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100 Bible Verses about Effort

Colossians 3:23 ESV / 500 helpful votes

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,

Ecclesiastes 9:10 ESV / 406 helpful votes

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 364 helpful votes

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

2 Peter 1:5-10 ESV / 328 helpful votes

For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins. ...

Romans 14:19 ESV / 324 helpful votes

So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.

Matthew 7:7 ESV / 306 helpful votes

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 216 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 163 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

John 14:27 ESV / 158 helpful votes

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

John 3:16 ESV / 140 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 139 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Luke 1:37 ESV / 135 helpful votes

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

John 16:33 ESV / 132 helpful votes

I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

Galatians 5:22 ESV / 127 helpful votes

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 125 helpful votes

But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 120 helpful votes

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

1 Corinthians 13:2 ESV / 119 helpful votes

And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

Acts 2:38 ESV / 119 helpful votes

And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 5:8 ESV / 112 helpful votes

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Proverbs 13:4 ESV / 111 helpful votes

The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.

2 Peter 1:7 ESV / 107 helpful votes

And godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.

Romans 12:2 ESV / 106 helpful votes

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

John 14:2 ESV / 105 helpful votes

In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?

Isaiah 9:6 ESV / 103 helpful votes

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Joshua 1:9 ESV / 102 helpful votes

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

Romans 8:28 ESV / 101 helpful votes

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Revelation 3:20 ESV / 98 helpful votes

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 98 helpful votes

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

Colossians 3:23-24 ESV / 98 helpful votes

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.

Isaiah 40:31 ESV / 98 helpful votes

But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

Matthew 11:28 ESV / 97 helpful votes

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Psalm 118:24 ESV / 97 helpful votes

This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Hebrews 11:1 ESV / 96 helpful votes

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

Romans 5:3 ESV / 96 helpful votes

Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

Ephesians 4:2 ESV / 95 helpful votes

With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

Matthew 6:34 ESV / 95 helpful votes

“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 95 helpful votes

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Psalm 23:4 ESV / 95 helpful votes

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

1 John 4:8 ESV / 94 helpful votes

Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Romans 1:16 ESV / 94 helpful votes

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

John 15:13 ESV / 94 helpful votes

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

John 14:6 ESV / 93 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 15:2 ESV / 92 helpful votes

Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

Matthew 19:26 ESV / 92 helpful votes

But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Romans 6:23 ESV / 91 helpful votes

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Colossians 3:3 ESV / 90 helpful votes

For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

Proverbs 27:17 ESV / 90 helpful votes

Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.

1 Corinthians 15:58 ESV / 89 helpful votes

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

Hebrews 6:10 ESV / 88 helpful votes

For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.

James 3:3 ESV / 84 helpful votes

If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well.

Colossians 2:1-23 ESV / 84 helpful votes

For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ. ...

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 83 helpful votes

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV / 83 helpful votes

So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

Romans 8:31 ESV / 83 helpful votes

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Proverbs 14:23 ESV / 83 helpful votes

In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.

Proverbs 12:11 ESV / 83 helpful votes

Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense.

Leviticus 20:13 ESV / 81 helpful votes

If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 80 helpful votes

Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 80 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

Romans 5:1 ESV / 79 helpful votes

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Matthew 5:3 ESV / 79 helpful votes

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 78 helpful votes

And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

John 1:1 ESV / 77 helpful votes

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 77 helpful votes

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Colossians 3:2 ESV / 75 helpful votes

Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.

John 10:10 ESV / 75 helpful votes

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

Hebrews 11:1-40 ESV / 71 helpful votes

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation. By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks. By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God. ...

Psalm 46:10 ESV / 71 helpful votes

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”

Romans 13:8 ESV / 69 helpful votes

Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.

Philippians 2:3 ESV / 68 helpful votes

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.

Galatians 6:9 ESV / 68 helpful votes

And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

Romans 6:3 ESV / 67 helpful votes

Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?

Ephesians 4:3 ESV / 66 helpful votes

Eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

1 John 4:1 ESV / 65 helpful votes

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.

John 15:5 ESV / 65 helpful votes

I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

Proverbs 16:3 ESV / 65 helpful votes

Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.

Proverbs 12:24 ESV / 65 helpful votes

The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.

1 Timothy 4:10 ESV / 62 helpful votes

For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.

Acts 20:35 ESV / 62 helpful votes

In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 60 helpful votes

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Romans 8:2 ESV / 59 helpful votes

For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.

Romans 8:1-39 ESV / 59 helpful votes

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. ...

Psalm 90:17 ESV / 58 helpful votes

Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands!

John 5:17 ESV / 53 helpful votes

But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.”

John 3:2 ESV / 52 helpful votes

This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.”

Hebrews 6:2 ESV / 51 helpful votes

And of instruction about washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

1 Timothy 5:3 ESV / 51 helpful votes

Honor widows who are truly widows.

Romans 14:2 ESV / 51 helpful votes

One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables.

Romans 1:2 ESV / 51 helpful votes

Which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures,

Acts 4:2 ESV / 51 helpful votes

Greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

Revelation 3:2 ESV / 49 helpful votes

Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God.

Philippians 2:13 ESV / 49 helpful votes

For it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

Colossians 3:17 ESV / 48 helpful votes

And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Galatians 2:20 ESV / 48 helpful votes

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Luke 18:2 ESV / 48 helpful votes

He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man.

Matthew 6:4 ESV / 48 helpful votes

So that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

1 John 1:9 ESV / 45 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Revelation 3:3 ESV / 41 helpful votes

Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you.

Acts 4:12 ESV / 41 helpful votes

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

Genesis 2:15 ESV / 41 helpful votes

The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.

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