Psalm 77:6
King James Version
6 I call to remembrance my song in the night:
I commune with mine own heart:
and my spirit made diligent search.
Great gains are made by little efforts.
Daily efforts.
To learn to love.
To pay attention to Scripture.
To live by the Bible.
That we may know GOD's laws.
Merriam-Webster defines "diligence":
"steady, earnest, and energetic effort :
devoted and painstaking work and application
to accomplish an undertaking :
ASSIDUITY"
In our walk with the LORD, let us be pure, devoted, attentive, steadfast, watchful, prayerful, constant, and consistent.
JESUS was diligent:
Mark 1:35
King James Version
35 And in the morning,
rising up a great while before day,
he went out,
and departed into a solitary place,
and there prayed.
John 17:4
King James Version
4 I have glorified thee on the earth:
I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
It is necessary to be diligent.
The LORD JESUS explains why:
Matthew 26:41
King James Version
41 Watch and pray,
that ye enter not into temptation:
the spirit indeed is willing,
but the flesh is weak.
John 5:39
King James Version
39 Search the scriptures;
for in them ye think ye have eternal life:
and they are they which testify of me.
The Bible tells us why it's important to be diligent -- watchful, and prayerful:
1 Peter 5:8
King James Version
8 Be sober,
be vigilant;
because your adversary the devil,
as a roaring lion, walketh about,
seeking whom he may devour:
Scripture tells us more about diligence:
Exodus 15:26
King James Version
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 commandments,
and keep all his statutes,
I will put none of these diseases upon thee,
which I have brought upon the Egyptians:
for I am the Lord that healeth thee.
Deuteronomy 4:9
King James Version
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
all the days of thy life:
but teach them thy sons,
and thy sons' sons;
Deuteronomy 6:17
King James Version
17 Ye shall diligently keep
the commandments of the Lord your God,
and his testimonies,
and his statutes,
which he hath commanded thee.
Deuteronomy 28:1
King James Version
28 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 command thee this day,
that the Lord thy God will set thee on high
above all nations of the earth:
1 Chronicles 22:19
King James Version
19 Now set your heart and your soul
to seek the Lord your God;
arise therefore,
and build ye the sanctuary of the Lord God,
to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord,
and the holy vessels of God,
into the house that is to be built to the name of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 31:21
King James Version
21 And in every work that he began
in the service of the house of God,
and in the law,
and in the commandments,
to seek his God,
he did it with all his heart,
and prospered.
Ezra 5:8
King James Version
8 Be it known unto the king,
that we went into the province of Judea,
to the house of the great God,
which is builded with great stones,
and timber is laid in the walls,
and this work goeth fast on,
and prospereth in their hands.
Psalm 119:4
King James Version
4 Thou hast commanded us
to keep thy precepts diligently.
Psalm 119:60
King James Version
60 I made haste,
and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
Proverbs 4:13
King James Version
13 Take fast hold of instruction;
let her not go:
keep her;
for she is thy life.
Proverbs 4:23
King James Version
23 Keep thy heart with all diligence;
for out of it are the issues of life.
Proverbs 8:17
King James Version
17 I love them that love me;
and those that seek me early shall find me.
Proverbs 11:27
King James Version
27 He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour:
but he that seeketh mischief,
it shall come unto him.
Proverbs 13:4
King James Version
4 The soul of the sluggard desireth,
and hath nothing:
but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Proverbs 27:23
King James Version
23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks,
and look well to thy herds.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
King James Version
10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do,
do it with thy might;
for there is no work,
nor device,
nor knowledge,
nor wisdom,
in the grave,
whither thou goest.
Isaiah 55:1-3
King James Version
55 Ho, every one that thirsteth,
come ye to the waters,
and he that hath no money;
come ye, buy, and eat;
yea, come, buy wine and milk without money
and without price.
2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread?
and your labour for that which satisfieth not?
hearken diligently unto me,
and eat ye that which is good,
and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
3 Incline your ear,
and come unto me:
hear,
and your soul shall live;
and I will make an everlasting covenant with you,
even the sure mercies of David.
Jeremiah 15:16
King James Version
16 Thy words were found,
and I did eat them;
and thy word was unto me
the joy and rejoicing of mine heart:
for I am called by thy name,
O Lord God of hosts.
Jeremiah 33:3
King James Version
3 Call unto me,
and I will answer thee,
and show thee great and mighty things,
which thou knowest not.
Acts 5:42
King James Version
42 And daily in the temple,
and in every house,
they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.
Acts 17:10-11
King James Version
10 And the brethren immediately sent away
Paul and Silas by night unto Berea:
who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica,
in that they received the word with all readiness of mind,
and searched the scriptures daily,
whether those things were so.
Acts 18:24-25
King James Version
24 And a certain Jew named Apollos,
born at Alexandria,
an eloquent man,
and mighty in the scriptures,
came to Ephesus.
