17 Bible Verses about diligence
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Now finish the work, so that your readiness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means.
The elders who rule well are to be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.
shepherd the flock of God that is under your care, serving as overseersnot under compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the will of God; and not for sordid gain, but with eagerness;
For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If anyone will not work, he shall not eat."
he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that all may see your progress. Take heed to yourself and to your teaching; persevere in them, for if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.
Therefore, brethren, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall;
Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary.
I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
And we desire each one of you to show the same diligence in realizing the full assurance of hope until the end,
Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by him in peace, spotless and blameless.
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Business life » Business virtues » Diligence
he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.
And we desire each one of you to show the same diligence in realizing the full assurance of hope until the end,
Therefore, brethren, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall;
natural Death » Motive » Diligence
we must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day. Night is coming, when no one can work.
Diligence » Spiritual
Do you not say, 'There are yet four months and then comes the harvest'? Behold, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and look at the fields! They are already white for harvest.
For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh.
in the hope that I may somehow arouse to jealousy the kinsmen of my flesh and save some of them.
Diligence » Business
he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.
And we desire each one of you to show the same diligence in realizing the full assurance of hope until the end,
Therefore, brethren, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall;
Diligence » Being diligent
Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by him in peace, spotless and blameless.
And we desire each one of you to show the same diligence in realizing the full assurance of hope until the end, so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
Diligence » The diligent
Diligence » Required by God in » Obeying him
Diligence » Required by God in » Instructing children
Diligence » Required by God in » Lawful business
Diligence » Required by God in » Seeking him
And without faith it is impossible to please God, for anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
Diligence » God rewards
And without faith it is impossible to please God, for anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
Diligence » In temporal matters, leads to » Honor
Diligence » In temporal matters, leads to » Prosperity
Diligence » Required by God in » Teaching religion
Beloved, although I was very eager to write you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; correct, rebuke, and exhort, with great patience and instruction.
Diligence » Christ, an example
And he said to them, "Why did you seek me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?"
Now in the morning, a long while before daylight, he rose and went out to a solitary place, and there he prayed.
Diligence » In the service of God » Is not in vain
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
Diligence » Required by God in » Striving after perfection
Brethren, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Diligence » Exemplified » Paul
For you remember our labor and toil, brethren; we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, while we preached to you the gospel of God.
Diligence » Required by God in seeking him
And without faith it is impossible to please God, for anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
Diligence » Exemplified » hezekiah
Diligence » Exemplified » Titus
And with them we are sending our brother whom we have often proved diligent in many matters, but who is now more diligent than ever because of his great confidence in you.
Diligence » Required by God in » Discharging official duties
Diligence » Preserving "the faith" through teaching
Beloved, although I was very eager to write you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; correct, rebuke, and exhort, with great patience and instruction.
Diligence » Lawful business
Diligence » Saints should abound in
But as you excel in everythingin faith, in utterance, in knowledge, in all earnestness, and in your love for ussee that you excel in this work of grace also.
Diligence » Jesus an example of
And he said to them, "Why did you seek me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?"
Now in the morning, a long while before daylight, he rose and went out to a solitary place, and there he prayed.
Diligence » Required by God in » Keeping the soul
Diligence » Required by God in » Labors of love
For God is not so unjust as to forget your work and the love which you have shown for his sake in serving the saints, as you still do. And we desire each one of you to show the same diligence in realizing the full assurance of hope until the end, so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
Diligence » Required in the service of God
we must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day. Night is coming, when no one can work.
Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary.
Diligence » Honor
Diligence » In temporal matters, leads to » Favor
Diligence » Required by God in » Following every good work
and she must be well known for her good deeds, as one who has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the feet of the saints, relieved those in distress, and devoted herself to doing good in every way.
Diligence » Obeying him
Diligence » Illustrated
Diligence » In the service of God » Should be preserved in
Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary.
Diligence » Required by God in » Guarding against defilement
See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness spring up and cause trouble, and by it many become defiled;
Diligence » Required by God in » Keeping the heart
Diligence » Exemplified » jacob
Diligence » Instructing children
Diligence » Prosperity
Diligence » In the service of God » Leads to assured hope
And we desire each one of you to show the same diligence in realizing the full assurance of hope until the end,
Diligence » In the service of God » Preserves from evil
Diligence » Required by God in » Making our call, &c, sure
Therefore, brethren, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall;
Diligence » Required by God in » Seeking to be found spotless
Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by him in peace, spotless and blameless.
Diligence » Exemplified » Psalmist
Diligence » Required by God in » Cultivating Christian graces
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge,
Diligence » Required by God in » Hearkening to him
Diligence » Striving after perfection
Brethren, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Diligence » Labors of love
For God is not so unjust as to forget your work and the love which you have shown for his sake in serving the saints, as you still do. And we desire each one of you to show the same diligence in realizing the full assurance of hope until the end, so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
Diligence » Required by God in » Self-examination
Diligence » Exemplified » Apollos
He had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.
Diligence » Exemplified » Apostles
And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.
Diligence » Exemplified » Ruth
Diligence » Figurative » hezekiah
Diligence » Figurative » Psalmist
Diligence » Guarding against defilement
See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness spring up and cause trouble, and by it many become defiled;
Diligence » Is not in vain
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
Diligence » Figurative » Onesiphorus
Diligence » Figurative » Apollos
He had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.
Diligence » Figurative » Titus
And with them we are sending our brother whom we have often proved diligent in many matters, but who is now more diligent than ever because of his great confidence in you.
Diligence » In temporal matters leads to favor
Diligence » Making our calling sure
Therefore, brethren, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall;
Diligence » Listening to him
Diligence » Seeking to be found spotless
Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by him in peace, spotless and blameless.
Diligence » Discharging official duties
Diligence » Following every good work
They must also first be tested; and then if they are beyond reproach, let them serve as deacons.
Diligence » Leads to assured hope
And we desire each one of you to show the same diligence in realizing the full assurance of hope until the end,
Diligence » Preserves from evil
Diligence » Figurative
Diligence » Figurative » Exemplified » Ruth
Diligence » Figurative » Apostles
And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.
Diligence » Figurative » Paul
For you remember our labor and toil, brethren; we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, while we preached to you the gospel of God.
Diligence » Cultivating proper behaviors of a true Christian
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge,
Diligence » Keeping the heart
Diligence » Self-examination
Diligence » Figurative » Nehemiah and his helpers
Diligence » Keeping the soul
Nehemiah » Diligence
the Reward of saints » The prospect of, should lead to » Diligence
Watch yourselves, that you do not lose what you have worked for, but that you may receive a full reward.
Virtues » Business » Diligence
he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.
And we desire each one of you to show the same diligence in realizing the full assurance of hope until the end,
Therefore, brethren, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall;
Topics on Diligence
Diligence And Laziness Contrasted
2 Thessalonians 3:10For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If anyone will not work, he shall not eat."
Diligence, Examples Of
Luke 8:15But the ones that fell on the good soil are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience.
Diligence, Objects Of
2 Peter 1:5-9For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge,
Diligence, Results Of
2 Thessalonians 3:10For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If anyone will not work, he shall not eat."
Diligence, Rewards Of
2 Peter 1:10Therefore, brethren, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall;
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