33 Bible Verses about diligence

In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds: For riches are not for ever: And doth the crown endure unto all generations? The hay is carried, and the tender grass showeth itself, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in. read more.
The lambs are for thy clothing, And the goats are the price of the field; And there will be goats milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, And maintenance for thy maidens.

or he that exhorteth, to his exhorting: he that giveth, let him do it with liberality; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness.

And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end:

He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never stumble:

We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.

For the Son of man came to save that which was lost.

Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh the harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields, that they are white already unto harvest.

For I could wish that I myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren's sake, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

Brethren, my heart's desire and my supplication to God is for them, that they may be saved.

if by any means I may provoke to jealousy them that are my flesh, and may save some of them.

or he that exhorteth, to his exhorting: he that giveth, let him do it with liberality; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness.

And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end:

He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never stumble:

Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for these things, give diligence that ye may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds: For riches are not for ever: And doth the crown endure unto all generations?

And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end: that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; But every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men.

Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of Jehovah your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.

And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love Jehovah your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,

and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

And ye shall teach them your children, talking of them, when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds:

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.

And without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him ; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.

Now set your heart and your soul to seek after Jehovah your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of Jehovah God, to bring the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of Jehovah.

And without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him ; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.

that I will give the rain of your land in its season, the former rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy grain, and thy new wine, and thine oil.

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men.

He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints.

preach the word; be urgent in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.

And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? knew ye not that I must be in my Father's house?

And in the morning, a great while before day, he rose up and went out, and departed into a desert place, and there prayed.

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.

Brethren, I could not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing I do , forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

For ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail: working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

And without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him ; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.

Now set your heart and your soul to seek after Jehovah your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of Jehovah God, to bring the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of Jehovah.

And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.

and we have sent with them our brother, whom we have many times proved earnest in many things, but now much more earnest, by reason of the great confidence which he hath in you.

and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and have testified falsely against his brother;

Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints.

preach the word; be urgent in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds:

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.

But as ye abound in everything, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all earnestness, and in your love to us,'see that ye abound in this grace also.

And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? knew ye not that I must be in my Father's house?

And in the morning, a great while before day, he rose up and went out, and departed into a desert place, and there prayed.

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children's children;

for God is not unrighteous to forget your work and the love which ye showed toward his name, in that ye ministered unto the saints, and still do minister. And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end: that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men.

He that diligently seeketh good seeketh favor; But he that searcheth after evil, it shall come unto him.

well reported of for good works; if she hath brought up children, if she hath used hospitality to strangers, if she hath washed the saints feet, if she hath relieved the afflicted, if she hath diligently followed every good work.

Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of Jehovah your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.

And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love Jehovah your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler, Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest.

And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

looking carefully lest there be any man that falleth short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you , and thereby the many be defiled;

Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.

Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.

and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

And ye shall teach them your children, talking of them, when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end:

and he said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his eyes, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon thee, which I have put upon the Egyptians: for I am Jehovah that healeth thee.

Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never stumble:

Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for these things, give diligence that ye may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.

I made haste, and delayed not, To observe thy commandments.

Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in your virtue knowledge;

Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

Brethren, I could not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing I do , forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

for God is not unrighteous to forget your work and the love which ye showed toward his name, in that ye ministered unto the saints, and still do minister. And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end: that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart; And my spirit maketh diligent search.

This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spake and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John:

And every day, in the temple and at home, they ceased not to teach and to preach Jesus as the Christ.

So she gleaned in the field until even; and she beat out that which she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.

And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.

I made haste, and delayed not, To observe thy commandments.

looking carefully lest there be any man that falleth short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you , and thereby the many be defiled;

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.

but, when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently, and found me

This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spake and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John:

and we have sent with them our brother, whom we have many times proved earnest in many things, but now much more earnest, by reason of the great confidence which he hath in you.

He that diligently seeketh good seeketh favor; But he that searcheth after evil, it shall come unto him.

Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never stumble:

Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for these things, give diligence that ye may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.

and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and have testified falsely against his brother;

And let these also first be proved; then let them serve as deacons, if they be blameless.

And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end:

and he said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his eyes, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon thee, which I have put upon the Egyptians: for I am Jehovah that healeth thee.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler, Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest.

So she gleaned in the field until even; and she beat out that which she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.

And every day, in the temple and at home, they ceased not to teach and to preach Jesus as the Christ.

For ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail: working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in your virtue knowledge;

Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.

I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart; And my spirit maketh diligent search.

So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto half the height thereof: for the people had a mind to work.

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children's children;

And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?

So we wrought in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared. Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labor in the day. So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard that followed me, none of us put off our clothes, every one went with his weapon to the water.

Look to yourselves, that ye lose not the things which we have wrought, but that ye receive a full reward.

or he that exhorteth, to his exhorting: he that giveth, let him do it with liberality; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness.

And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end:

He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never stumble: