Joshua 7:3

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report: if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, think about these things.

You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment,

One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in Yahweh’s house all the days of my life, to see Yahweh’s beauty, and to inquire in his temple.

Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.

The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

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

So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: “If anyone is not willing to work, don’t let him eat.”

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

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?

Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without defect and blameless in his sight.

There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

Why do you spend money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which doesn’t satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in richness.

“Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,

among whom you are also called to belong to Jesus Christ;

in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience.

Let no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

The things which you learned, received, heard, and saw in me: do these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

We know, brothers loved by God, that you are chosen,

They profess that they know God, but by their deeds they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.

For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

Beware, brothers, lest perhaps there might be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God;

Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day.

She said, ‘Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.’ So she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, except that she rested a little in the house.”

You have commanded your precepts, that we should fully obey them.

The liberal soul shall be made fat. He who waters shall be watered also himself.

The slothful man doesn’t roast his game, but the possessions of diligent men are prized.

Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Yahweh, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.

Don’t rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, Yahweh will be a light to me.

“Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it.

From the days of John the Baptizer until now, the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.

For many are called, but few chosen.”

The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the Good News of God’s Kingdom is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

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.”

For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”

Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.

For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,

I therefore run like that, not aimlessly. I fight like that, not beating the air,

Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him.

in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden.

For these things’ sake the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

However God’s firm foundation stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.”

how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation—which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard,

but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house. We are his house, if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.

Let’s fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone of you should seem to have come short of a promise of entering into his rest.

who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

He who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him.

The same day, Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and said to him, “We have found water.”

Joshua said to the children of Israel, “How long will you neglect to go in to possess the land, which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you?

Judge me, Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in Yahweh without wavering.

He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. I will not be shaken.

Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts.

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

The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.

The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.

and Yahweh will guide you continually, satisfy your soul in dry places, and make your bones strong. You will be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters don’t fail.

“But his lord answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn’t sow, and gather where I didn’t scatter.

Everyone who comes to me, and hears my words, and does them, I will show you who he is like.

He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock.

“Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in and will not be able.

For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the offspring, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.

and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,

Let’s therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience.

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

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