Luke 13:24
He told them, "Keep on struggling to enter through the narrow door, because I tell you that many people will try to enter, but won't be able to do so.
Proverbs 21:25
What the lazy person craves will kill him, because his hands refuse to work.
Genesis 32:25-26
When the man realized that he hadn't yet won the struggle, he injured the socket of Jacob's thigh, dislocating it as he wrestled with him,
Proverbs 1:24-28
"Because I called out to you and you refused to respond I appealed, but no one paid attention
Proverbs 14:6
A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but learning comes easily to someone who understands.
Ecclesiastes 10:15
The work of a fool so wears him out that he can't even find his way to town.
Isaiah 1:15
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I'll hide my eyes from you. Even though you pray repeatedly, I won't listen. Your hands are full of blood, your fingers drenched with iniquity."
Isaiah 58:2-4
They seek me day after day, and are eager to know my ways, as if they were a nation that practices righteousness and has not forsaken the justice of their God. "They ask me to reveal just decisions; they are eager to draw near to God.
Ezekiel 33:31
Then they come to you as a group, sit down right in front of you as if they were my people, hear your words and then they don't do what you say because they're seeking only their own desires, they pursue ill-gotten profits, and they keep following their own self-interests.
Matthew 7:13-14
"Go in through the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the road is spacious that leads to destruction, and many people are entering by it.
Matthew 11:12
"From the days of John the Baptist until the present, the kingdom from heaven has been forcefully advancing, and violent people have been attacking it,
Mark 6:18-20
John had been telling Herod, "It's not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."
Luke 21:36
So be alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place and to take your stand in the presence of the Son of Man."
John 6:27
Do not work for food that perishes but for food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set his seal on him."
John 7:34
You'll look for me but won't find me. And where I am, you cannot come."
John 8:21
Later on, he told them again, "I'm going away, and you'll look for me, but you will die in your sin. You cannot come where I'm going."
John 13:33
Little children, I'm with you only a little longer. You will look for me, but what I told the Jewish leaders I now tell you, "Where I'm going, you cannot come.'
Romans 9:31-33
But Israel, who pursued righteousness based on the Law, did not achieve the Law.
Romans 10:3
For they are ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God while they try to establish their own, and they have not submitted to God's means to attain righteousness.
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
You know that in a race all the runners run but only one wins the prize, don't you? You must run in such a way that you may be victorious.
Philippians 2:12-13
And so, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only when I was with you but even more now that I am absent, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.
Colossians 1:29
I work hard and struggle to do this, using the energy that he powerfully provides in me.
Hebrews 4:11
Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fail by following their example of disobedience.
2 Peter 1:10
So then, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election certain, for if you keep on doing this you will never fail.