2 Peter 1:8
For [if] these [things] are yours and are increasing, this does not make [you] useless or unproductive in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
John 15:2
Every branch that does not bear fruit in me, he removes it, and every [branch] that bears fruit, he prunes it in order that it may bear more fruit.
Colossians 3:16
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another with all wisdom, with psalms, hymns, [and] spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God,
Titus 3:14
But also our [people] must learn to engage in good deeds for necessary needs, so that they will not be unfruitful.
2 Peter 1:2
May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,
Proverbs 19:15
Laziness will bring on a deep sleep, and a person of idleness will suffer hunger.
Matthew 13:22
And what was sown into the thorn plants--this is the one who hears the word, and the anxiety of this world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word and it becomes unproductive.
Matthew 20:3
And going out about the third hour, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace.
Matthew 20:6
And about the eleventh [hour] he went out [and] found others standing [there] and said to them, 'Why are you standing here the whole day unemployed?'
Matthew 25:26
But his master answered [and] said to him, 'Evil and lazy slave! You knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather from where I did not scatter [seed].
John 5:42
but I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves.
John 15:6-8
If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch, and dries up, and they gather them and throw [them] into the fire, and they are burned.
Romans 12:11
not lagging in diligence, being enthusiastic in spirit, serving the Lord,
1 Corinthians 15:58
So then, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, [because you] know that your labor is not [in] vain in the Lord.
2 Corinthians 5:13-17
For if we are out of our senses, [it is] for God; if we are of sound mind, [it is] for you.
2 Corinthians 8:2
that with a great ordeal of affliction, the abundance of their joy and the extreme depth of their poverty have overflowed to the wealth of their generosity.
2 Corinthians 8:7
But just as you excel in everything--in faith and in speaking and in knowledge and with all diligence and in the love from us [that is] in you--so may you excel in this grace also.
2 Corinthians 9:14
and [they are] longing for you in their prayers for you, because of the surpassing grace of God to you.
2 Corinthians 13:5
Test yourselves [to see] if you are in the faith. Examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize regarding yourselves that Jesus Christ [is] in you, unless you are unqualified?
Philippians 1:9
And this I pray: that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment,
Philippians 2:5
Think this in yourselves which [was] also in Christ Jesus,
Colossians 2:7
firmly rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding with thankfulness.
1 Thessalonians 3:12
and [may] the Lord [cause] you to increase and to abound in love for one another and for all, just as also we [do] for you,
1 Thessalonians 4:1
Finally therefore, brothers, we ask you and appeal to [you] in the Lord Jesus that, just as you have received from us how it is necessary for you to live and to please God, just as indeed you are living, that you progress even more.
2 Thessalonians 1:3
We ought to give thanks to God always concerning you, brothers, just as it is fitting, because your faith is flourishing and the love of each one of you all toward one another is increasing
1 Timothy 5:13
And at the same time also, going around from house to house, they learn [to be] idle, and not only idle, but also gossipy and busybodies, saying the things [that are] not necessary.
Hebrews 6:12
in order that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who inherit the promises through faith and patience.