Luke 13:24
Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
Proverbs 21:25
The desire of the sluggard killeth him; For his hands refuse to labor.
Genesis 32:25-26
And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained, as he wrestled with him.
Proverbs 1:24-28
Because I have called, and ye have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man hath regarded;
Proverbs 14:6
A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.
Ecclesiastes 10:15
The labor of fools wearieth every one of them; for he knoweth not how to go to the city.
Isaiah 1:15
And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Isaiah 58:2-4
Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near unto God.
Ezekiel 33:31
And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but do them not; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their gain.
Matthew 7:13-14
Enter ye in by the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many are they that enter in thereby.
Matthew 11:12
And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and men of violence take it by force.
Mark 6:18-20
For John said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
Luke 21:36
But watch ye at every season, making supplication, that ye may prevail to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
John 6:27
Work not for the food which perisheth, but for the food which abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him the Father, even God, hath sealed.
John 7:34
Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come.
John 8:21
He said therefore again unto them, I go away, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sin: whither I go, ye cannot come.
John 13:33
Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say unto you.
Romans 9:31-33
but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law.
Romans 10:3
For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain.
Philippians 2:12-13
So then, my beloved, even as ye 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
whereunto I labor also, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
Hebrews 4:11
Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, that no man fall after the same example of disobedience.
2 Peter 1:10
Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never stumble: