Bible Verses About Effort

"Wealth is a crown for the wise;the effort of fools yields only foolishness."

Proverbs 14:24 NLT

"And may the Lord our God show us his approvaland make our efforts successful.Yes, make our efforts successful!"

Psalm 90:17 NLT

"Could all your wealth or all your mighty effortskeep you from distress?"

Job 36:19 NLT

"In all that he did in the service of the Temple of God and in his efforts to follow God’s laws and commands, Hezekiah sought his God wholeheartedly. As a result, he was very successful."

2 Chronicles 31:21 NLT

"“Israel has been living here for 300 years, inhabiting Heshbon and its surrounding settlements, all the way to Aroer and its settlements, and in all the towns along the Arnon River. Why have you made no effort to recover it before now?"

Judges 11:26 NLT

"It has frustrated all efforts; its heavy deposit has not been removed, not even by fire."

Ezekiel 24:12 NIV

"then I saw all that God has done. No one can comprehend what goes on under the sun. Despite all his efforts to search it out, man cannot discover its meaning. Even if a wise man claims he knows, he cannot really comprehend it."

Ecclesiastes 8:17 NIV

"All man's efforts are for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied."

Ecclesiastes 6:7 NIV

"And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have control over all the work into which I have poured my effort and skill under the sun. This too is meaningless."

Ecclesiastes 2:19 NIV

"Would your wealth or even all your mighty efforts sustain you so you would not be in distress?"

Job 36:19 NIV