13 Bible Verses about Earnestness
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Yet even now, saith Jehovah, turn ye unto me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:
And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters that are here, lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. But he lingered; and the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters, Jehovah being merciful unto him; and they brought him forth, and set him without the city. And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the Plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
and shalt return unto Jehovah thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul;
Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, That seek him with the whole heart.
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
And Philip said, If thou believest with all thy heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
From Thematic Bible
Earnestness » In prayer » In seeking salvation
Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ: that, whether I come and see you and be absent, I may hear of your state, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the gospel;
And every man that striveth in the games exerciseth self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
whereunto I labor also, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
Earnestness » Earnestness giving the whole heart to God » In repentance
Yet even now, saith Jehovah, turn ye unto me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
And Philip said, If thou believest with all thy heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Earnestness » Earnestness giving the whole heart to God » In love
and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
and shalt return unto Jehovah thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul;
Earnestness » Earnestness giving the whole heart to God » In obedience
Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, That seek him with the whole heart.
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Earnestness » Earnestness giving the whole heart to God » In prayer
Earnestness » Earnestness giving the whole heart to God » In trust
Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:
Paul » Characteristics of » Earnestness
For I could wish that I myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren's sake, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
Wherefore watch ye, remembering that by the space of three years I ceased not to admonish every one night and day with tears.
For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
