13 Bible Verses about Earnestness
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Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn unto me with all your heart and with fasting and with weeping, and with mourning:
Strive to enter in at the narrow gate; for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in and shall not be able.
And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soul and with all thy might.
if my people, upon whom my name is invoked, shall humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from the heavens and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding.
And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife and thy two daughters who are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand and upon the hand of his wife and upon the hand of his two daughters, the LORD being merciful unto him; and they brought him forth and set him outside the city. And it came to pass as they brought them forth outside, that he said, Escape; for thy soul, do not look behind thee, neither stop thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
and shalt convert unto the LORD thy God and shalt hear his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart and with all thy soul,
Blessed are those that keep his testimonies and that seek him with their whole heart.
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Jesus 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 dost believe with all thine heart, thou may. 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 at the narrow gate; for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in and shall not be able.
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Only let your conversation be as is worthy of the gospel of Christ, that whether I come and see you or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, unanimous, working together for the faith of the gospel,
And every man that strives for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but we, an incorruptible one.
in which I continue to labour, contending according to his operation, which he works in me mightily.
Earnestness » Earnestness giving the whole heart to God » In repentance
Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn unto me with all your heart and with fasting and with weeping, and with mourning:
And Philip said, If thou dost believe with all thine heart, thou may. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
Jesus 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 the LORD thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soul and with all thy might.
and shalt convert unto the LORD thy God and shalt hear his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart and with all thy soul,
Earnestness » Earnestness giving the whole heart to God » In obedience
Blessed are those that keep his testimonies and that seek him with their 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 the LORD with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Paul » Characteristics of » Earnestness
For I could wish that myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren, those who are my kinsmen according to the flesh,
Therefore watch and remember that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.
(For many walk, of whom I have told you often and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ;
