'Diligent' in the Bible
and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and have testified falsely against his brother;
Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, to love Jehovah your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
They search out iniquities; We have accomplished,'say they , a diligent search: And the inward thought and the heart of every one is deep.
I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart; And my spirit maketh diligent search.
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 slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting; But the precious substance of men is to the diligent.
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
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.
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds: