36 Bible Verses about effort

For this very reason, you must make every effort to supplement your faith with moral character, your moral character with knowledge,

So then, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election certain, for if you keep on doing this you will never fail.

So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to have the Lord find you at peace and without spot or fault.

Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fail by following their example of disobedience.

Therefore, God's choice does not depend on a person's will or effort, but on God himself, who shows mercy.

And I will make every effort to see that you will always remember these things after I am gone.

He told them, "Keep on struggling to enter through the narrow door, because I tell you that many people will try to enter, but won't be able to do so.

Do your best to present yourself to God as an approved worker who has nothing to be ashamed of, handling the word of truth with precision.

as you hold firmly to the word of life. Then I will be proud when the Messiah returns that I did not run in vain or work hard in vain.

Do your best to maintain the unity of the Spirit by means of the bond of peace.

May your favor be on us, Lord our God; make our endeavors successful; yes, make our endeavors secure! A Davidic Psalm

Too many worries lead to nightmares, and a fool is known from talking too much.

Do your best to come to me soon,

It's better to have one handful of tranquility than to have two handfuls of trouble and to chase after the wind.

Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.

Are you so foolish? Having started out with the Spirit, are you now ending up with the flesh?

Dear friends, although I was eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I found it necessary to write to you and urge you to continue your vigorous defense of the faith that was passed down to the saints once and for all.

Entrust your work to the LORD, and your planning will succeed.

"Will your wealth sustain you when you're in distress, despite your most powerful efforts?

Now as for you, be strong and never be discouraged, because there will be reward for your work."

Therefore, let's keep on pursuing those things that bring peace and that lead to building up one another.

For example, when you go with your opponent in front of a ruler, do your best to settle with him on the way there. Otherwise, you will be dragged in front of the judge, and the judge will hand you over to an officer, and the officer will throw you into prison.

I am afraid for you! I don't want my work for you to have been wasted!

because you know that everyone will receive a reward from the Lord for whatever good he has done, whether he is a slave or free.

For God is not so unjust as to forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have ministered to the saints and continue to minister to them.

For it is God who is producing in you both the desire and the ability to do what pleases him.

Every person works for his own self-interests, but his desires remain unsatisfied.

Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast, unmovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that the work that you do for the Lord isn't wasted.

I saw all of it as the activity of God. Frankly, a human being cannot understand what happens on earth, because however hard a man works to discover it, he will not find out. Despite what he thinks he knows, he will not be able to figure it out.

Do your best to come to me before winter. Eubulus sends you greetings, as do Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brothers.

although I could have confidence in the flesh. If anyone thinks he can place confidence in the flesh, I have more reason to think so.

May the LORD repay you for your work, and may a full reward be given you from the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge."

Brothers, although we have been separated from you for a little while in person but not in heart we eagerly desire to see you again face to face.

The blessing of the LORD establishes wealth, and difficulty does not accompany it.

You may say to yourselves, "I have become wealthy by my own strength and by my own ability.'

yet we know that a person is not justified by doing what the Law requires, but rather by the faithfulness of Jesus the Messiah. We, too, have believed in the Messiah Jesus so that we might be justified by the faithfulness of the Messiah and not by doing what the Law requires, for no human being will be justified by doing what the Law requires.