33 Bible Verses about diligence
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The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; But every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.
And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he gave him charge over all the labor of the house of Joseph.
So the workmen wrought, and the work of repairing went forward in their hands, and they set up the house of God in its state, and strengthened it.
Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls; and this work goeth on with diligence and prospereth in their hands.
and the God that hath caused his name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples that shall put forth their hand to alter the same , to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with all diligence.
Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be done exactly for the house of the God of heaven; for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?
A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth; And the doings of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.
In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
Thus saith Jehovah: Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears; for thy work shall be rewarded, saith Jehovah; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.
But now complete the doing also; that as there was the readiness to will, so there may be the completion also out of your ability.
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.
Tend the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not of constraint, but willingly, according to the will of God; nor yet for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat.
or he that exhorteth, to his exhorting: he that giveth, let him do it with liberality; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness.
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.
Be diligent in these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy progress may be manifest unto all. Take heed to thyself, and to thy teaching. Continue in these things; for in doing this thou shalt save both thyself and them that hear thee.
Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never stumble:
Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of Jehovah your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children's children;
I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end:
Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for these things, give diligence that ye may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.
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Agriculture or husbandry » Requires » Diligence
In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds: For riches are not for ever: And doth the crown endure unto all generations? The hay is carried, and the tender grass showeth itself, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in. read more.
The lambs are for thy clothing, And the goats are the price of the field; And there will be goats milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, And maintenance for thy maidens.
Business life » Business virtues » Diligence
or he that exhorteth, to his exhorting: he that giveth, let him do it with liberality; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness.
And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end:
He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never stumble:
natural Death » Motive » Diligence
We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.
Diligence » Spiritual
Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh the harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields, that they are white already unto harvest.
For I could wish that I myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren's sake, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
Brethren, my heart's desire and my supplication to God is for them, that they may be saved.
if by any means I may provoke to jealousy them that are my flesh, and may save some of them.
Diligence » Business
or he that exhorteth, to his exhorting: he that giveth, let him do it with liberality; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness.
And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end:
He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never stumble:
Diligence » Being diligent
Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for these things, give diligence that ye may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds: For riches are not for ever: And doth the crown endure unto all generations?
And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end: that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
Diligence » The diligent
He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; But every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men.
Diligence » Required by God in » Obeying him
Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of Jehovah your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love Jehovah your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
Diligence » Required by God in » Instructing children
and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
And ye shall teach them your children, talking of them, when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Diligence » Required by God in » Lawful business
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds:
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.
Diligence » Required by God in » Seeking him
And without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him ; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.
Now set your heart and your soul to seek after Jehovah your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of Jehovah God, to bring the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of Jehovah.
Diligence » God rewards
And without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him ; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.
that I will give the rain of your land in its season, the former rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy grain, and thy new wine, and thine oil.
Diligence » In temporal matters, leads to » Honor
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men.
Diligence » In temporal matters, leads to » Prosperity
He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Diligence » Required by God in » Teaching religion
Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints.
preach the word; be urgent in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.
Diligence » Christ, an example
And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? knew ye not that I must be in my Father's house?
And in the morning, a great while before day, he rose up and went out, and departed into a desert place, and there prayed.
Diligence » In the service of God » Is not in vain
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.
Diligence » Required by God in » Striving after perfection
Brethren, I could not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing I do , forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Diligence » Exemplified » Paul
For ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail: working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
Diligence » Required by God in seeking him
And without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him ; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.
Now set your heart and your soul to seek after Jehovah your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of Jehovah God, to bring the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of Jehovah.
Diligence » Exemplified » hezekiah
And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
Diligence » Exemplified » Titus
and we have sent with them our brother, whom we have many times proved earnest in many things, but now much more earnest, by reason of the great confidence which he hath in you.
Diligence » Required by God in » Discharging official duties
and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and have testified falsely against his brother;
Diligence » Preserving "the faith" through teaching
Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints.
preach the word; be urgent in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.
Diligence » Lawful business
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds:
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.
Diligence » Saints should abound in
But as ye abound in everything, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all earnestness, and in your love to us,'see that ye abound in this grace also.
Diligence » Jesus an example of
And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? knew ye not that I must be in my Father's house?
And in the morning, a great while before day, he rose up and went out, and departed into a desert place, and there prayed.
Diligence » Required by God in » Keeping the soul
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children's children;
Diligence » Required by God in » Labors of love
for God is not unrighteous to forget your work and the love which ye showed toward his name, in that ye ministered unto the saints, and still do minister. And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end: that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
Diligence » Required in the service of God
We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Diligence » Honor
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men.
