A Definition of Industry
Ephesians 4:28
Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing which is good…


Industry doth not consist merely in action, for that is incessant in all persons; our mind being like a ship in the sea, if not steered to some good purpose by reason yet tossed by the waves of fancy, or driven by the winds of temptation some-whither; but the direction of our mind to some good end, without roving or flinching, in a straight and steady course, drawing after it our active powers in execution thereof, doth constitute industry.

(I. Barrow, D. D.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

WEB: Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.




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