33 Bible Verses about diligence
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The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty, only to want.
and the man Jeroboam was strong and valiant; and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.
So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in its state, and strengthened it.
Be it known to the king that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is being built with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work is being carried on with diligence, and prospers in their hand.
And the God that has caused his name to dwell there overthrow every king and people that shall put forth their hand to alter or to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have given this order; let it be done diligently.
Whatever is commanded by the God of the heavens, let it be carefully done for the house of the God of the heavens; for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?
A man is satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth; and the recompense of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.
In all labour there is profit; but the talk of the lips tendeth only to want.
Thus saith Jehovah: Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears; for there is a reward for thy work, saith Jehovah; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.
But now also complete the doing of it; so that as there was the readiness to be willing, so also to complete out of what ye have.
Let the elders who take the lead among the saints well be esteemed worthy of double honour, specially those labouring in word and teaching;
shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising oversight, not by necessity, but willingly; not for base gain, but readily;
He cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; but the slothful hand shall be under tribute.
A sluggard's soul desireth and hath nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
For also when we were with you we enjoined you this, that if any man does not like to work, neither let him eat.
or he that exhorts, in exhortation; he that gives, in simplicity; he that leads, with diligence; he that shews mercy, with cheerfulness.
So then, my beloved brethren, be firm, immovable, abounding always in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.
Occupy thyself with these things; be wholly in them, that thy progress may be manifest to all. Give heed to thyself and to the teaching; continue in them; for, doing this, thou shalt save both thyself and those that hear thee.
Wherefore the rather, brethren, use diligence to make your calling and election sure, for doing these things ye will never fall;
Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of Jehovah your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
but let us not lose heart in doing good; for in due time, if we do not faint, we shall reap.
Keep thy heart more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of life.
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things that thine eyes have seen (and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but thou shalt make them known to thy sons and to thy sons' sons),
I pursue, looking towards the goal, for the prize of the calling on high of God in Christ Jesus.
But we desire earnestly that each one of you shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end;
Wherefore, beloved, as ye wait for these things, be diligent to be found of him in peace, without spot and blameless;
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Agriculture or husbandry » Requires » 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 well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds: for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown endure from generation to generation? The hay is removed, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered in. read more.
The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of a field; and there is goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and sustenance for thy maidens.
Business life » Business virtues » Diligence
or he that exhorts, in exhortation; he that gives, in simplicity; he that leads, with diligence; he that shews mercy, with cheerfulness.
But we desire earnestly that each one of you shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end;
He cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
A sluggard's soul desireth and hath nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Wherefore the rather, brethren, use diligence to make your calling and election sure, for doing these things ye will never fall;
natural Death » Motive » Diligence
I must work the works of him that has sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.
Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.
Diligence » Spiritual
Do not ye say, that there are yet four months and the harvest comes? Behold, I say to you, Lift up your eyes and behold the fields, for they are already white to harvest.
for I have wished, I myself, to be a curse from the Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen, according to flesh;
Brethren, the delight of my own heart and my supplication which I address to God for them is for salvation.
if by any means I shall provoke to jealousy them which are my flesh, and shall save some from among them.
Diligence » Business
or he that exhorts, in exhortation; he that gives, in simplicity; he that leads, with diligence; he that shews mercy, with cheerfulness.
But we desire earnestly that each one of you shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end;
He cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
A sluggard's soul desireth and hath nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Wherefore the rather, brethren, use diligence to make your calling and election sure, for doing these things ye will never fall;
Diligence » Being diligent
Wherefore, beloved, as ye wait for these things, be diligent to be found of him in peace, without spot and blameless;
Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds: for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown endure from generation to generation?
But we desire earnestly that each one of you shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end; that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience have been inheritors of the promises.
Diligence » The diligent
He cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
A sluggard's soul 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 hand shall be under tribute.
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty, only to want.
Hast thou seen a man diligent in his work? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before the mean.
Diligence » Required by God in » Obeying him
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 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,
Diligence » Required by God in » Instructing children
and thou shalt impress them on thy sons, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou goest on the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
And ye shall teach them unto your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou goest on the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up;
Diligence » Required by God in » Lawful business
Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.
Diligence » Required by God in » Seeking him
But without faith it is impossible to please him. For he that draws near to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them who seek him out.
Now set your heart and your soul to seek Jehovah your God; and arise and build the sanctuary of Jehovah Elohim, to bring the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and the vessels of the sanctuary of God into the house that is to be built unto the name of Jehovah.
Diligence » God rewards
But without faith it is impossible to please him. For he that draws near to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them who seek him out.
that I will give rain to your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain; and thou shalt gather in thy corn, and thy new wine, and thine oil;
Diligence » In temporal matters, leads to » Honor
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; but the slothful hand shall be under tribute.
Hast thou seen a man diligent in his work? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before the mean.