25 This man was instructed in the way of the Lord;
and being fervent in the spirit,
he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord,
knowing only the baptism of John.
Romans 6:13
King James Version
13 Neither yield ye your members
as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin:
but yield yourselves unto God,
as those that are alive from the dead,
and your members
as instruments of righteousness unto God.
Romans 10:17
King James Version
17 So then faith cometh by hearing,
and hearing by the word of God.
Romans 12:11
King James Version
11 Not slothful in business;
fervent in spirit;
serving the Lord;
1 Corinthians 2:14
King James Version
14 But the natural man receiveth not
the things of the Spirit of God:
for they are foolishness unto him:
neither can he know them,
because they are spiritually discerned.
1 Corinthians 15:58
King James Version
58 Therefore,
my beloved brethren,
be ye stedfast,
unmoveable,
always abounding in the work of the Lord,
forasmuch as ye know
that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Galatians 2:16
King James Version
16 Knowing that a man
is not justified by the works of the law,
but by the faith of Jesus Christ,
even we have believed in Jesus Christ,
that we might be justified by the faith of Christ,
and not by the works of the law:
for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Galatians 6:9
King James Version
9 And let us not be weary in well doing:
for in due season we shall reap,
if we faint not.
Ephesians 4:28
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28 Let him that stole steal no more:
but rather let him labour,
working with his hands the thing which is good,
that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Philippians 3:14
King James Version
14 I press toward the mark
for the prize of the high calling of God
in Christ Jesus.
Colossians 3:1-2
King James Version
3 If ye then be risen with Christ,
seek those things which are above,
where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
2 Set your affection on things above,
not on things on the earth.
Colossians 3:23
King James Version
23 And whatsoever ye do,
do it heartily,
as to the Lord,
and not unto men;
1 Thessalonians 2:9
King James Version
9 For ye remember,
brethren,
our labour and travail:
for labouring night and day,
because we would not be chargeable unto any of you,
we preached unto you the gospel of God.
1 Timothy 3:10
King James Version
10 And let these also first be proved;
then let them use the office of a deacon,
being found blameless.
1 Timothy 4:15-16
King James Version
15 Meditate upon these things;
give thyself wholly to them;
that thy profiting may appear to all.
16 Take heed unto thyself,
and unto the doctrine;
continue in them:
for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself,
and them that hear thee.
2 Timothy 4:1-2
King James Version
4 I charge thee therefore before God,
and the Lord Jesus Christ,
who shall judge the quick and the dead
at his appearing and his kingdom;
2 Preach the word;
be instant in season,
out of season;
reprove, rebuke, exhort
with all long suffering and doctrine.
2 Timothy 2:15
King James Version
15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God,
a workman that needeth not to be ashamed,
rightly dividing the word of truth.
Hebrews 6:10-12
King James Version
10 For God is not unrighteous
to forget your work and labour of love,
which ye have shewed toward his name,
in that ye have ministered to the saints,
and do minister.
11 And we desire that every one of you
do shew the same diligence
to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
12 That ye be not slothful,
but followers of them
who through faith and patience
inherit the promises.
Hebrews 11:6
King James Version
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him:
for he that cometh to God must believe that he is,
and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Hebrews 12:1-2
King James Version
12 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about
with so great a cloud of witnesses,
let us lay aside every weight,
and the sin which doth so easily beset us,
and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
2 Looking unto Jesus
the author and finisher of our faith;
who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross,
despising the shame,
and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Hebrews 12:15
King James Version
15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God;
lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you,
and thereby many be defiled;
1 Peter 2:1-3
King James Version
2 Wherefore laying aside all malice,
and all guile,
and hypocrisies,
and envies,
and all evil speakings,
2 As newborn babes,
desire the sincere milk of the word,
that ye may grow thereby:
3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
2 Peter 1:5-7
King James Version
5 And beside this, giving all diligence,
add to your faith virtue;
and to virtue knowledge;
6 And to knowledge temperance;
and to temperance patience;
and to patience godliness;
7 And to godliness brotherly kindness;
and to brotherly kindness charity.
2 Peter 1:10
King James Version
10 Wherefore the rather, brethren,
give diligence to make your calling and election sure:
for if ye do these things,
ye shall never fall:
2 Peter 3:14
King James Version
14 Wherefore, beloved,
seeing that ye look for such things,
be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace,
without spot,
and blameless.
Philippians 4:8
King James Version
8 Finally, brethren,
whatsoever things are true,
whatsoever things are honest,
whatsoever things are just,
whatsoever things are pure,
whatsoever things are lovely,
whatsoever things are of good report;
if there be any virtue,
and if there be any praise,
think on these things.
Revelation 1:3
King James Version
3 Blessed is he that readeth,
and they that hear the words of this prophecy,
and keep those things which are written therein:
for the time is at hand.
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