Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go.
Colossians 3:23
Whatever you are doing, work at it with enthusiasm, as to the Lord and not for people,
Psalm 6:5
For no one remembers you in the realm of death, In Sheol who gives you thanks?
Romans 12:11
Do not lag in zeal, be enthusiastic in spirit, serve the Lord.
Numbers 13:30
Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses, saying, "Let us go up and occupy it, for we are well able to conquer it."
1 Chronicles 22:19
Now seek the Lord your God wholeheartedly and with your entire being! Get up and build the sanctuary of the Lord God! Then you can bring the ark of the Lord's covenant and the holy items dedicated to God's service into the temple that is built to honor the Lord."
1 Chronicles 28:20
David said to his son Solomon: "Be strong and brave! Do it! Don't be afraid and don't panic! For the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not leave you or abandon you before all the work for the service of the Lord's temple is finished.
1 Chronicles 29:2-3
So I have made every effort to provide what is needed for the temple of my God, including the gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, as well as a large amount of onyx, settings of antimony and other stones, all kinds of precious stones, and alabaster.
2 Chronicles 31:20-21
This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what the Lord his God considered good and right and faithful.
Ezra 6:14-15
The elders of the Jews continued building and prospering, while at the same time Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo continued prophesying. They built and brought it to completion by the command of the God of Israel and by the command of Cyrus and Darius and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
Nehemiah 2:12-16
I got up during the night, along with a few men who were with me. But I did not tell anyone what my God was putting on my heart to do for Jerusalem. There were no animals with me, except for the one I was riding.
Nehemiah 4:2
and in the presence of his colleagues and the army of Samaria he said, "What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they be left to themselves? Will they again offer sacrifice? Will they finish this in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones to life again from piles of dust?"
Nehemiah 4:6
So we rebuilt the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height. The people were enthusiastic in their work.
Nehemiah 4:9-13
So we prayed to our God and stationed a guard to protect against them both day and night.
Nehemiah 4:17-23
who were rebuilding the wall. Those who were carrying loads did so by keeping one hand on the work and the other on their weapon.
Nehemiah 13:8-31
I was very upset, and I threw all of Tobiah's household possessions out of the storeroom.
Job 14:7-12
"But there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.
Psalm 71:15-18
I will tell about your justice, and all day long proclaim your salvation, though I cannot fathom its full extent.
Psalm 88:10-12
Do you accomplish amazing things for the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and give you thanks? (Selah)
Ecclesiastes 9:5-6
For the living know that they will die, but the dead do not know anything; they have no further reward -- and even the memory of them disappears.
Ecclesiastes 11:3
If the clouds are full of rain, they will empty themselves on the earth, and whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, the tree will lie wherever it falls.
Ecclesiastes 11:6
Sow your seed in the morning, and do not stop working until the evening; for you do not know which activity will succeed -- whether this one or that one, or whether both will prosper equally.
Isaiah 38:18-19
Indeed Sheol does not give you thanks; death does not praise you. Those who descend into the pit do not anticipate your faithfulness.
Jeremiah 29:13
When you seek me in prayer and worship, you will find me available to you. If you seek me with all your heart and soul,
Matthew 6:33
But above all pursue his kingdom and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
John 4:34
Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to complete his work.
John 9:4
We must perform the deeds of the one who sent me as long as it is daytime. Night is coming when no one can work.
Acts 20:25-31
"And now I know that none of you among whom I went around proclaiming the kingdom will see me again.
Romans 15:18-20
For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in order to bring about the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,
1 Corinthians 9:24
Do you not know that all the runners in a stadium compete, but only one receives the prize? So run to win.
1 Corinthians 9:26
So I do not run uncertainly or box like one who hits only air.
1 Corinthians 15:10
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been in vain. In fact, I worked harder than all of them -- yet not I, but the grace of God with me.
1 Corinthians 16:10
Now if Timothy comes, see that he has nothing to fear among you, for he is doing the Lord's work, as I am too.
Ephesians 5:16
taking advantage of every opportunity, because the days are evil.
2 Peter 1:12-15
Therefore, I intend to remind you constantly of these things even though you know them and are well established in the truth that you now have.