Diligence » In temporal matters, leads to » Prosperity
He cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
A sluggard's soul desireth and hath nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Diligence » Required by God in » Teaching religion
Beloved, using all diligence to write to you of our common salvation, I have been obliged to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints.
proclaim the word; be urgent in season and out of season, convict, rebuke, encourage, with all longsuffering and doctrine.
Diligence » Christ, an example
And he said to them, Why is it that ye have sought me? did ye not know that I ought to be occupied in my Father's business?
And rising in the morning long before day, he went out and went away into a desert place, and there prayed.
Diligence » In the service of God » Is not in vain
So then, my beloved brethren, be firm, immovable, abounding always in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.
Diligence » Required by God in » Striving after perfection
Brethren, I do not count to have got possession myself; but one thing forgetting the things behind, and stretching out to the things before, I pursue, looking towards the goal, for the prize of the calling on high of God in Christ Jesus.
Diligence » Exemplified » Paul
For ye remember, brethren, our labour and toil: working night and day, not to be chargeable to any one of you, we have preached to you the glad tidings of God.
Diligence » Required by God in seeking him
But without faith it is impossible to please him. For he that draws near to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them who seek him out.
Now set your heart and your soul to seek Jehovah your God; and arise and build the sanctuary of Jehovah Elohim, to bring the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and the vessels of the sanctuary of God into the house that is to be built unto the name of Jehovah.
Diligence » Exemplified » hezekiah
And in every work that he undertook 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.
Diligence » Exemplified » Titus
And we have sent with them our brother whom we have often proved to be of diligent zeal in many things, and now more diligently zealous through the great confidence he has as to you.
Diligence » Required by God in » Discharging official duties
and the judges shall make thorough inquiry; and if the witness be a false witness, and he have testified falsely against his brother,
Diligence » Preserving "the faith" through teaching
Beloved, using all diligence to write to you of our common salvation, I have been obliged to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints.
proclaim the word; be urgent in season and out of season, convict, rebuke, encourage, with all longsuffering and doctrine.
Diligence » Lawful business
Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.
Diligence » Saints should abound in
but even as ye abound in every way, in faith, and word, and knowledge, and all diligence, and in love from you to us, that ye may abound in this grace also.
Diligence » Jesus an example of
And he said to them, Why is it that ye have sought me? did ye not know that I ought to be occupied in my Father's business?
And rising in the morning long before day, he went out and went away into a desert place, and there prayed.
Diligence » Required by God in » Keeping the soul
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things that thine eyes have seen (and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but thou shalt make them known to thy sons and to thy sons' sons),
Diligence » Required by God in » Labors of love
For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the love which ye have shewn to his name, having ministered to the saints, and still ministering. But we desire earnestly that each one of you shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end; that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience have been inheritors of the promises.
Diligence » Required in the service of God
I must work the works of him that has sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.
but let us not lose heart in doing good; for in due time, if we do not faint, we shall reap.
Diligence » Honor
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; but the slothful hand shall be under tribute.
Hast thou seen a man diligent in his work? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before the mean.
Diligence » In temporal matters, leads to » Favor
He that is earnest after good seeketh favour; but he that searcheth for mischief, it shall come upon him.
Diligence » Required by God in » Following every good work
borne witness to in good works, if she have brought up children, if she have exercised hospitality, if she have washed saints' feet, if she have imparted relief to the distressed, if she have diligently followed every good work.
Diligence » Obeying him
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 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,
Diligence » Illustrated
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.
Diligence » In the service of God » Should be preserved in
but let us not lose heart in doing good; for in due time, if we do not faint, we shall reap.
Diligence » Required by God in » Guarding against defilement
watching lest there be any one who lacks the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it;
Diligence » Required by God in » Keeping the heart
Keep thy heart more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of life.
Diligence » Exemplified » jacob
Thus it was with me: in the day the heat consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.
Diligence » Instructing children
and thou shalt impress them on thy sons, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou goest on the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
And ye shall teach them unto your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou goest on the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up;
Diligence » Prosperity
He cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
A sluggard's soul desireth and hath nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Diligence » In the service of God » Leads to assured hope
But we desire earnestly that each one of you shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end;
Diligence » In the service of God » Preserves from evil
And he said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and do what is right in his eyes, and incline thine ears to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the complaints upon thee that I have put upon the Egyptians; for I am Jehovah who healeth thee.
Diligence » Required by God in » Making our call, &c, sure
Wherefore the rather, brethren, use diligence to make your calling and election sure, for doing these things ye will never fall;
Diligence » Required by God in » Seeking to be found spotless
Wherefore, beloved, as ye wait for these things, be diligent to be found of him in peace, without spot and blameless;
Diligence » Exemplified » Psalmist
Diligence » Required by God in » Cultivating Christian graces
But for this very reason also, using therewith all diligence, in your faith have also virtue, in virtue knowledge,
Diligence » Required by God in » Hearkening to him
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Diligence » Striving after perfection
Brethren, I do not count to have got possession myself; but one thing forgetting the things behind, and stretching out to the things before, I pursue, looking towards the goal, for the prize of the calling on high of God in Christ Jesus.
