Proverbs 2:7

Proverbs 2:7
He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,

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Genesis 9:10
and with every living creature that is with you: the birds, the livestock, and every animal of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ship, even every animal of the earth.

Genesis 23:18
to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.

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Exodus 28:3
You shall speak to all who are wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron’s garments to sanctify him, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office.

Exodus 35:10
“ ‘Let every wise-hearted man among you come, and make all that Yahweh has commanded:

Exodus 35:25
All the women who were wise-hearted spun with their hands, and brought that which they had spun: the blue, the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen.

Exodus 35:26
All the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun the goats’ hair.

Exodus 35:31
He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds of workmanship;

Exodus 36:1
“Bezalel and Oholiab shall work with every wise-hearted man, in whom Yahweh has put wisdom and understanding to know how to do all the work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that Yahweh has commanded.”

Exodus 36:8
All the wise-hearted men among those who did the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, blue, purple, and scarlet. They made them with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman.

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Deuteronomy 4:1
Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and to the ordinances which I teach you, to do them, that you may live and go in and possess the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, gives you.

Deuteronomy 4:2
You shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall you take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of Yahweh your God which I command you.

Ecclesiastes 7:8
Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Habakkuk 2:4
Behold, his soul is puffed up. It is not upright in him, but the righteous will live by his faith.

Luke 1:6
They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 4:1
Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more.

1 Thessalonians 4:2
For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

1 John 2:6
he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.

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Deuteronomy 11:28
and the curse, if you do not listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God, but turn away out of the way which I command you today, to go after other gods which you have not known.

Proverbs 10:14
Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.

Proverbs 12:16
A fool shows his annoyance the same day, but one who overlooks an insult is prudent.

Proverbs 14:33
Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, and is even made known in the inward part of fools.

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Deuteronomy 32:46
He said to them, “Set your heart to all the words which I testify to you today, which you shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.

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Deuteronomy 32:47
For it is no vain thing for you, because it is your life, and through this thing you shall prolong your days in the land, where you go over the Jordan to possess it.”

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1 Kings 3:8
Your servant is among your people which you have chosen, a great people, that can’t be numbered or counted for multitude.

1 Kings 10:24
All the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart.

2 Chronicles 1:11
God said to Solomon, “Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked riches, wealth, honor, or the life of those who hate you, nor yet have you asked for long life; but have asked for wisdom and knowledge for yourself, that you may judge my people, over whom I have made you king,

2 Chronicles 1:12
therefore wisdom and knowledge is granted to you. I will give you riches, wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had who have been before you, and none after you will have.”

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Job 5:3
I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

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Job 9:4
God is wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against him and prospered?

Job 12:13
“With God is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.

Job 28:20
Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?

Job 28:21
Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.

Job 28:22
Destruction and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’

Job 28:23
“God understands its way, and he knows its place.

Job 28:24
For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole sky.

Job 28:25
He establishes the force of the wind. Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.

Job 28:26
When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder,

Job 28:27
then he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.

Job 36:5
“Behold, God is mighty, and doesn’t despise anyone. He is mighty in strength of understanding.

Jeremiah 10:12
God has made the earth by his power. He has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens.

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Job 20:22
In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress will overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery will come on him.

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Job 1:10
Haven’t you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

Job 16:7
But now, God, you have surely worn me out. You have made all my company desolate.

Job 22:21
“Acquaint yourself with him now, and be at peace. By it, good will come to you.

Job 22:23
If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up, if you put away unrighteousness far from your tents.

Job 22:24
Lay your treasure in the dust, the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.

Job 22:25
The Almighty will be your treasure, and precious silver to you.

Proverbs 14:20
The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor, but the rich person has many friends.

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Job 26:3
How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!

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Job 28:8
The proud animals have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by there.

Ecclesiastes 7:29
Behold, I have only found this: that God made mankind upright; but they search for many inventions.”

Romans 1:22
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

1 Corinthians 1:19
For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise. I will bring the discernment of the discerning to nothing.”

1 Corinthians 3:18
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool that he may become wise.

1 Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He has taken the wise in their craftiness.”

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Psalms 27:11
Teach me your way, Yahweh. Lead me in a straight path, because of my enemies.

Psalms 143:8
Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.

Psalms 143:9
Deliver me, Yahweh, from my enemies. I flee to you to hide me.

Psalms 143:10
Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.

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Psalms 34:11
Come, you children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.

Proverbs 3:2
for they will add to you length of days, years of life, and peace.

Proverbs 3:13
Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.

Proverbs 3:14
For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.

Proverbs 4:4
He taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.

Proverbs 4:6
Don’t forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.

Proverbs 4:22
For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body.

Proverbs 7:1
My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you.

Proverbs 8:10
Receive my instruction rather than silver, knowledge rather than choice gold.

Proverbs 8:35
For whoever finds me finds life, and will obtain favor from Yahweh.

Proverbs 16:16
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

Proverbs 22:20
Haven’t I written to you thirty excellent things of counsel and knowledge,

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Psalms 25:4
Show me your ways, Yahweh. Teach me your paths.

Psalms 25:5
Guide me in your truth, and teach me, For you are the God of my salvation. I wait for you all day long.

Psalms 25:9
He will guide the humble in justice. He will teach the humble his way.

Psalms 25:12
What man is he who fears Yahweh? He shall instruct him in the way that he shall choose.

Psalms 32:8
I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.

Psalms 86:11
Teach me your way, Yahweh. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name.

Psalms 119:10
With my whole heart I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments.

Psalms 119:34
Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.

Psalms 119:73
Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.

Proverbs 3:5
Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

Isaiah 30:20
Though the Lord may give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your teachers won’t be hidden any more, but your eyes will see your teachers;

Isaiah 30:21
and when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way. Walk in it.”

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Psalms 18:30
As for God, his way is perfect. Yahweh’s word is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

Psalms 35:2
Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.

Psalms 144:2
my loving kindness, my fortress, my high tower, my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues my people under me.

Ephesians 6:16
above all, taking up the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.

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Psalms 147:5
Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite.

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Proverbs 1:12
Let’s swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down into the pit.

Proverbs 2:12
to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,

Proverbs 2:15
who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths,

Proverbs 2:18
for her house leads down to death, her paths to the departed spirits.

Proverbs 2:19
None who go to her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life.

Proverbs 2:20
Therefore walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

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Proverbs 6:13
who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers,

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Proverbs 1:3
to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity;

Proverbs 1:4
to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the young man—

Proverbs 4:2
for I give you sound learning. Don’t forsake my law.

Proverbs 4:20
My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.

Proverbs 8:11
For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can’t be compared to it.

Proverbs 8:21
that I may give wealth to those who love me. I fill their treasuries.

Proverbs 16:20
He who heeds the Word finds prosperity. Whoever trusts in Yahweh is blessed.

Proverbs 19:8
He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.

Proverbs 19:20
Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter end.

Proverbs 22:18
For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.

Proverbs 22:21
To teach you truth, reliable words, to give sound answers to the ones who sent you?

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Proverbs 10:28
The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hope of the wicked will perish.

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Proverbs 10:29
The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

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Proverbs 11:6
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.

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Psalms 31:19
Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the sons of men!

Proverbs 14:2
He who walks in his uprightness fears Yahweh, but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.

Isaiah 10:2
to deprive the needy of justice, and to rob the poor among my people of their rights, that widows may be their plunder, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

Matthew 13:11
He answered them, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.

Matthew 13:12
For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever doesn’t have, from him will be taken away even that which he has.

John 3:21
But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God.”

1 Corinthians 6:13
“Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods,” but God will bring to nothing both it and them. But the body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

Ephesians 5:17
Therefore, don’t be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

Colossians 1:5
because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the Good News

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Proverbs 22:2
The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.

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Proverbs 22:12
Yahweh’s eyes watch over knowledge, but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.

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Proverbs 26:3
A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools!

Proverbs 30:22
For a servant when he is king, a fool when he is filled with food,

Amos 6:4
who lie on beds of ivory, and stretch themselves on their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the middle of the stall,

Amos 6:5
who strum on the strings of a harp, who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;

Amos 6:6
who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best oils, but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

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Deuteronomy 33:29
You are happy, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh, the shield of your help, the sword of your excellency? Your enemies will submit themselves to you. You will tread on their high places.”

Psalms 18:35
You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has made me great.

Psalms 28:7
Yahweh is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.

Psalms 33:20
Our soul has waited for Yahweh. He is our help and our shield.

Psalms 47:9
The princes of the peoples are gathered together, the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God. He is greatly exalted!

Psalms 84:9
Behold, God our shield, look at the face of your anointed.

Psalms 91:4
He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.

Psalms 115:9
Israel, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.

Psalms 115:10
House of Aaron, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.

Psalms 115:11
You who fear Yahweh, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.

Psalms 119:114
You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.

Proverbs 30:5
“Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

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Isaiah 32:18
My people will live in a peaceful habitation, in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting places,

Isaiah 33:20
Look at Zion, the city of our appointed festivals. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, a tent that won’t be removed. Its stakes will never be plucked up, nor will any of its cords be broken.

Matthew 2:3
When King Herod heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

Matthew 2:4
Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ would be born.

Mark 11:9
Those who went in front and those who followed cried out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!

Mark 11:10
Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is coming in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”

Mark 11:11
Jesus entered into the temple in Jerusalem. When he had looked around at everything, it being now evening, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

Mark 15:1
Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders, scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, bound Jesus, carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.

Mark 15:2
Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” He answered, “So you say.”

Mark 15:12
Pilate again asked them, “What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Jews?”

Luke 23:2
They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.”

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Psalms 92:6
A senseless man doesn’t know, neither does a fool understand this:

Proverbs 28:5
Evil men don’t understand justice; but those who seek Yahweh understand it fully.

