37 Bible Verses about Hard Work And Perseverance

Blessed is the person who endures trial, for when he stands the test, he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love Him.

and endurance, tested character, and tested character, hope,

for you surely know that what is genuine in your faith produces the patient mind that endures;

but you must let your endurance come to its perfect product, so that you may be fully developed and perfectly equipped, without any defects.

And not only that, but this too: let us continue exulting in our sufferings, for we know that suffering produces endurance,

for we can never for a moment before our God forget your energizing faith, your toiling love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

So, my dearly loved friends, as you have always been obedient, so now with reverence and awe keep on working clear down to the finishing point of your salvation not only as though I were with you but much more because I am away;

eternal life to those who patiently continue doing good and striving for glory, honor, and immortality,

But a hope that is seen is not real hope, for who hopes for what he actually sees? But if we hope for something we do not see, we keep on patiently waiting for it.

so that you may not grow careless, but may follow the example of those who through their faith and patient endurance are now possessors of the blessings promised.

By your endurance you will win your souls.

Therefore, brothers, be all the more in earnest to make certain to yourselves God's call and choice of you. For if you cultivate these qualities, you will never slip,

Indeed, to carry out the will of God and to receive the blessing He has promised, you need endurance, for:

Therefore, as we have so vast a crowd of spectators in the grandstands, let us throw off every impediment and the sin that easily entangles our feet, and run with endurance the race for which we are entered,

"I know what you are doing, I know your love and faithfulness, your service and patient endurance, and I know that you are now working harder than you did at first.

Now for this very reason you must do your level best to supplement your faith with moral character, moral character with knowledge,

You are showing patient endurance, and you have borne it for my sake, and have not grown weary.

But you must continue to remember those earlier days when first you received the light and then endured so great a struggle with persecution,

Take your share of hardships like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

The toiling farmer ought to be the first to share the crop.

to hold up the message of life. That will give me ground for boasting on the day of Christ, because neither my career nor my labor has been a failure.

so that the genuineness of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even after it is shown by the test of fire to be genuine, may result in your praise and glory and honor at the unveiling of Jesus Christ.

For when He finally judges, He will pay everyone with exactness for what he has done,

Never stop praying.

Keep on praying in the Spirit, with every kind of prayer and entreaty, at every opportunity, be ever on the alert with perfect devotion and entreaty for all God's people,

I have fought the fight for the good, I have run my race, I have kept faith.

Do you not know that in a race the runners all run, but only one can get the prize? You must run in such a way that you can get the prize.

Let us stop getting tired of doing good, for at the proper time we shall reap if we do not give up.

Keep up the good fight for the faith. Keep your hold on eternal life, to which God called you, when before many witnesses you made the good profession of faith.

Now for the time being no discipline seems to be pleasant; it is painful; later on, however, to those who are trained by it, it yields the fruit of peace which grows from upright character.

Any man who enters an athletic contest practices rigid self-control in training, only to win a wreath that withers, but we are in to win a wreath that never withers.

through toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, through hunger and thirst, through many a fasting season, poorly clad and exposed to cold.

But you know his tested character, how like a son in fellowship with his father he has toiled with me like a slave in preaching the good news.

Epaphras, one of your own number, a slave of Christ Jesus, wishes to be remembered to you. He is always earnestly pleading for you in his prayers that you may stand fast as men mature and of firm convictions in everything required by the will of God.

"I know what you are doing. See! I have put before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have but little strength, and yet you have obeyed my message and you have not disowned my name.

"I know what you have done; your hard work and patient endurance; that you cannot tolerate wicked persons; that you have tested those who claimed to be apostles although they were not, and have found them to be imposters,

strengthening the hearts of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith, and warning them that it is through enduring many hardships that we must get into the kingdom of God.