Diligence
Persistent, careful effort in work and duty. Proverbs extensively commends diligence: 'The hand of the diligent will rule' (12:24), 'Diligent hands bring wealth' (10:4), 'The plans of the diligent lead to profit' (21:5). Colossians 3:23 instructs, 'Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters.' Second Peter 1:5 urges believers to 'make every effort' to add to their faith. Hebrews 6:11 desires that 'each of you show this same diligence to the very end.' Ecclesiastes 9:10 counsels, 'Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might.' Diligence honors God through faithful effort.
Verses about Diligence
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Exodus 15:26
And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his co…
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Leviticus 10:16
And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron whi…
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Deuteronomy 4:9
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart …
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Deuteronomy 6:7
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, an…
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Deuteronomy 6:17
Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
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Deuteronomy 11:13
And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve …
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Deuteronomy 11:22
For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cl…
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Deuteronomy 13:14
Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought am…
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Deuteronomy 17:4
And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wro…
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Deuteronomy 19:18
And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;
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Deuteronomy 24:8
Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commande…
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Deuteronomy 28:1
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I com…
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Joshua 22:5
But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in …
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1 Kings 20:33
Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother Ben–hadad. Then he sai…
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Ezra 7:23
Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the…
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Job 13:17
Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.
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Job 21:2
Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
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Psalms 37:10
For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
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Psalms 64:6
They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
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Psalms 77:6
I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.