Isaiah 44:18
They don’t know, neither do they consider, for he has shut their eyes, that they can’t see, and their hearts, that they can’t understand.

Isaiah 56:11
Yes, the dogs are greedy. They can never have enough. They are shepherds who can’t understand. They have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.

Jeremiah 5:21
‘Hear this now, foolish people without understanding, who have eyes, and don’t see, who have ears, and don’t hear:

Daniel 12:10
Many will purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined, but the wicked will do wickedly; and none of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand.

Matthew 12:34
You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

John 5:44
How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God?

John 8:43
Why don’t you understand my speech? Because you can’t hear my word.

John 12:39
For this cause they couldn’t believe, for Isaiah said again:

John 12:40
“He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, and would turn, and I would heal them.”

2 Peter 2:14
having eyes full of adultery, and who can’t cease from sin, enticing unsettled souls, having a heart trained in greed, accursed children!

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Psalms 58:1
Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?

Psalms 72:1
God, give the king your justice; your righteousness to the royal son.

Isaiah 9:6
For a child is born to us. A son is given to us; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 9:7
Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, on David’s throne, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from that time on, even forever. The zeal of Yahweh of Armies will perform this.

Isaiah 32:2
A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.

Jeremiah 23:5
“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will raise to David a righteous Branch; and he will reign as king and deal wisely, and will execute justice and righteousness in the land.

Jeremiah 23:6
In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell safely. This is his name by which he will be called: Yahweh our righteousness.

Zechariah 2:8
For Yahweh of Armies says: ‘For honor he has sent me to the nations which plundered you; for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye.

Zechariah 9:9
Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Matthew 2:2
“Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him.”

Matthew 21:5
“Tell the daughter of Zion, behold, your King comes to you, humble, and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”

Acts 5:31
God exalted him with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.

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Luke 8:35
People went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

Luke 15:17
But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough to spare, and I’m dying with hunger!

Acts 26:11
Punishing them often in all the synagogues, I tried to make them blaspheme. Being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.

Acts 26:25
But he said, “I am not crazy, most excellent Festus, but boldly declare words of truth and reasonableness.

2 Corinthians 5:13
For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God. Or if we are of sober mind, it is for you.

2 Corinthians 5:14
For the love of Christ compels us; because we judge thus: that one died for all, therefore all died.

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Ezra 7:25
You, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God that is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges who may judge all the people who are beyond the River, who all know the laws of your God; and teach him who doesn’t know them.

Psalms 19:8
Yahweh’s precepts are right, rejoicing the heart. Yahweh’s commandment is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Psalms 19:9
The fear of Yahweh is clean, enduring forever. Yahweh’s ordinances are true, and righteous altogether.

Ecclesiastes 2:26
For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

John 14:21
One who has my commandments and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.”

Acts 7:10
and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

1 Corinthians 2:13
We also speak these things, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.

1 Corinthians 12:8
For to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit,

Ephesians 1:17
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him,

2 Timothy 3:15
From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

James 1:16
Don’t be deceived, my beloved brothers.

2 Peter 3:15
Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you,

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2 Chronicles 30:22
Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites who had good understanding in the service of Yahweh. So they ate throughout the feast for the seven days, offering sacrifices of peace offerings and making confession to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.

Ezra 5:5
But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they didn’t make them cease until the matter should come to Darius, and an answer should be returned by letter concerning it.

Job 28:28
To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’ ”

Psalms 19:7
Yahweh’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh’s covenant is sure, making wise the simple.

Psalms 111:10
The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!

Proverbs 1:7
The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge, but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 18:11
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.

Isaiah 33:6
There will be stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of Yahweh is your treasure.

2 Corinthians 4:6
seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Colossians 1:9
For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

1 Peter 3:13
Now who will harm you if you become imitators of that which is good?

Revelation 3:10
Because you kept my command to endure, I also will keep you from the hour of testing which is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

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1 Chronicles 29:19
and give to Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep your commandments, your testimonies, and your statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for which I have made provision.”

Psalms 19:10
They are more to be desired than gold, yes, than much fine gold, sweeter also than honey and the extract of the honeycomb.

Psalms 119:80
Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, that I may not be disappointed.

Psalms 119:144
Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.

Proverbs 18:10
Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.

Hosea 6:3
Let’s acknowledge Yahweh. Let’s press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.”

John 1:47
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said about him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!”

John 17:3
This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.

Colossians 3:16
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.

2 Timothy 3:16
Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

2 Timothy 3:17
that each person who belongs to God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

Hebrews 11:10
For he was looking for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

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Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

John 6:27
Don’t work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.”

Hebrews 6:11
We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end,

2 Peter 1:5
Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge;

2 Peter 1:6
and in knowledge, self-control; and in self-control, perseverance; and in perseverance, godliness;

2 Peter 1:7
and in godliness, brotherly affection; and in brotherly affection, love.

2 Peter 1:8
For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to not be idle or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Peter 1:9
For he who lacks these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins.

2 Peter 1:10
Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.

2 Peter 1:11
For thus you will be richly supplied with the entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

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