2 Timothy 2:5
No one who competes in the games is awarded a crown unless he obeys the rules.
Luke 13:24
"You must strain every nerve to get in through the narrow door, for I tell you many will try to get in, and will not succeed,
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
Do you not know that in a race the runners all compete, but only one wins the prize? That is the way you must run, so as to win.
Philippians 1:15
Some of them, it is true, are actually preaching the Christ from jealousy and partisanship, but there are others who are doing it out of good-will.
Colossians 1:29
That is what I am working for, fighting with all the energy with which he so mightily endows me.
2 Timothy 4:7-8
I have had a part in the great contest, I have run my race, I have preserved my faith.
Hebrews 2:7
You made him for a little while inferior to angels; Yet you have crowned him with glory and honor, And you have put him in charge of the works of your hands!
Hebrews 2:9
but we do see Jesus, who was "made for a little while inferior to angels, crowned with glory and honor" because he suffered death, so that by the favor of God he might taste the bitterness of death on behalf of every human being.
Hebrews 12:4
You have not yet resisted unto death in your struggle with sin,
James 1:12
Blessed is the man who endures trial, for when he stands the test, he will be given the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.
1 Peter 5:4
and when the chief shepherd appears, you will receive the glorious wreath that will never fade.
Revelation 2:10
Do not be afraid of what you are going to suffer. See! The devil is going to put some of you into prison to be tested there, and for ten days to endure persecution. Prove faithful even unto death and I will give you the crown of life.
Revelation 3:11
I am coming soon. Keep hold of what you have, so that no one may deprive you of your crown.
Revelation 4:4
Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, with twenty-four elders seated on them, clothed in white and with gold crowns on their heads.
Revelation 4:10
the twenty-four elders fall down before him who is seated on the throne, and worship him who lives forever and ever, and they throw down their crowns before the throne, and say,