6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Cor 15:58 — Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
• Heb 6:10 — For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
• Isa 3:10 — Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
• John 6:27 — Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
• Phil 2:12 — Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
• Prov 11:18 — The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
• Prov 11:19 — As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
• Prov 12:28 — In the way of righteousness is life: and in the pathway thereof there is no death.
• Rom 6:23 — For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.