Luke 13:24
"Strive to go in by the small door. Many, I tell you, will seek to go in, but they will not be able,
Matthew 7:13-14
Go in by the small gate. Broad and spacious is the road that leads to destruction, and those that go in by it are many;
Matthew 11:12
From the time of John the Baptist to this very hour, the Kingdom of Heaven has been taken by force, and men using force have been seizing it.
Mark 6:18-20
For John had said to Herod--'You have no right to be living with your brother's wife.'
Luke 21:36
Be on the watch at all times, and pray that you may have strength to escape all that is destined to happen, and to stand in the presence of the Son of Man."
John 6:27
Work, not for the food that perishes, but for the food that lasts for Immortal Life, which the Son of Man will give you; for upon him the Father--God himself--has set the seal of his approval."
John 7:34
You will look for me, and you will not find me; and you will not be able to come where I shall be."
John 8:21
Jesus again spoke to the people. "I am going away," he said, "and you will look for me, but you will die in your sin; you cannot come where I am going."
John 13:33
My children, I am to be with you but a little while longer. You will look for me; and what I said to the Jews--'You cannot come where I am going'--I now say to you.
Romans 9:31-33
While Israel, which was in search of a Law which would ensure righteousness, failed to discover one.
Romans 10:3
For, in their ignorance of the Divine Righteousness, and in their eagerness to set up a righteousness of their own, they refused to accept with submission the Divine Righteousness.
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
Do not you know that on a race-course, though all run, yet only one wins the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.
Philippians 2:12-13
Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always been obedient in the past, so now work out your own Salvation with anxious care, not only when I am with you, but all the more now that I am absent.
Colossians 1:29
It is for that I toil, struggling with all the energy which he inspires and which works powerfully within me.
Hebrews 4:11
Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter upon that Rest, so that none of us fall through such disbelief as that of which we have had an example.
2 Peter 1:10
Therefore, Brothers, do your best to put God's Call and Selection of you beyond all doubt; for, if you do this, you will never fall.