Bible Verses About Diligence

"I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which
God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus."
Philippians 3:14 (NIV)

"Lazy people are soon poor;hard workers get rich."
Proverbs 10:4 (NLT)

"Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown"
1 Corinthians 9:24-25 (NKJV)

"No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life,
that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier.
And also if anyone competes in athletics,
he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
The hardworking farmer must be first to partake of the crops."
2 Timothy 2:4-6 (NKJV)

"Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going."
Ecclesiastes 9:10 (NKJV)

"Work hard, and you will be a leader; be lazy, and you will end up a slave."
Proverbs 12:24 (CEV)

"Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody."
1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 (NIV)

"Lazy people don’t even cook the game they catch,
but the diligent make use of everything they find."
Proverbs 12:27 (NLT)