79 Bible Verses about eagerness
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Some brave and experienced warriors from the tribe of Gad also defected to David while he was at the stronghold in the wilderness. They were expert with both shield and spear, as fierce as lions and as swift as deer on the mountains.
After him Baruch, the son of Zabbai, was hard at work on another part, from the turning of the wall to the door of the house of Eliashib, the chief priest.
This is to give the king word that we went to the land of Judah, to the house of the great God. It is made of large stones and has its walls supported with wood. The work is going on with diligence and they are making rapid progress.
Paul decided to sail past Ephesus so he might not spend time in Asia. He was in a hurry to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
But we have been taken away from you for a short while. We have been taken away in person, not in spirit. We are all the more eager with great desire to see you.
I said, show me respect and receive discipline (instruction) (correction)! That way she would not loose her dwelling. This is according to all that I have appointed concerning her. But they rose early to corrupt all their deeds.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some by longing for it have been led away from the faith. They have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
They attack, they lurk, and they watch my steps. They have waited for my life.
If they say: Come with us. Let us lie in wait to kill someone. Let us ambush the innocent without cause. Let us swallow them alive and whole just as the grave does, and just as the dead go into the pit.
A faithful man will have many blessings. But he who hurries to be rich will not go unpunished.
At once she went to the king and asked: Will you give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter.
They zealously (eagerly) seek you in no good way. They desire to shut you out, that you may seek them. It is good to be zealously sought in a good matter at all times, and not only when I am present with you.
as touching zeal, persecuting the church; as touching the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.
All the people of Judah were overjoyed because of the oath. They took the oath wholeheartedly. They took great pleasure in looking for Jehovah. And he let them find him. So Jehovah surrounded them with rest and peace.
Brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election (choosing) sure. If you do (practice) (exercise) (apply) these things, you will never stumble!
You my son Solomon, learn to know your father's God. Serve Jehovah wholeheartedly and willingly because he searches every heart and understands every thought we have. If you dedicate your life to serving him, he will accept you. On the other hand if you abandon him, he will reject you from then on.
I have asked one thing from Jehovah. This I will seek: to live in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, to look at Jehovah's beauty and search for an answer in his temple.
([Sons of Korah]) As the deer desires the water brooks, so I desire you, O God. I thirst for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
([[Psalm of David] in the wilderness of Judah:]) O God, you are my God. At dawn I search for you. I thirst for you. My body longs for you in a dry, parched land where there is no water.
Our twelve tribes served God day and night with the promise and hope of what was to come. It is because of this hope that the Jews accuse me, King Agrippa.
Pursue love, yet zealously desire spiritual gifts, especially prophesy (proclaiming God's Word).
This very thing that you sorrowed in a godly manner: What diligence it made in you, what clearing of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, yes what vindication! You demonstrated yourself to innocent in the matter.
Let us do our utmost to enter into that rest. Let no one fall into the same pattern of disobedience by not obeying the word.
We desire that every one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope down to the end.
Like newborn infants, long for the spiritual milk that is without deception to help you grow to salvation.
Yes, for this very reason you do your part with all diligence. Supply virtue to your faith. Add knowledge to your virtue.
They seek me day by day. They delight to know my ways like a nation that has done righteousness and has not forsaken the ordinance of their God. They ask me for justice and delight. They are pleased that God is near.
When he killed some of them, the rest searched for him. They turned from their sins and eagerly looked for God. They remembered that God was their rock, that the Most High was their defender. They flattered him with their mouths and lied to him with their tongues.read more.
Their hearts were not loyal to him. They were not faithful to his promise.
Listen to this, people of Israel, you that are descended from Judah. You swear by the name of Jehovah and claim to worship the God of Israel. However you do not mean a word you say.
He (Jesus Christ) gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify a people for himself, who are special people, zealous for good works.
But as you have plenty of everything, in faith, and speech, and knowledge, and in all earnestness, and in your love for us, see that you have plenty of this undeserved kindness also.
Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, and to be ready to do every good work,
Who will harm you if you are eager to do good?
Do not lag behind in diligence. Be fervent in spirit serving God.
Shepherd the flock of God in your care. Exercise the oversight, not of constraint, but willingly, according to the will of God. Do not do it for dishonest gain, but eagerly.
Your people will volunteer in the day of your power. Your young people will come to you in holy splendor like dew from the womb of the dawn (in the early morning).
or he who exhorts; on exhortation; he who gives let him do it with liberality; he who rules, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
As much as you are zealous for spiritual gifts, strive to build-up (increase) the enlightenment (understanding) of the congregation.
Faithful is the saying, and concerning these things I desire that you affirm confidently, to the end that they who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men.
I will be diligent so that every time after my departure you will remember these things.
This man had been instructed in God's way. Being fervent in spirit he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John.
Why do you weep and break my heart? Paul answered: For I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
I have strived to preach the good news, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation:
I will not be put to shame according to my earnest expectation and hope. With all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in me, whether by life or by death.
David called him Lord. How is it that he is his son? The people were pleased with what he said.
Immediately I sent for you. You have done well for you have come. We are all present before God, to hear all things that are commanded to you from God.
As he traveled someone ran to him, kneeled and asked him: Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit everlasting life?
One man said: Master, what good thing must I do, so that I may have eternal life?
The angels went away from them into heaven. Then the shepherds said to one another, Let us go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which God told us about.
When the Samaritans came to him they urged him to stay with them. So he stayed there two days.
When the Jews left the synagogue the people asked for this message to be preached to them the next Sabbath.
The Bereans were nobler than those in Thessalonica because they received the word with all readiness of mind and examined the Scriptures daily to see if what Paul told them was true.
Be diligent and think about these things. Give yourself wholly to them. That way your progress may be apparent to all.
Those who were willing and whose hearts moved them brought their contributions to Jehovah. The gifts were used to construct the tent of meeting, to pay other expenses, and to make the holy clothes. All willing, men and women alike, brought all kinds of gold jewelry: pins, brooches, earrings, signet rings, and pendants. They offered these gifts of gold to Jehovah.
The people gave willingly to Jehovah and were happy that so much had been given. King David also was extremely happy.
But now complete the doing. There was the eager will, so there may be the completion also out of your ability.
They wanted us to remember the poor. I was eager (zealous) to do this very thing.
They should do good works and be rich in good works, that they are ready to distribute, willing to communicate.
Continue steadfastly in prayer, being vigilant with thanksgiving.
Now I beg you, brothers, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me.
I thank my God for all my memories of you. I always offer prayer filled with joy for you,
Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.
Jehovah said to Moses: Phinehas, son of Eleazar and grandson of the priest Aaron, turned my fury away from the Israelites. Since he stood up for me, I did not have to stand up for myself and destroy them.
He replied: I have been very zealous for Jehovah, the God of hosts. The children of Israel have not kept your agreement. They have torn down your altars. They killed your prophets with the sword. I, even I, am the only one living. Now they seek to take my life.
He said: Come with me and see how I am on fire with zeal for Jehovah's cause. So he made him go with him in his chariot.
His disciples remembered what was written. 'Zeal for your house shall eat me up.' (Psalm 69:9)
You do not lack spiritual gifts as you wait for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
You be ready! The Son of man will come at a time when you do not think he will.
For the earnest expectation of the creation is waiting for the manifestation (revelation) (disclosure) of the sons of God.
We also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption and the release from our bodies by ransom.
For we through the Spirit by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.
However, our citizenship is in heaven. We also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
