2 Peter 1:8
For if you have these qualities and they continue to increase in you, they will make you neither idle nor unproductive in attaining a full knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
John 15:2
He cuts away any branch on me that stops bearing fruit, and He repeatedly prunes every branch that continues to bear fruit, to make it bear more.
Colossians 3:16
Let the message of Christ continue to live in you in all its wealth of wisdom; keep on teaching it to one another and training one another in it with thankfulness, in your hearts singing praise to God with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs.
Titus 3:14
Our people too must set examples of doing good, so as to meet the necessary demands and not to live unfruitful lives.
2 Peter 1:2
spiritual blessing and peace be to you in increasing abundance through a full knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;
Matthew 13:22
And what was sown among the thorns illustrates the man who hears the message, and the worries of the times and the pleasures of being rich choke the truth out, and he yields no fruit.
Matthew 20:3
He went out again about nine o'clock and found others standing around doing nothing.
Matthew 20:6
About five he went out again and found still others standing around, and he said to them, 'Why have you been standing here all day doing nothing?'
Matthew 25:26
His master answered him, 'You wicked, lazy slave, you knew that I reaped where I had not sown and gathered where I had not threshed.
John 5:42
but I am sure that you do not have the love of God in your hearts.
John 15:6-8
If anyone does not remain in union with me, he is thrown away as a mere branch and is dried up; then it is picked up and thrown into the fire and burned up.
Romans 12:11
never slack in earnestness, always on fire with the Spirit, always serving the Lord,
1 Corinthians 15:58
So, my dear brothers, continue to be firm, incapable of being moved, always letting the cup run over in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the service of the Lord is never thrown away.
2 Corinthians 5:13-17
For if I did go crazy, it was for God's glory; and if I am keeping my head cool, it is for your good.
2 Corinthians 8:2
because in spite of a terrible test of trouble, the mighty flood of their gladness mingling with the depths of their poverty has overflowed and resulted in the abundance of their liberality.
2 Corinthians 8:7
Yes, just as you are growing rich in everything else, in faith, expression, knowledge, perfect enthusiasm, and the love inspired in you by us, you must see to it that you grow rich in this gracious contribution too.
2 Corinthians 9:14
and so in their prayers for you they will continue longing for you, because of God's surpassing favor shown you.
2 Corinthians 13:5
You yourselves must continue testing yourselves to see whether you are continuing in the faith. You must continue standing the test. Do you not know by a growing experience that Jesus Christ is in you? -- provided you stand the test.
Philippians 1:9
And it is my prayer that your love may overflow still more and more, directed by fuller knowledge and keener insight,
Philippians 2:5
Keep on fostering the same disposition that Christ Jesus had.
Colossians 2:7
with your roots deeply planted in Him, being continuously built up in Him, and growing stronger in faith, just as you were taught to do, overflowing through it in your gratitude.
1 Thessalonians 3:12
May the Lord make you increase and overflow in love for one another and for all men, as my love for you does,
1 Thessalonians 4:1
Now, brothers, we ask and beg you, in the face of our union with the Lord Jesus, as you once received from us how you ought to live so as to please God -- as indeed you are living -- to continue to live this life better and better.
2 Thessalonians 1:3
We always ought to be thanking God for you, brothers, as it is right to do so, because your faith is growing so much and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing
1 Timothy 5:13
Besides, as they get the habit of gadding about from house to house, they learn to be idle, and not only idle but gossips and busybodies, talking of things they ought not to mention.
Hebrews 6:12
so that you may not grow careless, but may follow the example of those who through their faith and patient endurance are now possessors of the blessings promised.