36 Bible Verses about improvement
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For we rejoice whenever we are weak, but you are strong. And we pray for this: that you may become fully qualified.
Every scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
By pointing out such things to the brothers and sisters, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, having nourished yourself on the words of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed.
So he asked them the time when his condition began to improve, and they told him, "Yesterday at one o'clock in the afternoon the fever left him."
You must let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for the building up of the one in need, that it may give grace to those who hear.
I know your deeds: your love, faith, service, and steadfast endurance. In fact, your more recent deeds are greater than your earlier ones.
Take pains with these things; be absorbed in them, so that everyone will see your progress.
to equip the saints for the work of ministry, that is, to build up the body of Christ,
The one who loves discipline loves knowledge, but the one who hates reproof is stupid.
Make every effort to present yourself before God as a proven worker who does not need to be ashamed, teaching the message of truth accurately.
Now food will not bring us close to God. We are no worse if we do not eat and no better if we do.
He said through them, 'Each of you must turn from your wicked ways and stop doing the evil things you are doing. If you do, I will allow you to continue to live here in the land that I gave to you and your ancestors as a lasting possession.
Am I now trying to gain the approval of people, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ!
And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.
But I do not consider my life worth anything to myself, so that I may finish my task and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God's grace.
O Timothy, protect what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the profane chatter and absurdities of so-called "knowledge."
(Let the wise also hear and gain instruction, and let the discerning acquire guidance!)
You must love the Lord your God and do what he requires; keep his statutes, ordinances, and commandments at all times.
Hezekiah ordered that storerooms be prepared in the Lord's temple. When this was done,
This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what the Lord his God considered good and right and faithful.
His master answered, 'Well done, good and faithful slave! You have been faithful in a few things. I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.'
Gather your belongings together and prepare to leave the land, you people of Jerusalem who are being besieged.
Others are busy with their own concerns, not those of Jesus Christ.
Do not lag in zeal, be enthusiastic in spirit, serve the Lord.
He wholeheartedly and successfully reinstituted service in God's temple and obedience to the law, in order to follow his God.
You have said, 'It is useless to serve God. How have we been helped by keeping his requirements and going about like mourners before the Lord who rules over all?
"There your fathers tested me and tried me, and they saw my works for forty years.
When Hezekiah and the officials came and saw the heaps, they praised the Lord and pronounced blessings on his people Israel.
that you were at that time without the Messiah, alienated from the citizenship of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
they did something clever. They collected some provisions and put worn-out sacks on their donkeys, along with worn-out wineskins that were ripped and patched.
Realize that to them you are like a sensual song, a beautiful voice and skilled musician. They hear your words, but they do not obey them.