Luke 2:37
She was very old; from girlhood she had lived seven years with a husband, and now had been a widow eighty years. She never left the temple, but continued to worship all day and all night with fastings and prayers.
2 Corinthians 3:18
And all of us, with faces uncovered, because we continue to reflect like mirrors the splendor of the Lord, are being transformed into likeness to Him, from one degree of splendor to another, since it comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
Matthew 6:33
But as your first duty keep on looking for His standard of doing right, and for His will, and then all these things will be yours besides.
Matthew 7:7-8
"Keep on asking, and the gift will be given you; keep on seeking, and you will find; keep on knocking, and the door will open to you.
Luke 11:9-10
So I tell you, keep on asking, and the gift will be given you; keep on seeking, and you will find; keep on knocking, and the door will open to you.
Luke 13:24
"You must struggle on to get in through the narrow door, for I tell you, many will try to get in, but will not succeed,
Luke 18:1
Now He told them the following story to show how necessary it is for people always to pray and never to give up:
2 Corinthians 4:6
For God who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," is the One who has shone in my heart, to give me the light of the knowledge of God's glory, reflected on the face of Christ.
Philippians 3:13
Brothers, I do not think that I have captured it yet, but here is my one aspiration, so forgetting what is behind me and reaching out for what is ahead of me,
1 Timothy 5:5
But a woman who is really a widow and lives alone has fixed her hope on God, and night and day devotes herself to prayers and entreaties,
Hebrews 11:6
but without faith it is impossible to please Him, for anyone who approaches God must believe that there is a God and that He gives rewards to all who earnestly try to find Him.
Luke 10:42
But there is actual need of few things, really of only one thing. For Mary has chosen the good portion which must not be taken away from her."