33 Bible Verses about diligence

In the morning sow your seed,
and at evening do not let your hand rest,
because you don’t know which will succeed,
whether one or the other,
or if both of them will be equally good.

Know well the condition of your flock, and pay attention to your herds, for wealth is not forever; not even a crown lasts for all time. When hay is removed and new growth appears and the grain from the hills is gathered in, read more.
lambs will provide your clothing, and goats, the price of a field; there will be enough goat's milk for your food- food for your household and nourishment for your servants.

if exhorting, in exhortation;
giving, with generosity;
leading, with diligence;
showing mercy, with cheerfulness.

Now we want each of you to demonstrate the same diligence for the final realization of your hope,

Idle hands make one poor,
but diligent hands bring riches.

The slacker craves, yet has nothing,
but the diligent is fully satisfied.

Therefore, brothers, make every effort to confirm your calling and election, because if you do these things you will never stumble.

We must do the works of Him who sent Me while it is day. Night is coming when no one can work.

Whatever your hands find to do, do with all your strength, because there is no work, planning, knowledge, or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.

[For the Son of Man has come to save the lost.]

“Don’t you say, ‘There are still four more months, then comes the harvest’? Listen to what I’m telling you: Open your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ready for harvest.

For I could almost wish to be cursed and cut off from the Messiah for the benefit of my brothers, my own flesh and blood.

Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God concerning them is for their salvation!

if I can somehow make my own people jealous and save some of them.

if exhorting, in exhortation;
giving, with generosity;
leading, with diligence;
showing mercy, with cheerfulness.

Now we want each of you to demonstrate the same diligence for the final realization of your hope,

Idle hands make one poor,
but diligent hands bring riches.

The slacker craves, yet has nothing,
but the diligent is fully satisfied.

Therefore, brothers, make every effort to confirm your calling and election, because if you do these things you will never stumble.

Therefore, dear friends, while you wait for these things, make every effort to be found at peace with Him without spot or blemish.

Know well the condition of your flock, and pay attention to your herds, for wealth is not forever; not even a crown lasts for all time.

Now we want each of you to demonstrate the same diligence for the final realization of your hope, so that you won't become lazy, but imitators of those who inherit the promises through faith and perseverance.

Idle hands make one poor,
but diligent hands bring riches.

The slacker craves, yet has nothing,
but the diligent is fully satisfied.

The diligent hand will rule,
but laziness will lead to forced labor.

The plans of the diligent certainly lead to profit,
but anyone who is reckless certainly becomes poor.

Do you see a man skilled in his work?
He will stand in the presence of kings.
He will not stand in the presence of unknown men.

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Carefully observe the commands of the Lord your God, the decrees and statutes He has commanded you.

“If you carefully obey my commands I am giving you today, to love the Lord your God and worship Him with all your heart and all your soul,

Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Know well the condition of your flock,
and pay attention to your herds,

Whatever your hands find to do, do with all your strength, because there is no work, planning, knowledge, or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.

Now without faith it is impossible to please God, for the one who draws near to Him must believe that He exists and rewards those who seek Him.

Now determine in your mind and heart to seek the Lord your God. Get started building the Lord God’s sanctuary so that you may bring the ark of the Lord’s covenant and the holy articles of God to the temple that is to be built for the name of Yahweh.”

Now without faith it is impossible to please God, for the one who draws near to Him must believe that He exists and rewards those who seek Him.

I will provide rain for your land in the proper time, the autumn and spring rains, and you will harvest your grain, new wine, and oil.

The diligent hand will rule,
but laziness will lead to forced labor.

Do you see a man skilled in his work?
He will stand in the presence of kings.
He will not stand in the presence of unknown men.

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Idle hands make one poor,
but diligent hands bring riches.

The slacker craves, yet has nothing,
but the diligent is fully satisfied.

Dear friends, although I was eager to write you about the salvation we share, I found it necessary to write and exhort you to contend for the faith that was delivered to the saints once for all.

Proclaim the message; persist in it whether convenient or not; rebuke, correct, and encourage with great patience and teaching.

“Why were you searching for Me?” He asked them. “Didn’t you know that I had to be in My Father’s house?”

Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, He got up, went out, and made His way to a deserted place. And He was praying there.

Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the Lord’s work, knowing that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

Brothers, I do not consider myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and reaching forward to what is ahead, I pursue as my goal the prize promised by God's heavenly call in Christ Jesus.

For you remember our labor and hardship, brothers. Working night and day so that we would not burden any of you, we preached God’s gospel to you.

Now without faith it is impossible to please God, for the one who draws near to Him must believe that He exists and rewards those who seek Him.

Now determine in your mind and heart to seek the Lord your God. Get started building the Lord God’s sanctuary so that you may bring the ark of the Lord’s covenant and the holy articles of God to the temple that is to be built for the name of Yahweh.”

He was diligent in every deed that he began in the service of God’s temple, in the instruction and the commands, in order to seek his God, and he prospered.

We have also sent with them our brother. We have often tested him in many circumstances and found him to be diligent—and now even more diligent because of his great confidence in you.

The judges are to make a careful investigation, and if the witness turns out to be a liar who has falsely accused his brother,

Dear friends, although I was eager to write you about the salvation we share, I found it necessary to write and exhort you to contend for the faith that was delivered to the saints once for all.

Proclaim the message; persist in it whether convenient or not; rebuke, correct, and encourage with great patience and teaching.

Know well the condition of your flock,
and pay attention to your herds,

Whatever your hands find to do, do with all your strength, because there is no work, planning, knowledge, or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.

Now as you excel in everything—faith, speech, knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love for us—excel also in this grace.

“Why were you searching for Me?” He asked them. “Didn’t you know that I had to be in My Father’s house?”

Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, He got up, went out, and made His way to a deserted place. And He was praying there.

“Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you don’t forget the things your eyes have seen and so that they don’t slip from your mind as long as you live. Teach them to your children and your grandchildren.

For God is not unjust; He will not forget your work and the love you showed for His name when you served the saints-and you continue to serve them. Now we want each of you to demonstrate the same diligence for the final realization of your hope, so that you won't become lazy, but imitators of those who inherit the promises through faith and perseverance.

We must do the works of Him who sent Me while it is day. Night is coming when no one can work.

So we must not get tired of doing good, for we will reap at the proper time if we don’t give up.

The diligent hand will rule,
but laziness will lead to forced labor.

Do you see a man skilled in his work?
He will stand in the presence of kings.
He will not stand in the presence of unknown men.

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The one who searches for what is good finds favor,
but if someone looks for trouble, it will come to him.

and is well known for good works—that is, if she has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the saints’ feet, helped the afflicted, and devoted herself to every good work.

Carefully observe the commands of the Lord your God, the decrees and statutes He has commanded you.

“If you carefully obey my commands I am giving you today, to love the Lord your God and worship Him with all your heart and all your soul,

Go to the ant, you slacker! Observe its ways and become wise. Without leader, administrator, or ruler, it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food during harvest.

So we must not get tired of doing good, for we will reap at the proper time if we don’t give up.

Make sure that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up, causing trouble and by it, defiling many.

Guard your heart above all else,
for it is the source of life.

There I was—the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.

Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Idle hands make one poor,
but diligent hands bring riches.

The slacker craves, yet has nothing,
but the diligent is fully satisfied.

Now we want each of you to demonstrate the same diligence for the final realization of your hope,

He said, “If you will carefully obey the Lord your God, do what is right in His eyes, pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, I will not inflict any illnesses on you that I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am Yahweh who heals you.”

Therefore, brothers, make every effort to confirm your calling and election, because if you do these things you will never stumble.

Therefore, dear friends, while you wait for these things, make every effort to be found at peace with Him without spot or blemish.

I hurried, not hesitating
to keep Your commands.

For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge,

Why do you spend money on what is not food,
and your wages on what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
and you will enjoy the choicest of foods.

Brothers, I do not consider myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and reaching forward to what is ahead, I pursue as my goal the prize promised by God's heavenly call in Christ Jesus.

For God is not unjust; He will not forget your work and the love you showed for His name when you served the saints-and you continue to serve them. Now we want each of you to demonstrate the same diligence for the final realization of your hope, so that you won't become lazy, but imitators of those who inherit the promises through faith and perseverance.

At night I remember my music;
I meditate in my heart, and my spirit ponders.

This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught the things about Jesus accurately, although he knew only John’s baptism.

Every day in the temple complex, and in various homes, they continued teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Messiah.

So Ruth gathered grain in the field until evening. She beat out what she had gathered, and it was about 26 quarts of barley.

He was diligent in every deed that he began in the service of God’s temple, in the instruction and the commands, in order to seek his God, and he prospered.

I hurried, not hesitating
to keep Your commands.

Make sure that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up, causing trouble and by it, defiling many.

Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the Lord’s work, knowing that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

On the contrary, when he was in Rome, he diligently searched for me and found me.

This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught the things about Jesus accurately, although he knew only John’s baptism.

We have also sent with them our brother. We have often tested him in many circumstances and found him to be diligent—and now even more diligent because of his great confidence in you.

The one who searches for what is good finds favor,
but if someone looks for trouble, it will come to him.

Therefore, brothers, make every effort to confirm your calling and election, because if you do these things you will never stumble.

Why do you spend money on what is not food,
and your wages on what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
and you will enjoy the choicest of foods.

Therefore, dear friends, while you wait for these things, make every effort to be found at peace with Him without spot or blemish.

The judges are to make a careful investigation, and if the witness turns out to be a liar who has falsely accused his brother,

And they must also be tested first; if they prove blameless, then they can serve as deacons.

Now we want each of you to demonstrate the same diligence for the final realization of your hope,

He said, “If you will carefully obey the Lord your God, do what is right in His eyes, pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, I will not inflict any illnesses on you that I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am Yahweh who heals you.”

Go to the ant, you slacker! Observe its ways and become wise. Without leader, administrator, or ruler, it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food during harvest.

So Ruth gathered grain in the field until evening. She beat out what she had gathered, and it was about 26 quarts of barley.

Every day in the temple complex, and in various homes, they continued teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Messiah.

For you remember our labor and hardship, brothers. Working night and day so that we would not burden any of you, we preached God’s gospel to you.

For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge,

Guard your heart above all else,
for it is the source of life.

At night I remember my music;
I meditate in my heart, and my spirit ponders.

So we rebuilt the wall until the entire wall was joined together up to half its height, for the people had the will to keep working.

“Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you don’t forget the things your eyes have seen and so that they don’t slip from your mind as long as you live. Teach them to your children and your grandchildren.

So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and go down to you?”

So we continued the work, while half of the men were holding spears from daybreak until the stars came out. At that time, I also said to the people, "Let everyone and his servant spend the night inside Jerusalem, so that they can stand guard by night and work by day." And I, my brothers, my men, and the guards with me never took off our clothes. Each carried his weapon, even when washing.

Watch yourselves so you don’t lose what we have worked for, but that you may receive a full reward.

if exhorting, in exhortation;
giving, with generosity;
leading, with diligence;
showing mercy, with cheerfulness.

Now we want each of you to demonstrate the same diligence for the final realization of your hope,

Idle hands make one poor,
but diligent hands bring riches.

The slacker craves, yet has nothing,
but the diligent is fully satisfied.

Therefore, brothers, make every effort to confirm your calling and election, because if you do these things you will never stumble.