Luke 13:24
Strive to enter in through the strait gate; for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
Matthew 7:13-14
Enter in through the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leads to destruction; and many there are that go in through it.
Matthew 11:12
From the days of John the Immerser till now, the kingdom of heaven is taken by violence, and men of violence seize upon it eagerly.
Mark 6:18-20
For John said to Herod: It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife.
Luke 21:36
Watch, therefore, and pray at all times, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
John 6:27
Labor not for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to life eternal, which the Son of man will give you; for him has God the Father at tested.
John 7:34
You will seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, you can not come.
John 8:21
Then spoke Jesus to them again; I go away, and you will seek me, and in your sin you shall die; whither I go, you can not come.
John 13:33
Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You will seek me, and, as I said to the Jews, whither I go, you can not come, so now I say to you.
Romans 9:31-33
but Israel, who sought after a law of justification, has not attained to a law of justification.
Romans 10:3
For being ignorant of God's plan of justification, and seeking to establish their own plan of justification, they have not submitted to God's plan of justification.
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
Know you not that all the runners in the race-course run the race, but that one receives the prize? So run, that you may obtain the prize.
Philippians 2:12-13
So, then, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;
Colossians 1:29
to which end I also labor, striving according to his energy, which works in me mightily.
Hebrews 4:11
Let us earnestly strive, therefore, to enter into that rest, lest any one fall after the same example of unbelief.
2 Peter 1:10
Wherefore, brethren, give the greater diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if you do these things, you will never fall.