Joshua 18:3
And Joshua said to the {Israelites}, "{How long} [will] you be slack about going to take possession of the land that Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, has given you?
Judges 18:9
And they said to them, "Come, let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and [it is] very good. Will you do nothing? Do not hesitate to go, to enter, to possess the land.
Proverbs 2:2-6
[in order] to incline your ear toward wisdom, [then] you shall apply your heart to understanding.
Proverbs 10:4
A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent enriches.
Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the lazy craves, but there is nothing, but the person of diligence is richly supplied.
Proverbs 15:19
The way of the lazy is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright [is] a highway.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever your hand finds to do--do [it] with [all] your might; for in Sheol--where you are going--no one works, plans, knows, or thinks about anything.
Zephaniah 3:16
On that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, "Fear not, O Zion; your hands shall not hang limp.
Matthew 20:6
And about the eleventh [hour] he went out [and] found others standing [there] and said to them, 'Why are you standing here the whole day unemployed?'
John 6:27
Do not work for the food that perishes, but the food that remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has set his seal on this one."
Philippians 3:13-14
Brothers, I do not consider myself to have laid hold of [it]. But [I do] one [thing], forgetting the things behind and straining toward the things ahead,
2 Peter 1:10-11
Therefore, brothers, be zealous even more to make your calling and election secure, because [if you] do these [things], you will never ever stumble.