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].

not lagging in diligence, being enthusiastic in spirit, serving the Lord,

Therefore, brothers, be zealous even more to make your calling and election secure, because [if you] do these [things], you will never ever stumble.

Faith

And so, [by] persevering, he obtained the promise.

For you have need of endurance, in order that [after you] have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.

By faith Abraham, [when he] was called, obeyed to go out to a place that he was going to receive for an inheritance, and he went out, not knowing where he was going.

But the [seed] on the good soil--these are the ones who, [after] hearing the word, hold fast to [it] with a noble and good heart, and bear fruit with patient endurance.

to those who, by perseverance in good work, seek glory and honor and immortality, eternal life,

But if we hope for what we do not see, we await [it] eagerly with patient endurance.

[because we] remember your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father,

If anyone [is going] into captivity, into captivity he goes. If anyone [is] to be killed by the sword, by the sword he [is] to be killed. Here is the patient endurance and the faith of the saints.

Here is the patient endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and the faith in Jesus.

Inherit

Are they not all spirits engaged in special service, sent on assignment for the sake of those who are going to inherit salvation?

For you have need of endurance, in order that [after you] have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.

By faith he lived in the land of promise as a stranger, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the fellow heirs of the same promise.

"I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob"? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living!"

Now it happened that the poor man died, and he was carried away by the angels to {Abraham's side}. And the rich man also died and was buried.

But that the dead are raised, even Moses revealed in [the passage about] the bush, when he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and [the] God of Isaac and [the] God of Jacob.

And this is the promise which he himself promised us: eternal life.

And I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write: 'Blessed [are] the dead who die in the Lord from now on!'" "Yes," says the Spirit, "in order that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow after them."

General references

So that you will walk on the road of those who are good, and the paths of those who are righteous you shall keep.

The door turns on its hinge, and a lazy person on his bed.

And so, [by] persevering, he obtained the promise.