Industry
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) Habitual diligence in any employment or pursuit, either bodily or mental; steady attention to business; assiduity; -- opposed to sloth and idleness; as, industry pays debts, while idleness or despair will increase them.

2. (n.) Any department or branch of art, occupation, or business; especially, one which employs much labor and capital and is a distinct branch of trade; as, the sugar industry; the iron industry; the cotton industry.

3. (n.) Human exertion of any kind employed for the creation of value, and regarded by some as a species of capital or wealth; labor.

Library

"Nothing is Impossible to Industry, "Said one of the Seven Sages ...
... Chapter VI "Nothing is impossible to industry, "said one of the seven sages
of Greece.? "Nothing is impossible to industry, "said ...
/.../bounds/purpose in prayer/chapter vi nothing is impossible.htm

1870-1871. Workers' Meetings at Home of Industry --Training Home ...
... Workers' meetings at home of industry"Training home at Hampton opened"Personal
experiences"Welcome in Western Canada"Help for a Glasgow home"Scottish ...
/.../lowe/gods answers/chapter iii 1870-1871 workers meetings.htm

We Ought not to Allow the Idea of Profit to Get Hold of Us. ...
... Is industry to be made a crime? Or diligence to be blamed? Or foresight to be abused? ...
Why dost thou use the industry of nature and make a cheat of it? ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter vi we ought not.htm

Commentaries were Anciently Written Upon the Scriptures; Harmonies ...
... in which these books were holden by the ancient Christians, or of the sense then
entertained of their value and importance, than the industry bestowed upon them ...
/.../paley/evidences of christianity/section vi commentaries were anciently.htm

How the Will Variously Governs the Powers of the Soul.
... he have servants and slaves, he rules them by force which they have no power to
contradict; his horses, oxen and mules he manages by industry, binding, bridling ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter ii how the will.htm

The Mother of Xerxes.
... the greater their ambition, their selfishness, and their pride, the stronger will
this interest be; for, just in proportion as order, industry, and internal ...
//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/xerxes/chapter i the mother of.htm

Civilized Barbarism (Preached for the Bishop of London's Fund, at ...
... Were they not the exceptions, then not merely the society of London, and the industry
of London, and the wealth of London, but the very buildings of London ...
/.../the water of life and other sermons/sermon xix civilized barbarism preached.htm

A Loyal Tribute
... already, and I need not add my poor voice to them, about material progress and
commercial prosperity and the growth of manufacturing industry and inventions ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture the acts/a loyal tribute.htm

Family Habits.
... The same may he said of the habits of industry, of study, of frugality,
yea, of all the moral and religious acts of the Christian. ...
/.../philips/the christian home/chapter xvii family habits.htm

1875-1877. Mrs. Way's Sewing --Class for Jewesses --Bible Flower ...
... cheer from Canada. The Home of Industry has been already likened to the
Pool of Bethesda with its fine porches. Many sights there ...
//christianbookshelf.org/lowe/gods answers/chapter vi 1875-1877 mrs ways.htm

Thesaurus
Industry (5 Occurrences)
... in any employment or pursuit, either bodily or mental; steady attention to business;
assiduity; -- opposed to sloth and idleness; as, industry pays debts ...
/i/industry.htm - 8k

Industrious (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Given to industry; characterized by diligence; constantly, regularly, or
habitually occupied; busy; assiduous; not slothful or idle; -- commonly ...
/i/industrious.htm - 7k

Tubalcain (1 Occurrence)
... abhi. This would make Tubal-cain the founder of the metal industry, and
place him in a class similar to that of his brothers. The ...
/t/tubalcain.htm - 8k

Tubal-cain (1 Occurrence)
... abhi. This would make Tubal-cain the founder of the metal industry, and
place him in a class similar to that of his brothers. The ...
/t/tubal-cain.htm - 8k

Mantle (35 Occurrences)
... Such classical writers as Pliny and Martial speak of the weaving of embroidered
stuffs as a famous industry of Babylonia. Many tablets ...
/m/mantle.htm - 21k

Babylonish (1 Occurrence)
... Such classical writers as Pliny and Martial speak of the weaving of embroidered
stuffs as a famous industry of Babylonia. Many tablets ...
/b/babylonish.htm - 8k

Proverbs (11 Occurrences)
... however, where the antithesis prevails, are the great elemental distinctions of
life, wisdom and folly, righteousness and wickedness, industry and laziness ...
/p/proverbs.htm - 43k

Needy (83 Occurrences)
... Ephesians 4:28 He who has been a thief must steal no more, but, instead of that,
should work with his own hands in honest industry, so that he may have ...
/n/needy.htm - 30k

