2 Peter 1:8
For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
John 15:2
Every branch in me that bears no fruit he takes away; and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, so that it may bear more fruit.
Colossians 3:16
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
Titus 3:14
Our people must also learn to devote themselves to good deeds, so that they may help cases of urgent need, and not be unfruitful.
2 Peter 1:2
grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
Matthew 13:22
Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, but the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
Matthew 20:3
And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
Matthew 20:6
And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle, and said to them, 'Why have you been standing here idle all day?'
Matthew 25:26
But his master answered him, 'You wicked and lazy servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed?
John 5:42
But I know you, that you do not have the love of God in you.
John 15:6-8
If anyone does not abide in me, he is like a branch that is cast away and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire and burned.
Romans 12:11
Never be lacking in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serving the Lord.
1 Corinthians 15:58
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.
2 Corinthians 5:13-17
For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.
2 Corinthians 8:2
for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in the wealth of their liberality.
2 Corinthians 8:7
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.
2 Corinthians 9:14
while they long for you and pray for you, because of the surpassing grace of God in you.
2 Corinthians 13:5
Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in youunless, indeed, you fail the test?
Philippians 1:9
And this is my prayer, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment,
Philippians 2:5
Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus,
Colossians 2:7
rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, overflowing with thanksgiving.
1 Thessalonians 3:12
and may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you,
1 Thessalonians 4:1
Finally, brethren, we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you learned from us how you ought to live and to please God, just as you are doing, you do so more and more.
2 Thessalonians 1:3
We ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, as is fitting, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing.
1 Timothy 5:13
Besides, they learn to be idle, going about from house to house. And not only do they become idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things they ought not to.
Hebrews 6:12
so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.