Bible Verses about Diligence

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Compiled by The BibleStudyTools Staff on 09/19/2019

What does the Bible say about Diligence? Discover the top Bible verses about Diligence from the Old and New Testaments. Read through the biblical references of Diligence to learn more about its meaning and significance. May you find some insight from these related scripture quotes!

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Hebrews 6:11

11 We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what you hope for may be fully realized.
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Hebrews 6:10-12

God is Not Unjust
10 God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.
11 We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what you hope for may be fully realized.
12 We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.
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Ezra 5:8

8 The king should know that we went to the district of Judah, to the temple of the great God. The people are building it with large stones and placing the timbers in the walls. The work is being carried on with diligence and is making rapid progress under their direction.
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Proverbs 12:24

24 Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.
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Hebrews 11:6

Hebrews 11:6
6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
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Proverbs 10:4

4 Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.
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Proverbs 13:4

4 A sluggard’s appetite is never filled, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.
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Ecclesiastes 9:10

10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.
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Proverbs 22:29

29 Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings; they will not serve before officials of low rank.
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Galatians 6:9

Galatians 6:9 - Do Not Give Up
9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
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Proverbs 4:23

23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
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1 Corinthians 15:58

58 Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
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Deuteronomy 6:17

17 Be sure to keep the commands of the LORD your God and the stipulations and decrees he has given you.
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Deuteronomy 4:9

9 Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.
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Proverbs 6:6-8

6 Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!
7 It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,
8 yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.
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2 Peter 1:10

10 Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble,
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2 Peter 3:14

14 So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him.
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Exodus 15:26

26 He said, “If you listen carefully to the LORD your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, who heals you.”
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Proverbs 11:27

27 Whoever seeks good finds favor, but evil comes to one who searches for it.
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Colossians 3:23

Do For the Lord
23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,
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Luke 2:49

49 “Why were you searching for me?” he asked. “Didn’t you know I had to be in my Father’s house?”
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1 Chronicles 22:19

19 Now devote your heart and soul to seeking the LORD your God. Begin to build the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the sacred articles belonging to God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the LORD.”
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Deuteronomy 11:13

13 So if you faithfully obey the commands I am giving you today—to love the LORD your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul—
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Isaiah 55:2

2 Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare.
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Psalms 77:6

6 I remembered my songs in the night. My heart meditated and my spirit asked:
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Proverbs 27:23

23 Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds;
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Jude 1:3

3 Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to God’s holy people.
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Deuteronomy 11:19

19 Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
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Deuteronomy 19:18

18 The judges must make a thorough investigation, and if the witness proves to be a liar, giving false testimony against a fellow Israelite,
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Psalms 119:60

60 I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands.
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Acts 18:25

25 He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and he spoke with great fervor and taught about Jesus accurately, though he knew only the baptism of John.
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1 Thessalonians 2:9

9 Surely you remember, brothers and sisters, our toil and hardship; we worked night and day in order not to be a burden to anyone while we preached the gospel of God to you.
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Mark 1:35

35 Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.
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Philippians 3:13-14

13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,
14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
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Hebrews 12:15

15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.
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1 Peter 3:14

You Are Blessed, Do Not Fear
14 But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear their threats ; do not be frightened.”
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Ruth 2:17

17 So Ruth gleaned in the field until evening. Then she threshed the barley she had gathered, and it amounted to about an ephah.
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Acts 5:42

42 Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Messiah.
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Proverbs 21:5

5 The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.
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Romans 12:8

8 if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead, do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully.
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1 Peter 1:5

5 who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
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1 Peter 1:10

10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who spoke of the grace that was to come to you, searched intently and with the greatest care,
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1 Timothy 4:2

2 Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron.
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1 Corinthians 8:7

7 But not everyone possesses this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat sacrificial food they think of it as having been sacrificed to a god, and since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.
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John 9:4

4 As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work.
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Deuteronomy 11:14

14 then I will send rain on your land in its season, both autumn and spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new wine and olive oil.
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Nehemiah 4:6

6 So we rebuilt the wall till all of it reached half its height, for the people worked with all their heart.
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1 Timothy 1:17

17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
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2 Timothy 2:15

15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.
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