Diligence » In temporal matters, leads to » Favor
He that diligently seeketh good seeketh favor; But he that searcheth after evil, it shall come unto him.
Diligence » Required by God in » Following every good work
well reported of for good works; if she hath brought up children, if she hath used hospitality to strangers, if she hath washed the saints feet, if she hath relieved the afflicted, if she hath diligently followed every good work.
Diligence » Obeying him
Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of Jehovah your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love Jehovah your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
Diligence » Illustrated
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler, Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest.
Diligence » In the service of God » Should be preserved in
And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Diligence » Required by God in » Guarding against defilement
looking carefully lest there be any man that falleth short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you , and thereby the many be defiled;
Diligence » Required by God in » Keeping the heart
Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.
Diligence » Exemplified » jacob
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.
Diligence » Instructing children
and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
And ye shall teach them your children, talking of them, when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Diligence » Prosperity
He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Diligence » In the service of God » Leads to assured hope
And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end:
Diligence » In the service of God » Preserves from evil
and he said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his eyes, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon thee, which I have put upon the Egyptians: for I am Jehovah that healeth thee.
Diligence » Required by God in » Making our call, &c, sure
Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never stumble:
Diligence » Required by God in » Seeking to be found spotless
Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for these things, give diligence that ye may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.
Diligence » Exemplified » Psalmist
Diligence » Required by God in » Cultivating Christian graces
Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in your virtue knowledge;
Diligence » Required by God in » Hearkening to him
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Diligence » Striving after perfection
Brethren, I could not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing I do , forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Diligence » Labors of love
for God is not unrighteous to forget your work and the love which ye showed toward his name, in that ye ministered unto the saints, and still do minister. And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end: that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
Diligence » Required by God in » Self-examination
I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart; And my spirit maketh diligent search.
Diligence » Exemplified » Apollos
This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spake and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John:
Diligence » Exemplified » Apostles
And every day, in the temple and at home, they ceased not to teach and to preach Jesus as the Christ.
Diligence » Exemplified » Ruth
So she gleaned in the field until even; and she beat out that which she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.
Diligence » Figurative » hezekiah
And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
Diligence » Figurative » Psalmist
Diligence » Guarding against defilement
looking carefully lest there be any man that falleth short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you , and thereby the many be defiled;
Diligence » Is not in vain
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.
Diligence » Figurative » Onesiphorus
Diligence » Figurative » Apollos
This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spake and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John:
Diligence » Figurative » Titus
and we have sent with them our brother, whom we have many times proved earnest in many things, but now much more earnest, by reason of the great confidence which he hath in you.
Diligence » In temporal matters leads to favor
He that diligently seeketh good seeketh favor; But he that searcheth after evil, it shall come unto him.
Diligence » Making our calling sure
Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never stumble:
Diligence » Listening to him
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Diligence » Seeking to be found spotless
Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for these things, give diligence that ye may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.
Diligence » Discharging official duties
and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and have testified falsely against his brother;
Diligence » Following every good work
And let these also first be proved; then let them serve as deacons, if they be blameless.
Diligence » Leads to assured hope
And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end:
Diligence » Preserves from evil
and he said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his eyes, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon thee, which I have put upon the Egyptians: for I am Jehovah that healeth thee.
Diligence » Figurative
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler, Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest.
Diligence » Figurative » Exemplified » Ruth
So she gleaned in the field until even; and she beat out that which she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.
Diligence » Figurative » Apostles
And every day, in the temple and at home, they ceased not to teach and to preach Jesus as the Christ.
Diligence » Figurative » Paul
For ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail: working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
Diligence » Cultivating proper behaviors of a true Christian
Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in your virtue knowledge;
Diligence » Keeping the heart
Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.
Diligence » Self-examination
I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart; And my spirit maketh diligent search.
Diligence » Figurative » Nehemiah and his helpers
So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto half the height thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
Diligence » Keeping the soul
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children's children;
Nehemiah » Diligence
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 wrought in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared. Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labor in the day. So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard that followed me, none of us put off our clothes, every one went with his weapon to the water.
the Reward of saints » The prospect of, should lead to » Diligence
Look to yourselves, that ye lose not the things which we have wrought, but that ye receive a full reward.
Virtues » Business » Diligence
or he that exhorteth, to his exhorting: he that giveth, let him do it with liberality; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness.
And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end:
He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never stumble:
Topics on Diligence
Diligence And Laziness Contrasted
Proverbs 10:4He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Diligence, Examples Of
2 Chronicles 15:15And all Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and Jehovah gave them rest round about.
Diligence, Objects Of
Deuteronomy 4:9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children's children;
Diligence, Results Of
Proverbs 10:4He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Diligence, Rewards Of
Proverbs 10:4He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
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