38 Bible Verses about Hard Work And Perseverance

Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.

and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,

for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.

And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,

to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life;

But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

By your endurance you will gain your lives.

Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to make your calling and election sure, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall.

For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

"'I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first.

For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge,

I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name's sake, and you have not grown weary.

But you, take courage! Do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded."

But recall the former days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings,

Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops.

holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.

so that the tested genuineness of your faith--more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire--may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

He will render to each one according to his works:

pray without ceasing,

praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it.

And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.

in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.

But you know Timothy'sproven worth, how as a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel.

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always struggling on your behalf in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

"'I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.

"'I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false.

strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.