50 Bible Verses about Motivation

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the spirits.

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the hearts.

What then? only that in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and therein I rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.

Let all that ye do be done in love.

The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him thereto .

Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:

For Jehovah Most High is terrible; He is a great King over all the earth.

But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men edification, and exhortation, and consolation.

My Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

For I had much joy and comfort in thy love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through thee, brother.

and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works;

that is, that I with you may be comforted in you, each of us by the other's faith, both yours and mine.

Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me; Try my heart and my mind.

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend it in your pleasures.

Wherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do.

Now the God of patience and of comfort grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus:

But the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and faith unfeigned:

or he that exhorteth, to his exhorting: he that giveth, let him do it with liberality; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness.

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that through patience and through comfort of the scriptures we might have hope.

And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David strengthened himself in Jehovah his God.

I, Jehovah, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.

The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; But the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.

For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.

confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God.

And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; Yea, thou shalt search about thee , and shalt take thy rest in safety.

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in thy sight, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer.

If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions,

Wherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.

Arise; for the matter belongeth unto thee, and we are with thee: be of good courage, and do it.

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.

comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?

Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

And there appeared unto him an angel from heaven, strengthening him.

But Jehovah is with me as a mighty one and a terrible: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be utterly put to shame, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.

Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my heart in Christ.

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer thee in this matter.

Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the crowd, because he was little of stature.