13 Bible Verses about Earnestness
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And also now -- an affirmation of Jehovah, Turn ye back unto Me with all your heart, And with fasting, and with weeping, And with lamentation.
'Be striving to go in through the straight gate, because many, I say to you, will seek to go in, and shall not be able;
and thou hast loved Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might,
and My people on whom My name is called be humbled, and pray, and seek My face, and turn back from their evil ways, then I -- I hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin, and heal their land.
Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.
And when the dawn hath ascended, then the messengers press upon Lot, saying, 'Rise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters who are found present, lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.' And he lingereth, and the men lay hold on his hand, and on the hand of his wife, and on the hand of his two daughters, through the mercy of Jehovah unto him, and they bring him out, and cause him to rest without the city. And it cometh to pass when he hath brought them out without, that he saith, 'Escape for thy life; look not expectingly behind thee, nor stand thou in all the circuit; to the mountain escape, lest thou be consumed.'
and hast turned back unto Jehovah thy God, and hearkened to His voice, according to all that I am commanding thee to-day, thou and thy sons, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul --
O the happiness of those keeping His testimonies, With the whole heart they seek Him.
And Jesus said to him, 'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding --
And Philip said, 'If thou dost believe out of all the heart, it is lawful;' and he answering said, 'I believe Jesus Christ to be the Son of God;'
From Thematic Bible
Earnestness » In prayer » In seeking salvation
'Be striving to go in through the straight gate, because many, I say to you, will seek to go in, and shall not be able;
to the mark I pursue for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Only worthily of the good news of the Christ conduct ye yourselves, that, whether having come and seen you, whether being absent I may hear of the things concerning you, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul, striving together for the faith of the good news,
and every one who is striving, is in all things temperate; these, indeed, then, that a corruptible crown they may receive, but we an incorruptible;
for which also I labour, striving according to his working that is working in me in power.
Earnestness » Earnestness giving the whole heart to God » In repentance
And also now -- an affirmation of Jehovah, Turn ye back unto Me with all your heart, And with fasting, and with weeping, And with lamentation.
And Philip said, 'If thou dost believe out of all the heart, it is lawful;' and he answering said, 'I believe Jesus Christ to be the Son of God;'
And Jesus said to him, 'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding --
Earnestness » Earnestness giving the whole heart to God » In love
and thou hast loved Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might,
and hast turned back unto Jehovah thy God, and hearkened to His voice, according to all that I am commanding thee to-day, thou and thy sons, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul --
Earnestness » Earnestness giving the whole heart to God » In obedience
O the happiness of those keeping His testimonies, With the whole heart they seek Him.
Earnestness » Earnestness giving the whole heart to God » In prayer
Earnestness » Earnestness giving the whole heart to God » In trust
Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.
Paul » Characteristics of » Earnestness
for I was wishing, I myself, to be anathema from the Christ -- for my brethren, my kindred, according to the flesh,
'Therefore, watch, remembering that three years, night and day, I did not cease with tears warning each one;
for many walk of whom many times I told you -- and now also weeping tell -- the enemies of the cross of the Christ!
