Joshua 18:3
And Joshua said unto the sons of Israel, How long shall ye be negligent to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers has given you?
Judges 18:9
And they said, Arise, let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good; and are ye to remain still? Do not be slothful to go and to enter to possess the land.
Proverbs 2:2-6
so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom and apply thine heart to intelligence,
Proverbs 10:4
He that deals with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard desires, and attains nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Proverbs 15:19
The way of the slothful man is as a hedge of thorns, but the path of the righteous is made plain.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever thy hand finds to do, do it with all thy might, for there is no work nor device nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol, where thou goest.
Zephaniah 3:16
In that time it shall be said to Jerusalem, Do not fear; and to Zion, Do not let thine hands be slack.
Matthew 20:6
And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle and said unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
John 6:27
Labour not for the food which perishes, but for the food which abides unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you, for him has God the Father sealed.
Philippians 3:13-14
Brethren, I do not reckon to have laid hold of it yet, but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and extending myself unto those things which are ahead,
2 Peter 1:10-11
Therefore, brethren, give all the more diligence to make your calling and election sure; for doing these things, ye shall never fall.