Luke 13:24
"You must struggle on to get in through the narrow door, for I tell you, many will try to get in, but will not succeed,
Matthew 7:13-14
"Go in by the narrow gate, for broad and roomy is the road that leads to destruction, and many are going in by it.
Matthew 11:12
And from the days of John the Baptist until the present moment the kingdom of heaven has been continuously taken by storm, and those who take it by storm are seizing it as a precious prize.
Mark 6:18-20
For John kept saying to Herod, "It is not right for you to be living with your brother's wife."
Luke 21:36
But ever be watching and always praying, so that you may have strength to escape all this that is going to take place, and so you may take your stand in the presence of the Son of Man."
John 6:27
Stop toiling for the food that perishes, but toil for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, for God the Father has given Him authority to do so."
John 7:34
You will then look for me, but you will not find me, and you cannot come where I am going."
John 8:21
Then Jesus again said to them, "I am going away, and you will look for me, but you will die under the curse of your sins; for where I am going you can never come."
John 13:33
Dear children, I am to be with you only a little while longer. You will look for me, but, as I told the Jews, so I now tell you, you cannot just now go where I am going.
Romans 9:31-33
while Israel, though ever in pursuit of a law that would bring right standing, did not attain to it.
Romans 10:3
For they were ignorant of God's way of right standing and were trying to set up one of their own, and so would not surrender to God's way of right standing.
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
Do you not know that in a race the runners all run, but only one can get the prize? You must run in such a way that you can get the prize.
Philippians 2:12-13
So, my dearly loved friends, as you have always been obedient, so now with reverence and awe keep on working clear down to the finishing point of your salvation not only as though I were with you but much more because I am away;
Colossians 1:29
For this I am toiling and struggling by His active energy which is mightily working in me.
Hebrews 4:11
So let us do our best to be admitted to that rest, so that not one of us may fail through the same sort of disobedience.
2 Peter 1:10
Therefore, brothers, be all the more in earnest to make certain to yourselves God's call and choice of you. For if you cultivate these qualities, you will never slip,