2 Timothy 2:5
And if a man contend in the public games, he is not crowned victor, unless he contend according to the laws.
Luke 13:24
Exert all your powers to enter through the strait gate: for many, I tell you, will seek to enter, but will not be able.
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
Know ye not that they who run on the course, all run indeed, yet but one obtaineth the price? So run, that ye may obtain.
Philippians 1:15
Some indeed do it in a spirit of envy and strife; but some also preach Christ with cordial good-will:
Colossians 1:29
for which also I am labouring, conflicting in the energy of his might, which worketh in me powerfully.
2 Timothy 4:7-8
I have struggled hard in the honourable contest, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith:
Hebrews 2:7
"Thou hast made him for a little while lower than angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and honour, and hast placed him over the works of thy hands:
Hebrews 2:9
But we see Jesus for a little while made lower than angels, by the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour, that, by the grace of God, he might taste of death for every one.
Hebrews 12:4
As yet ye have not resisted unto blood, struggling against sin.
James 1:12
Blessed is the man who patiently supports temptation: for when he is proved, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to those who love him.
1 Peter 5:4
And when the arch Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that will never fade away.
Revelation 2:10
Fear nothing from the things which thou shalt suffer: lo! the devil will cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have a ten day's tribulation: be thou faithful until death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
Revelation 3:11
Behold, I come quickly: hold fast that thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
Revelation 4:4
And around the throne were twenty-four thrones; and upon these thrones I saw twenty-four presbyters seated, clothed in white robes; and they had on their heads golden crowns.
Revelation 4:10
the four and twenty presbyters prostrate themselves before him who is Seated on the throne, and worship him who liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,