'Efforts' in the Bible

Let it be known to the king that we went to the house of the great God in the province of Judah. It is being built with cut stones, and its beams are being set in the walls. This work is being done diligently and succeeding through the people’s efforts.

Don’t spend your energy on womenor your efforts on those who destroy kings.

What does a man gain for all his effortsthat he labors at under the sun?

For what does a man get with all his work and all his efforts that he labors at under the sun?

It is also the gift of God whenever anyone eats, drinks, and enjoys all his efforts.

Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their efforts.

As he came from his mother’s womb, so he will go again, naked as he came; he will take nothing for his efforts that he can carry in his hands.

After he had seen the vision, we immediately made efforts to set out for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to evangelize them.