50 Bible Verses about Doing Your Best

Whatever you do [whatever your task may be], work from the soul [that is, put in your very best effort], as [something done] for the Lord and not for men,

rendering service with goodwill, as to the Lord, and not [only] to men,

Whatever you do [no matter what it is] in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus [and in dependence on Him], giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord [displaying admirable character, moral courage, and personal integrity], to [fully] please Him in all things, bearing fruit in every good work and steadily growing in the knowledge of God [with deeper faith, clearer insight and fervent love for His precepts];

So then, whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of [our great] God.

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) where you are going.

Teach me to do Your will [so that I may please You],
For You are my God;
Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

Study and do your best to present yourself to God approved, a workman [tested by trial] who has no reason to be ashamed, accurately handling and skillfully teaching the word of truth.

As for me, behold, I am in your hands; do with me as seems good and suitable to you.

For this very reason, applying your diligence [to the divine promises, make every effort] in [exercising] your faith to, develop moral excellence, and in moral excellence, knowledge (insight, understanding),

and to make it your ambition to live quietly and peacefully, and to mind your own affairs and work with your hands, just as we directed you,

For it is the will of God that by doing right you may silence (muzzle, gag) the [culpable] ignorance and irresponsible criticisms of foolish people.

If possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.

So any person who knows what is right to do but does not do it, to him it is sin.

Do your best to help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way; see that they are supplied and lack nothing.

So, beloved, since you are looking forward to these things, be diligent and make every effort to be found by Him [at His return] spotless and blameless, in peace [that is, inwardly calm with a sense of spiritual well-being and confidence, having lived a life of obedience to Him].

knowing that whatever good thing each one does, he will receive this back from the Lord, whether [he is] slave or free.

Commit your works to the Lord [submit and trust them to Him],
And your plans will succeed [if you respond to His will and guidance].

For it is [not your strength, but it is] God who is effectively at work in you, both to will and to work [that is, strengthening, energizing, and creating in you the longing and the ability to fulfill your purpose] for His good pleasure.

For the good that I want to do, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want.

“Be [very] careful not to do your good deeds publicly, to be seen by men; otherwise you will have no reward [prepared and awaiting you] with your Father who is in heaven.

Let everything you do be done in love [motivated and inspired by God’s love for us].

“I delight to do Your will, O my God;
Your law is within my heart.”

But as for you, be strong and do not lose courage, for there is reward for your work.”

For it is better that you suffer [unjustly] for doing what is right, if that should be God’s will, than [to suffer justly] for doing wrong.

My son, give me your heart
And let your eyes delight in my ways,

Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have accomplished together, but that you may receive a full and perfect reward [when He grants rewards to faithful believers].

never lagging behind in diligence; aglow in the Spirit, enthusiastically serving the Lord;

Apply your heart to discipline
And your ears to words of knowledge.

Blessed is that [faithful] servant when his master returns and finds him doing so.

And we know [with great confidence] that God [who is deeply concerned about us] causes all things to work together [as a plan] for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to His plan and purpose.

The one who is taught the word [of God] is to share all good things with his teacher [contributing to his spiritual and material support].

“Present your case [for idols made by men’s hands],” says the Lord.
“Produce your evidence [of divinity],”
Says the king of Jacob.

Make every effort to come to me soon;

I do not receive glory and approval from men;

After all, what kind of credit is there if, when you do wrong and are punished for it, you endure it patiently? But if when you do what is right and patiently bear [undeserved] suffering, this finds favor with God.

Consider well and watch carefully the path of your feet,
And all your ways will be steadfast and sure.

You shall do what is right and good in the sight of the Lord, so that it may be well with you and that you may go in and possess the good land which the Lord swore to [give] your fathers,

So then, while we [as individual believers] have the opportunity, let us do good to all people [not only being helpful, but also doing that which promotes their spiritual well-being], and especially [be a blessing] to those of the household of faith (born-again believers).

“You shall not do at all what we are doing here [in the camp] today, every man doing whatever is right in his [own] eyes.

For God is the King of all the earth;
Sing praises in a skillful psalm and with understanding.

This is from the Lord and is His doing;
It is marvelous in our eyes.

The things which you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things [in daily life], and the God [who is the source] of peace and well-being will be with you.

so that your charitable acts will be done in secret; and your Father who sees [what is done] in secret will reward you.

Buy truth, and do not sell it;
Get wisdom and instruction and understanding.

[while you earnestly] look for and await the coming of the day of God. For on this day the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the [material] elements will melt with intense heat!

equip you with every good thing to carry out His will and strengthen you [making you complete and perfect as you ought to be], accomplishing in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

holding out and offering to everyone the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I will have reason to rejoice greatly because I did not run [my race] in vain nor labor without result.

“Strive to enter through the narrow door [force aside unbelief and the attractions of sin]; for many, I tell you, will try to enter [by their own works] and will not be able.

All the ways of a man are clean and innocent in his own eyes [and he may see nothing wrong with his actions],
But the Lord weighs and examines the motives and intents [of the heart and knows the truth].