Matthew 20:6
And going out about the eleventh hour, he found others standing, and saith to them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
John 6:27
Labor not for the food that perisheth, but for the food that endureth to everlasting life, which the Son of man giveth to you; for on him hath the Father set his seal, even God.
Philippians 3:13-14
Brethren, I do not reckon myself to have laid hold of it; but one thing I do, forgetting the things that are behind, and stretching forth to the things that are before,
2 Peter 1:10-11
Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure; for if ye do these things, ye will never fall.