Over-quick (3 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Proverbs 21:5 The purposes of the man of industry have their outcome only
in wealth; but one who is over-quick in acting will only come to be in need. ...
/o/over-quick.htm - 7k

Outcome (26 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Proverbs 21:5 The purposes of the man of industry have their outcome only
in wealth; but one who is over-quick in acting will only come to be in need. ...
/o/outcome.htm - 13k

Resources
Can a Christian be a model? Is a modeling career something a Christian can consider? | GotQuestions.org

What is the significance of the Sea of Galilee in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

How should a Christian view fashion? | GotQuestions.org

Industry: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Concordance
Industry (5 Occurrences)

Ephesians 4:28
He who has been a thief must steal no more, but, instead of that, should work with his own hands in honest industry, so that he may have something of which he can give the needy a share.
(WEY)

Ezra 5:8
This is to give the king word that we went into the land of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is made of great stones, and has its walls supported with wood, and the work is going on with industry, and they are doing it well.
(BBE)

Psalms 78:46
He gave the increase of their fields to worms, the fruits of their industry to the locusts.
(BBE)

Proverbs 19:15
Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.
(BBE)

Proverbs 21:5
The purposes of the man of industry have their outcome only in wealth; but one who is over-quick in acting will only come to be in need.
(BBE)

Subtopics

Industry

Industry: Characteristic of Godly Women

Industry: Commanded

Industry: David

Industry: Dorcas

Industry: Early Rising Necessary To

Industry: General Scriptures Concerning

Industry: Illustrated

Industry: Jacob

Industry: Jeroboam

Industry: Jethro's Daughters

Industry: Jewish Elders

Industry: Leads to Affection of Relatives

Industry: Leads to General Commendation

Industry: Leads to Increase of Substance

Industry: Paul

Industry: Rachel

Industry: Required of Man After the Fall

Industry: Required of Man in a State of Innocence

Industry: Requisite to Supply: Our own Wants

Industry: Requisite to Supply: Wants of Others

Industry: Ruth

Industry: The Slothful Devoid of

Industry: To be Suspended on the Sabbath

Related Terms

Industrious (2 Occurrences)

Tubalcain (1 Occurrence)

Tubal-cain (1 Occurrence)

Mantle (35 Occurrences)

Babylonish (1 Occurrence)

Proverbs (11 Occurrences)

Needy (83 Occurrences)

Over-quick (3 Occurrences)

Outcome (26 Occurrences)

Jubilee (25 Occurrences)

Locusts (33 Occurrences)

Lawyer (5 Occurrences)

Laziness (4 Occurrences)

Line (131 Occurrences)

Laodicea (6 Occurrences)

Get (2204 Occurrences)

Worms (14 Occurrences)

Wealthy (22 Occurrences)

Wealth (340 Occurrences)

Ineffective (3 Occurrences)

Festivals (17 Occurrences)

Flow (85 Occurrences)

Fishing (4 Occurrences)

Thyatira (4 Occurrences)

Thrive (11 Occurrences)

Ruth (19 Occurrences)

Diligently (85 Occurrences)

Melita (1 Occurrence)

Price (181 Occurrences)

Bounty (14 Occurrences)

Cilicia (8 Occurrences)

Cos (1 Occurrence)

Chios (1 Occurrence)

Capital (29 Occurrences)

Alexandria (4 Occurrences)

Shiftless (1 Occurrence)

Slacken (1 Occurrence)

Courts (59 Occurrences)

Honest (34 Occurrences)

Family (438 Occurrences)

Commerce (3 Occurrences)

Books (16 Occurrences)

Thief (41 Occurrences)

Ethiopia (26 Occurrences)

Rhodes (2 Occurrences)

Supported (43 Occurrences)

Rome (12 Occurrences)

Instead (139 Occurrences)

Fish (66 Occurrences)

Crafts (2 Occurrences)

Caesarea (20 Occurrences)

Chronicles (45 Occurrences)

Proverb (24 Occurrences)

Damascus (58 Occurrences)

Share (138 Occurrences)

Purposes (67 Occurrences)

Judicial (2 Occurrences)

Naphtali (51 Occurrences)

Leads (64 Occurrences)

Thessalonians (6 Occurrences)

Galilee (73 Occurrences)

Sends (94 Occurrences)

Phoenicians

Phoenicia (6 Occurrences)

Acting (102 Occurrences)

Bread (433 Occurrences)

Sea (4178 Occurrences)

Fruits (109 Occurrences)

Boats (11 Occurrences)

Food (2953 Occurrences)

Ships (46 Occurrences)

Solomon (277 Occurrences)

Jacob (361 Occurrences)

Paul (207 Occurrences)

Consist (7 Occurrences)

Jesus (10891 Occurrences)

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