39 Bible Verses about striving

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Philippians 3:12

Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect: but I press on, if so be that I may lay hold on that for which also I was laid hold on by Christ Jesus.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

Isaiah 45:9

Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

Ecclesiastes 2:22

For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun?

Exodus 21:18

And if men contend, and one smite the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keep his bed;

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Proverbs 25:8

Go not forth hastily to strive, Lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, When thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.

2 Timothy 2:14

Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them in the sight of the Lord, that they strive not about words, to no profit, to the subverting of them that hear.

Hosea 6:3

And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.

Hosea 4:4

Yet let no man strive, neither let any man reprove; for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.

Psalm 35:1

Strive thou, O Jehovah, with them that strive with me: Fight thou against them that fight against me.

Psalm 55:18

He hath redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me; For they were many that strove with me.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to the man that pleaseth him God giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

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Spiritual » Sowing » Striving

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Striving » What to strive for

Luke 13:23-24

And one said unto him, Lord, are they few that are saved? And he said unto them, Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

Striving » Those that strive for the mastery

1 Corinthians 9:24-25

Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain. And every man that striveth in the games exerciseth self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

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