Luke 13:24
Strive to enter in at the narrow gate; for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in and shall not be able.
Proverbs 21:25
The desire of the slothful kills him; for his hands refuse to labour.
Genesis 32:25-26
And when the man saw that he did not prevail against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was disjointed as he wrestled with him.
Proverbs 1:24-28
Because I have called and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one responded;
Proverbs 14:6
The scorner sought wisdom and found it not, but wisdom comes easy unto him that understands.
Ecclesiastes 10:15
The labour of the foolish wearies all of them because they do not know how to go to the city.
Isaiah 1:15
And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; likewise, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full of blood.
Isaiah 58:2-4
That they seek me daily and want to know my ways, as people that do righteousness and have not forsaken the rights of their God: they ask me of the rights of righteousness and desire to approach God.
Ezekiel 33:31
And they shall come unto thee as the people come, and they shall be before thee, my people, and they shall hear thy words, but they shall not do them; for with their mouth they flatter, but their heart goes after their covetousness.
Matthew 7:13-14
Enter ye in at the narrow gate, for the way that leads to destruction is wide and spacious, and those who follow it are many;
Matthew 11:12
From the days of John the Baptist until now, life is given unto the kingdom of the heavens, and the valiant take hold of it.
Mark 6:18-20
For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
Luke 21:36
Watch ye therefore and pray always that ye 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
Labour not for the food which perishes, but for the food which abides unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you, for him has God the Father sealed.
John 7:34
Ye shall seek me and shall not find me, and where I shall be, ye shall not be able to come.
John 8:21
Then Jesus said again unto them, I am going away, and ye shall seek me, but ye shall die in your sins; where I go, ye shall not be able to 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, Where I go, ye cannot come, so now I say to you.
Romans 9:31-33
and Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness.
Romans 10:3
For they, being ignorant of God's righteousness and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
Know ye not that those who run in a race indeed all run, but one receives the prize? So run, that ye may obtain it.
Philippians 2:12-13
Therefore, my beloved, as ye have always hearkened, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own saving health with fear and trembling.
Colossians 1:29
in which I continue to labour, contending according to his operation, which he works in me mightily.
Hebrews 4:11
Let us therefore make haste to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience.
2 Peter 1:10
Therefore, brethren, give all the more diligence to make your calling and election sure; for doing these things, ye shall never fall.