Diligence » Labors of love
For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the love which ye have shewn to his name, having ministered to the saints, and still ministering. But we desire earnestly that each one of you shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end; that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience have been inheritors of the promises.
Diligence » Required by God in » Self-examination
I remember my song in the night; I muse in mine own heart, and my spirit maketh diligent search.
Diligence » Exemplified » Apollos
He was instructed in the way of the Lord, and being fervent in his spirit, he spoke and taught exactly the things concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John.
Diligence » Exemplified » Apostles
And every day, in the temple and in the houses, they ceased not teaching and announcing the glad tidings that Jesus was the Christ.
Diligence » Exemplified » Ruth
And she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out what she had gleaned; and it was about an ephah of barley.
Diligence » Figurative » hezekiah
And in every work that he undertook 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.
Diligence » Figurative » Psalmist
Diligence » Guarding against defilement
watching lest there be any one who lacks the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it;
Diligence » Is not in vain
So then, my beloved brethren, be firm, immovable, abounding always in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.
Diligence » Figurative » Onesiphorus
Diligence » Figurative » Apollos
He was instructed in the way of the Lord, and being fervent in his spirit, he spoke and taught exactly the things concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John.
Diligence » Figurative » Titus
And we have sent with them our brother whom we have often proved to be of diligent zeal in many things, and now more diligently zealous through the great confidence he has as to you.
Diligence » In temporal matters leads to favor
He that is earnest after good seeketh favour; but he that searcheth for mischief, it shall come upon him.
Diligence » Making our calling sure
Wherefore the rather, brethren, use diligence to make your calling and election sure, for doing these things ye will never fall;
Diligence » Listening to him
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Diligence » Seeking to be found spotless
Wherefore, beloved, as ye wait for these things, be diligent to be found of him in peace, without spot and blameless;
Diligence » Discharging official duties
and the judges shall make thorough inquiry; and if the witness be a false witness, and he have testified falsely against his brother,
Diligence » Following every good work
And let these be first proved, then let them minister, being without charge against them.
Diligence » Leads to assured hope
But we desire earnestly that each one of you shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end;
Diligence » Preserves from evil
And he said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and do what is right in his eyes, and incline thine ears to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the complaints upon thee that I have put upon the Egyptians; for I am Jehovah who healeth thee.
Diligence » Figurative
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.
Diligence » Figurative » Exemplified » Ruth
And she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out what she had gleaned; and it was about an ephah of barley.
Diligence » Figurative » Apostles
And every day, in the temple and in the houses, they ceased not teaching and announcing the glad tidings that Jesus was the Christ.
Diligence » Figurative » Paul
For ye remember, brethren, our labour and toil: working night and day, not to be chargeable to any one of you, we have preached to you the glad tidings of God.
Diligence » Cultivating proper behaviors of a true Christian
But for this very reason also, using therewith all diligence, in your faith have also virtue, in virtue knowledge,
Diligence » Keeping the heart
Keep thy heart more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of life.
Diligence » Self-examination
I remember my song in the night; I muse in mine own heart, and my spirit maketh diligent search.
Diligence » Figurative » Nehemiah and his helpers
But we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to the half thereof; for the people had a mind to work.
Diligence » Keeping the soul
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things that thine eyes have seen (and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but thou shalt make them known to thy sons and to thy sons' sons),
Nehemiah » Diligence
And I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, and I cannot come down. Why should the work cease, whilst I leave it and come down to you?
And we laboured in the work; and half of them held the spears from the rising of the dawn till the stars appeared. Likewise at the same time I said to the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and be for labour in the day. And neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard that followed me, none of us put off our garments: every one had his weapon on his right side.
the Reward of saints » The prospect of, should lead to » Diligence
See to yourselves, that we may not lose what we have wrought, but may receive full wages.
Virtues » Business » Diligence
or he that exhorts, in exhortation; he that gives, in simplicity; he that leads, with diligence; he that shews mercy, with cheerfulness.
But we desire earnestly that each one of you shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end;
He cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
A sluggard's soul desireth and hath nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Wherefore the rather, brethren, use diligence to make your calling and election sure, for doing these things ye will never fall;
Topics on Diligence
Diligence And Laziness Contrasted
Proverbs 10:4He cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Diligence, Examples Of
2 Chronicles 15:15And all Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they took the oath with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them. And Jehovah gave them rest round about.
Diligence, Objects Of
Deuteronomy 4:9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things that thine eyes have seen (and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but thou shalt make them known to thy sons and to thy sons' sons),
Diligence, Results Of
Proverbs 10:4He cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Diligence, Rewards Of
Proverbs 10:4He cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
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- Diligence, Results Of
- Diligence, Rewards Of
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- Hard Work And Perseverance
- Hardship