Matthew 5:5
Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.
Matthew 7:7-8
Ask, and your prayer shall be granted; search, and you shall find; knock, and the door shall be opened to you.
Philippians 3:13-14
For I, Brothers, do not regard myself as having yet laid hold of it. But this one thing I do--forgetting what lies behind, and straining every nerve for that which lies in front,
Colossians 3:2-4
Fix your thoughts upon the things that are above, not upon those that are on earth.
1 Thessalonians 4:1
Further, Brothers, we beg and exhort you in the name of our Lord Jesus to carry out more fully than ever--as indeed you are already doing--all that you have heard from us as to what your daily life must be, if it is to please God.
1 Thessalonians 4:10
And indeed you do act in this spirit towards all the Brethren throughout Macedonia. Yet, Brothers, we urge you to still further efforts.
James 1:21-22
Therefore, have done with all filthiness and whatever wickedness still remains, and in a humble spirit receive that Message which has been planted in your hearts and is able to save your souls.
1 Peter 1:22
Now that, by your obedience to the Truth, you have purified your lives, so that there is growing up among you a genuine brotherly affection, love one another earnestly with all your hearts;
1 Peter 3:4
but the inner life with the imperishable beauty of a quiet and gentle spirit; for this is very precious in God's sight.
2 Peter 3:18
and advance in the love and knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. All glory be to him now and for ever.