7 Bible Verses about Diligence, Rewards Of

Therefore, brethren, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall;

Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anyone.

He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but rather must labor, doing useful work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with those in need.

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be given to you as well.

for anyone who enters God's rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from his. Therefore let us be diligent to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same example of disobedience.

And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they give, for the laborer deserves his wages. Do not go from house to house.

For God is not so unjust as to forget your work and the love which you have shown for his sake in serving the saints, as you still do.