h/hard-earned.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/q/quietly.htm"><span class="l">Quietly (30 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> of that sort our injunction--and our command by the authority of the Lord Jesus<br> Christ--is that they are to work quietly and eat their own honestly-<b>earned</b> bread <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/q/quietly.htm - 16k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/parable-ten-minas.html">What is the meaning of the Parable of the Ten Minas? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/GotQuestions-expertise.html">What expertise does GotQuestions.org possess? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/by-grace-through-faith.html">What does it mean that salvation is by grace through faith? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/earned.htm">Earned: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Earned (6 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/5-46.htm">Matthew 5:46</a></span><br />For if you love only those who love you, what reward have you <span class="boldtext">earned</span>? Do not even the tax-gatherers do that?<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/19-16.htm">Luke 19:16</a></span><br />And the first came near, saying, Sir, thy pound did gain ten pounds;<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/19-18.htm">Luke 19:18</a></span><br />"The second came, saying,'Your mina, Lord, has made five minas.'<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/19-23.htm">Luke 19:23</a></span><br />Then why didn't you deposit my money in the bank, and at my coming, I might have <span class="boldtext">earned</span> interest on it?'<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/16-16.htm">Acts 16:16</a></span><br />It happened, as we were going to prayer, that a certain girl having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by fortune telling.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/31-31.htm">Proverbs 31:31</a></span><br />Give her credit for what her hands have made: let her be praised by her works in the public place. <br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/e/earned.htm">Earned</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/e/earners.htm">Earners (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/e/earned.htm">Earned (6 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/e/earn.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Earn"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Earn" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/e/earner.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Earner"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Earner" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>