What Does the Bible Say About Doing The Best Of Your Ability?

Colossians 3:23-24 ESV / 33 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.

Colossians 3:23 ESV / 29 helpful votes

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

Ecclesiastes 9:10 ESV / 10 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 Peter 2:1-25 ESV / 9 helpful votes

So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. ...

Proverbs 13:4 ESV / 8 helpful votes

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

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

James 2:26 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.

Exodus 23:25 ESV / 4 helpful votes

You shall serve the Lord your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from among you.

Exodus 15:26 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Saying, “If you will diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, your healer.”

John 3:16 ESV / 3 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.

Proverbs 12:25 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

1 Corinthians 6:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,

Romans 3:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

John 3:1-36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 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.” Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. ...

Genesis 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

1 John 1:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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

James 2:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

2 Timothy 3:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

That the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

1 Timothy 3:14-15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these things to you so that, if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.

1 Timothy 2:1-15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, ...

2 Thessalonians 1:1-12 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing. Therefore we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring. This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering— ...

Colossians 1:1-29 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father. We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, ...

Ephesians 5:22 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

1 Corinthians 6:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.

1 Corinthians 2:1-16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. ...

Romans 6:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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

John 17:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.

John 14:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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

John 3:16-17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“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.

34 Bible Verses about Doing The Best Of Your Ability

Colossians 3:23-24 ESV / 33 helpful votes

Colossians 3:23 ESV / 29 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 9:10 ESV / 10 helpful votes

1 Peter 2:1-25 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Proverbs 13:4 ESV / 8 helpful votes

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 6 helpful votes

James 2:26 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Exodus 23:25 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Exodus 15:26 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 12:25 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 3:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:1-36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

James 2:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Timothy 3:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Timothy 3:14-15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Timothy 2:1-15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Thessalonians 1:1-12 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Colossians 1:1-29 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 5:22 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 6:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 2:1-16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 6:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 17:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 14:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 3:16-17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Suggest a Verse

Enter a Verse Reference (e.g., John 3:16-17)

34 Bible Verses about Doing The Best Of Your Ability

Colossians 3:23-24 ESV / 33 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 3:23 ESV / 29 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ecclesiastes 9:10 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 2:1-25 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 13:4 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 2:26 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 23:25 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 15:26 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 12:25 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 6:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 3:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:1-36 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 1:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote Helpful Not Helpful

James 2:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 3:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 3:14-15 ESV / 1 helpful vote Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 2:1-15 ESV / 1 helpful vote Helpful Not Helpful

2 Thessalonians 1:1-12 ESV / 1 helpful vote Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 1:1-29 ESV / 1 helpful vote Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 5:22 ESV / 1 helpful vote Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 1 helpful vote Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 6:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 2:1-16 ESV / 1 helpful vote Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 6:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote Helpful Not Helpful

John 17:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote Helpful Not Helpful

John 14:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16-17 ESV / 1 helpful vote Helpful Not Helpful

Suggest a Verse

Enter a Verse Reference (e.g., John 3:16-17)

Colossians 3:23-24 ESV / 33 helpful votes

Colossians 3:23 ESV / 29 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 9:10 ESV / 10 helpful votes

1 Peter 2:1-25 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Proverbs 13:4 ESV / 8 helpful votes

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 6 helpful votes

James 2:26 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Exodus 23:25 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Exodus 15:26 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 12:25 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 3:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:1-36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

James 2:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Timothy 3:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Timothy 3:14-15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Timothy 2:1-15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Thessalonians 1:1-12 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Colossians 1:1-29 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 5:22 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 6:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 2:1-16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 6:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 17:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 14:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 3:16-17 ESV / 1 helpful vote