13 Bible Verses about Earnestness
Most Relevant Verses
Even now—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
turn to Me with all your heart,
with fasting, weeping, and mourning.
“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because I tell you, many will try to enter and won’t be able
Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.
and My people who are called by My name humble themselves, pray and seek My face, and turn from their evil ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not rely on your own understanding;
At daybreak the angels urged Lot on: “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.” But he hesitated. Because of the Lord’s compassion for him, the men grabbed his hand, his wife’s hand, and the hands of his two daughters. Then they brought him out and left him outside the city. As soon as the angels got them outside, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Don’t look back and don’t stop anywhere on the plain! Run to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”
and you and your children return to the Lord your God and obey Him with all your heart and all your soul by doing everything I am giving you today,
Happy are those who keep His decrees
and seek Him with all their heart.
He said to him, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.
[And Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart you may.” And he replied, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”]
From Thematic Bible
Earnestness » In prayer » In seeking salvation
I pursue as my goal the prize promised by God’s heavenly
Just one thing: Live your life
Now everyone who competes exercises self-control
Earnestness » Earnestness giving the whole heart to God » In repentance
this is the Lord’s declaration—
turn to Me with all your heart,
with fasting, weeping, and mourning.
[And Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart you may.” And he replied, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”]
He said to him,
Earnestness » Earnestness giving the whole heart to God » In love
Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.
and you and your children return to the Lord your God and obey Him with all your heart and all your soul by doing
Earnestness » Earnestness giving the whole heart to God » In obedience
and seek Him with all their heart.
Earnestness » Earnestness giving the whole heart to God » In prayer
Earnestness » Earnestness giving the whole heart to God » In trust
and do not rely on your own understanding;
Paul » Characteristics of » Earnestness
For I could almost wish
Therefore be on the alert, remembering that night and day for three years I did not stop warning each one of you with tears.
For I have often told you, and now say again with tears, that many live as enemies of the cross
