INDUSTRY

- Commanded Eph 4:28; 1Th 4:11 - Required of man in a state of innocence Ge 2:15 - Required of man after the fall Ge 3:23 - To be suspended on the Sabbath Ex 20:10 - Characteristic of godly women Pr 31:13-31 - Early rising necessary to Pr 31:15 - REQUISITE TO SUPPLY . Our own wants Ac 20:34; 1Th 2:9 . Wants of others Ac 20:35; Eph 4:28 - The slothful devoid of Pr 24:30,31 - LEADS TO . Increase of substance Pr 13:11 . Affection of relatives Pr 31:28 . General commendation Pr 31:31 - Illustrated Pr 6:6-8 - Exemplified . Rachel Ge 29:9 . Jacob Ge 31:6 . Jethro's daughters Ex 2:10 . Ruth Ru 2:2,3 . Jeroboam 1Ki 11:28 . David 1Sa 16:11 . Jewish elders Ezr 6:14,15 . Dorcas Ac 9:39 . Paul Ac 18:3; 1Co 4:12

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INDUSTRY. → General scriptures concerning Ge 2:15; Ex 23:12; 35:2; De 5:13; Pr 10:4,5; 12:11,24,27; 13:4,11,23; 14:4,23; 16:26; 20:13; 21:5; 22:29; 27:23-27; 28:19; 30:25-28; 31:13-27; Ec 1:3; 2:10,11,17-22; 9:10; 11:4,6; Ro 12:11; Eph 4:28; 1Th 4:11,12; 2Th 3:10-12; 1Ti 5:8 → See FRUGALITY → Also see IDLENESS → See SLOTHFULNESS → INSTANCES OF
* Jeroboam 1Ki 11:28
* Paul Ac 18:3; 20:33,34; 2Th 3:8

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industry. Industry, n. diligence, attention, an endeavor

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In″dus‐try (?), n.; pl. Industries (#). [[L. industria, cf. industrius diligent; of uncertain origin: cf. F. industrie.]] 1. 1. 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.
We are more industrious than our forefathers, because in the present times the funds destined for the maintenance of industry are much greater in proportion to those which are likely to be employed in the maintenance of idleness, than they were two or three centuries ago. A. Smith. 2. 2. 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. 3. (Polit. Econ.) Human exertion of any kind employed for the creation of value, and regarded by some as a species of capital or wealth; labor.
Syn. — Diligence; assiduity; perseverance; activity; laboriousness; attention. See Diligence.