Diligence

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.

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.

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men.

Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never stumble:

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.

Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.

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.

He that diligently seeketh good seeketh favor; But he that searcheth after evil, it shall come unto him.

whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men;

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise: — read the full passage →

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he hath been approved, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to them that love him.

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; But every one that is hastyhastethonly to want.

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.

I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.

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.

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.

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. — read the full passage →

We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting; But the precious substance of menis tothe diligent.

And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end:

Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in your virtue knowledge;

Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in your virtue knowledge; — read the full passage →

Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of Jehovah your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.

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.

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

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 call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart; And my spirit maketh diligent search.

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain persons is void of understanding.

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds:

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.

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.

I love them that love me; And those that seek me diligently shall find me.

And in the morning, a great while before day, he rose up and went out, and departed into a desert place, and there prayed.

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:

I made haste, and delayed not, To observe thy commandments.

In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lipstendethonly to penury.

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.

preach the word; be urgent in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.

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.

And every day, in the temple and at home, they ceased not to teach and to preach Jesus as the Christ.

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.

looking carefully lestthere beany man that falleth short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby the many be defiled;

Brethren, I count 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,

in diligence not slothful; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: Keep her; for she is thy life.

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.

The blessing of Jehovah, it maketh rich; And he addeth no sorrow therewith.

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.

And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that Jehovah thy God will set thee on high above all the nations of the earth:

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.

but, when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently, and found me

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.

Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations; — read the full passage →

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.

Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.

Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, — read the full passage →

For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat.

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:

And let these also first be proved; then let them serve as deacons, if they be blameless.

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.

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.

But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

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.

Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy words were unto me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by thy name, O Jehovah, God of hosts.

seeing that his divine power hath granted unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that called us by his own glory and virtue;

in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation,—in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and will show thee great things, and difficult, which thou knowest not.

Fear not the things which thou art about to suffer: behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.

Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.

So belief cometh of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and have testified falsely against his brother;

neither present your members unto sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves unto God, as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed on Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

For as thou art going with thine adversary before the magistrate, on the way give diligence to be quit of him; lest haply he drag thee unto the judge, and the judge shall deliver thee to the officer, and the officer shall cast thee into prison.

Thou hast commandedus thy precepts, That we should observe them diligently.

Be diligent in these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy progress may be manifest unto all. — read the full passage →

Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me. — read the full passage →

so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →

Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, that no man fall after the same example of disobedience.

I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; — read the full passage →

And the God of all grace, who called you unto his eternal glory in Christ, after that ye have suffered a little while, shall himself perfect, establish, strengthen you.

Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which they received of us. — read the full passage →

And not only so, but we also rejoice in our tribulations: knowing that tribulation worketh stedfastness; — read the full passage →

Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me;

And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he that heareth, let him say, Come. And he that is athirst, let him come: he that will, let him take the water of life freely.

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need.

Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest indeed is plenteous, but the laborers are few.

Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

Give diligence to come shortly unto me: