12 Bible Verses about Diligence, Examples Of

And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they swore with all their heart. And they sought him with their whole desire, and he was found by them, and Yahweh gave rest to them all around.

And those who are far off will come and build the temple of Yahweh, and you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me to you. And it will happen if you will listen diligently to the voice of Yahweh your God."

But the [seed] on the good soil--these are the ones who, [after] hearing the word, hold fast to [it] with a noble and good heart, and bear fruit with patient endurance.

Now these were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica. {They} accepted the message with all eagerness, examining the scriptures every day [to see] if these [things] were so.

and we toil, working with our own hands. [When we are] reviled, we bless; [when we are] persecuted, we endure;

in beatings, in prisons, in disturbances, in troubles, in sleepless nights, in going hungry,

For you remember, brothers, our labor and hardship: working by night and day in order not to be a burden to any of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

I have fought the good fight, I have completed the race, I have kept the faith.

if [it is] one who exhorts, by exhortation; one who gives, with sincerity; one who leads, with diligence; one who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

and not just as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and [then] to us, by the will of God.

Now we ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and rule over you in the Lord and admonish you,

Now it happened that when the days were approaching {for him to be taken up}, he set [his] face to go to Jerusalem.