Matthew 25:16
He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them; and he made five talents more.
Acts 13:36
For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep, and was laid with his fathers and saw decay;
Romans 15:18-19
For I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to win obedience from the Gentiles, by word and deed
1 Corinthians 9:16-23
For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for I am under compulsion. For woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!
1 Corinthians 15:10
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of themyet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
1 Timothy 6:17-18
Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with everything to enjoy.
2 Timothy 2:6
The hard-working farmer ought to be the first to receive his share of the crops.
2 Timothy 4:5-8
But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
3 John 1:5-8
Beloved, you are acting faithfully in whatever you accomplish for the brethren, and especially when they are strangers;