50 Bible Verses about Motivation

All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering the spirits.

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering hearts.

what then? in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is proclaimed -- and in this I rejoice, yea, and shall rejoice.

let all your things be done in love.

A labouring man hath laboured for himself, For his mouth hath caused him to bend over it.

Certain, indeed, even through envy and contention, and certain also through good-will, do preach the Christ;

For Jehovah Most High is fearful, A great king over all the earth.

and he who is prophesying to men doth speak edification, and exhortation, and comfort;

My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in word and in truth!

unceasingly remembering of you the work of the faith, and the labour of the love, and the endurance of the hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the presence of our God and Father,

for we have much joy and comfort in thy love, because the bowels of the saints have been refreshed through thee, brother.

and may we consider one another to provoke to love and to good works,

and that is, that I may be comforted together among you, through the faith in one another, both yours and mine.

Try me, O Jehovah, and prove me, Purified are my reins and my heart.

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

wherefore, comfort ye one another, and build ye up, one the one, as also ye do.

And may the God of the endurance, and of the exhortation, give to you to have the same mind toward one another, according to Christ Jesus;

And the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned,

or he who is exhorting -- 'In the exhortation!' he who is sharing -- 'In simplicity!' he who is leading -- 'In diligence?' he who is doing kindness -- 'In cheerfulness.'

for, as many things as were written before, for our instruction were written before, that through the endurance, and the exhortation of the Writings, we might have the hope.

and David hath great distress, for the people have said to stone him, for the soul of all the people hath been bitter, each for his sons and for his daughters; and David doth strengthen himself in Jehovah his God.

I Jehovah do search the heart, try the reins, Even to give to each according to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.

'If ye love me, my commands keep,

Fear of Jehovah is a beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction fools have despised!

and after the reading of the law and of the prophets, the chief men of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, 'Men, brethren, if there be a word in you of exhortation unto the people -- say on.'

For every work doth God bring into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether good or bad.'

In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips is only to want.

Lo, every one using a simile, Doth use a simile concerning thee, saying: As the mother -- her daughter!

confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting to remain in the faith, and that through many tribulations it behoveth us to enter into the reign of God,

And thou hast trusted because their is hope, And searched -- in confidence thou liest down,

Let the sayings of my mouth, And the meditation of my heart, Be for a pleasing thing before Thee, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer!

If, then, any exhortation is in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

so, then, nothing before the time judge ye, till the Lord may come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of the darkness, and will manifest the counsels of the hearts, and then the praise shall come to each from God.

rise, for on thee is the matter, and we are with thee; be strong, and do.'

Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;

Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not -- reward ye have not from your Father who is in the heavens;

comfort your hearts, and establish you in every good word and work.

and about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a great voice, saying, 'Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?' that is, 'My God, my God, why didst Thou forsake me?'

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

for a root of all the evils is the love of money, which certain longing for did go astray from the faith, and themselves did pierce through with many sorrows;

And Moses saith unto God, 'Who am I, that I go unto Pharaoh, and that I bring out the sons of Israel from Egypt?'

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

And there appeared to him a messenger from heaven strengthening him;

And Jehovah is with me, as a terrible mighty one, Therefore my persecutors stumble and prevail not, They have been exceedingly ashamed, For they have not acted wisely, Confusion age-during is not forgotten.

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

Yes, brother, may I have profit of thee in the Lord; refresh my bowels in the Lord;

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego have answered, yea, they are saying to the king Nebuchadnezzar, 'We have no need concerning this matter to answer thee.

And I have seen all the labour, and all the benefit of the work, because for it a man is the envy of his neighbour. Even this is vanity and vexation of spirit.

and he was seeking to see Jesus, who he is, and was not able for the multitude, because in stature he was small,