50 Bible Verses about Motivation

All a man's ways are clean to himself; but the Lord puts men's spirits into his scales.

Every way of a man seems right to himself, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.

What then? only that in every way, falsely or truly, the preaching of Christ goes on; and in this I am glad, and will be glad.

Let all you do be done in love.

The desire of the working man is working for him, for his need of food is driving him on.

Though some are preaching Christ out of envy and competition, others do it out of a good heart:

For the Lord Most High is to be feared; he is a great King over all the earth.

But the word of the prophet gives men knowledge and comfort and strength.

My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith.

Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

For I had great joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been made strong again through you, brother.

And let us be moving one another at all times to love and good works;

That is to say, that all of us may be comforted together by the faith which is in you and in me.

Put me in the scales, O Lord, so that I may be tested; let the fire make clean my thoughts and my heart.

You make your request but you do not get it, because your request has been wrongly made, desiring the thing only so that you may make use of it for your pleasure.

So then, go on comforting and building up one another, as you have been doing.

Now may the God who gives comfort and strength in waiting make you of the same mind with one another in harmony with Christ Jesus:

But the effect of the order is love coming from a clean heart, and a knowledge of what is right, and true faith:

He who has the power of comforting, let him do so; he who gives, let him give freely; he who has the power of ruling, let him do it with a serious mind; he who has mercy on others, let it be with joy.

Now those things which were put down in writing before our time were for our learning, so that through quiet waiting and through the comfort of the holy Writings we might have hope.

And David was greatly troubled; for the people were talking of stoning him, because their hearts were bitter, every man sorrowing for his sons and his daughters: but David made himself strong in the Lord his God.

I the Lord am the searcher of the heart, the tester of the thoughts, so that I may give to every man the reward of his ways, in keeping with the fruit of his doings.

If you have love for me, you will keep my laws.

The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.

And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the Synagogue sent to them, saying, Brothers, if you have a word of comfort for the people, say on.

God will be judge of every work, with every secret thing, good or evil.

In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.

See, in every common saying about you it will be said, As the mother is, so is her daughter.

Making strong the souls of the disciples, saying to them that they were to keep the faith, and that we have to go through troubles of all sorts to come into the kingdom of God.

And you will be safe because there is hope; after looking round, you will take your rest in quiet;

Let the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart be pleasing in your eyes, O Lord, my strength and my salvation.

If then there is any comfort in Christ, any help given by love, any uniting of hearts in the Spirit, any loving mercies and pity,

For this reason let there be no judging before the time, till the Lord comes, who will make clear the secret things of the dark, and the designs of the heart; and then will every man have his praise from God.

Up, now! for this is your business, and we are with you; take heart and do it.

So then, if it is a question of food or drink, or any other thing, whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

Take care not to do your good works before men, to be seen by them; or you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

Give you comfort and strength in every good work and word.

And about the ninth hour Jesus gave a loud cry, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why are you turned away from me?

Children, do what is ordered by your fathers and mothers in the Lord: for this is right.

For the love of money is a root of all evil: and some whose hearts were fixed on it have been turned away from the faith, and been wounded with unnumbered sorrows.

And Moses said to God, Who am I to go to Pharaoh and take the children of Israel out of Egypt?

Even so let your light be shining before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

And an angel from heaven came to him, to give him strength.

But the Lord is with me as a great one, greatly to be feared: so my attackers will have a fall, and they will not overcome me: they will be greatly shamed, because they have not done wisely, even with an unending shame, kept in memory for ever.

Let no evil talk come out of your mouth, but only what is good for giving necessary teaching, and for grace to those who give ear.

So brother, let me have joy of you in the Lord: give new life to my heart in Christ.

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answering Nebuchadnezzar the king, said, There is no need for us to give you an answer to this question.

And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.

Made an attempt to get a view of Jesus, and was not able to do so, because of the people, for he was a small man.