Joshua 7:3
And they will turn back to Joshua, and will say to him, All the people shall not go up; about two thousand men or about three thousand men shall go up and smite Ai: thou shalt not weary there all the people for they few.
Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the slothful one desiring, and nothing: and the soul of the active shall be made fat
Proverbs 21:25
The desire of the slothful shall kill him, for his hands refused to work,
Luke 13:24
Strive earnestly to enter through the narrow gate: for many, I say to you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
Hebrews 4:11
Therefore we should be earnest to come into that rest, lest any should fall in the same pattern of unbelief.
Hebrews 6:11-12
And we desire each of you to show the same earnestness to the complete certainty of hope to the end:
2 Peter 1:5
And also this same, having brought in at the side all earnestness, furnish in addition in your faith fitness; and In fitness knowledge;
2 Peter 1:10
Wherefore rather, brethren, be earnest to have your calling and selection made firm: for doing these, ye should not once stumble: