33 Bible Verses about diligence

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

Be thou diligent to know the countenance of thy sheep, and put thy heart into thy herds. For riches are not for ever, and does the crown endure to every generation? The tender grass shows itself, and the hay appears, and the herbs of the mountains are reaped. read more.
The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are for the price of the field. And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance of thy maidens.

he that exhorts, in exhortation; he that gives, let him do it in simplicity; he that presides, in earnest care; he that shows mercy, in cheerfulness.

But we desire that each one of you show the same diligence until the end for the fulfillment of your hope,

He that deals with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

The soul of the sluggard desires, and attains nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Therefore, brethren, give all the more diligence to make your calling and election sure; for doing these things, ye shall never fall.

It is expedient that I do the works of him that sent me while it is day; the night comes, when no one can work.

Whatever thy hand finds to do, do it with all thy might, for there is no work nor device nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol, where thou goest.

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

Do ye not say, There are yet four months and then comes harvest? Behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes and look on the fields, for they are white already to harvest.

For I could wish that myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren, those who are my kinsmen according to the flesh,

Brethren, certainly the desire of my heart and my prayer to God regarding Israel, is for saving health.

if in any manner I may provoke my nation to jealousy and cause some of them to be saved.

he that exhorts, in exhortation; he that gives, let him do it in simplicity; he that presides, in earnest care; he that shows mercy, in cheerfulness.

But we desire that each one of you show the same diligence until the end for the fulfillment of your hope,

He that deals with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

The soul of the sluggard desires, and attains nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Therefore, brethren, give all the more diligence to make your calling and election sure; for doing these things, ye shall never fall.

Therefore, beloved, seeing that ye hope for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot and blameless.

Be thou diligent to know the countenance of thy sheep, and put thy heart into thy herds. For riches are not for ever, and does the crown endure to every generation?

But we desire that each one of you show the same diligence until the end for the fulfillment of your hope, that ye not become slothful, but imitators of those who by faith and patience inherit the promises.

He that deals with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

The soul of the sluggard desires, and attains nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the negligent shall be under tribute.

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness, but of every one that is too hasty, only to want.

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

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

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

and thou shalt repeat them diligently unto thy sons and shalt talk of them being in thy house and walking by the way, lying down in bed, and rising up;

And ye shall teach them to your children that ye may think of them sitting in thy house and walking by the way, lying down in bed, and rising up.

Be thou diligent to know the countenance of thy sheep, and put thy heart into thy herds.

Whatever thy hand finds to do, do it with all thy might, for there is no work nor device nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol, where thou goest.

But without faith it is impossible to please God; for he that comes to God must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of those that diligently seek him.

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

But without faith it is impossible to please God; for he that comes to God must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of those that diligently seek him.

that I will give you the rain of your land in its due season, the early rain and the latter rain, and thou shalt gather in thy grain and thy wine and thine oil.

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the negligent shall be under tribute.

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

He that deals with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

The soul of the sluggard desires, and attains nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you and exhort you that ye should earnestly persevere in the faith which was given once unto the saints.

Preach the word; be instant in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? Knew ye not that it behooves me to be about my Father's business?

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

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

Brethren, I do not reckon to have laid hold of it yet, but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and extending myself unto those things which are ahead, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail, for labouring night and day, not to be a burden unto any of you, we preached among you the gospel of God.

But without faith it is impossible to please God; for he that comes to God must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of those that diligently seek him.

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

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

And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence which we have in you.

and the judges shall make diligent inquisition; and, behold, if the witness is a false witness and has testified falsely against his brother,

Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you and exhort you that ye should earnestly persevere in the faith which was given once unto the saints.

Preach the word; be instant in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

Be thou diligent to know the countenance of thy sheep, and put thy heart into thy herds.

Whatever thy hand finds to do, do it with all thy might, for there is no work nor device nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol, where thou goest.

Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith and in word and in knowledge and in all diligence 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 it behooves me to be about my Father's business?

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

Therefore, take heed to thyself and keep thy soul diligently lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life, but teach them to thy sons and thy sons' sons.

For God is not unjust to forget your work and labour of charity which ye have showed in his name, having helped the saints and helping them. But we desire that each one of you show the same diligence until the end for the fulfillment of your hope, that ye not become slothful, but imitators of those who by faith and patience inherit the promises.

It is expedient that I do the works of him that sent me while it is day; the night comes, when no one 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 negligent shall be under tribute.

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

He that seeks good early shall find favour, but unto him that seeks evil, it shall come upon him.

having a good testimony of good works, if she has brought up well her children, if she has exercised hospitality, if she has washed the feet of the saints, if she has relieved the afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work.

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

And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day: to love the LORD 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, Who having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provides her food in the summer and gathers 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 diligently that no one deviate from the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up impede you, and thereby many be defiled,

Above all else, guard thy heart; for out of it flows the issues of life.

By day the drought consumed me, and by night, the frost; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

and thou shalt repeat them diligently unto thy sons and shalt talk of them being in thy house and walking by the way, lying down in bed, and rising up;

And ye shall teach them to your children that ye may think of them sitting in thy house and walking by the way, lying down in bed, and rising up.

He that deals with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

The soul of the sluggard desires, and attains nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

But we desire that each one of you show the same diligence until the end for the fulfillment of your hope,

and said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God and wilt do that which is right in his sight and wilt give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians; for I am the LORD thy Healer.

Therefore, brethren, give all the more diligence to make your calling and election sure; for doing these things, ye shall never fall.

Therefore, beloved, seeing that ye hope for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot and blameless.

I made haste and did not delay to keep thy commandments.

Ye also, giving all diligence to the same, show forth virtue in your faith; and in virtue, knowledge;

Why do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which does not satisfy? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

Brethren, I do not reckon to have laid hold of it yet, but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and extending myself unto those things which are ahead, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

For God is not unjust to forget your work and labour of charity which ye have showed in his name, having helped the saints and helping them. But we desire that each one of you show the same diligence until the end for the fulfillment of your hope, that ye not become slothful, but imitators of those who by faith and patience inherit the promises.

I call to remembrance my songs of the night; I commune with my own heart, and my spirit made diligent search.

This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spoke and taught diligently the things of the Lord, teaching only in the baptism of John.

And daily in the temple and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach the gospel of Jesus the Christ.

So she gleaned in the field until evening and beat out what 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, he sought God and he did it with all his heart and was prospered.

I made haste and did not delay to keep thy commandments.

looking diligently that no one deviate from the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up impede you, and thereby many be defiled,

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

for when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently and found me.

This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spoke and taught diligently the things of the Lord, teaching only in the baptism of John.

And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence which we have in you.

He that seeks good early shall find favour, but unto him that seeks evil, it shall come upon him.

Therefore, brethren, give all the more diligence to make your calling and election sure; for doing these things, ye shall never fall.

Why do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which does not satisfy? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

Therefore, beloved, seeing that ye hope for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot and blameless.

and the judges shall make diligent inquisition; and, behold, if the witness is a false witness and has testified falsely against his brother,

And let these also first be proved; then let them minister, if they are blameless.

But we desire that each one of you show the same diligence until the end for the fulfillment of your hope,

and said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God and wilt do that which is right in his sight and wilt give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians; for I am the LORD thy Healer.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise, Who having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provides her food in the summer and gathers her food in the harvest.

So she gleaned in the field until evening and beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.

And daily in the temple and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach the gospel of Jesus the Christ.

For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail, for labouring night and day, not to be a burden unto any of you, we preached among you the gospel of God.

Ye also, giving all diligence to the same, show forth virtue in your faith; and in virtue, knowledge;

Above all else, guard thy heart; for out of it flows the issues of life.

I call to remembrance my songs of the night; I commune with my own heart, and my spirit made diligent search.

But we built the wall, and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof, for the people were motivated to work.

Therefore, take heed to thyself and keep thy soul diligently lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life, but teach them to thy sons and thy sons' sons.

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 laboured in the work, and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared. Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let each one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that by night they may be a guard to us, and labour by day. So neither I nor my brethren nor my servants nor the men of the guard who followed me, none of us put off our clothes, each one put them off only for washing.

Look to yourselves, that we not lose those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a fulfilled reward.

he that exhorts, in exhortation; he that gives, let him do it in simplicity; he that presides, in earnest care; he that shows mercy, in cheerfulness.

But we desire that each one of you show the same diligence until the end for the fulfillment of your hope,

He that deals with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

The soul of the sluggard desires, and attains nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Therefore, brethren, give all the more diligence to make your calling and election sure; for doing these things, ye shall never fall.