Compiled for motivation, discipline, willpower, industriousness, diligence, determination, hard work, etc.
Further reading:
- Denying the carnal man and living in accordance with the Spirit; Romans 8:5-17
- The great commission
Matthew 5:16 KJV
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Luke 9:23 NIV
Then he said to them all:
“Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.
1 Peter 4:10 NIV
Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.
1 Timothy 5:8 NIV
Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
Genesis 2:3 NIV
3 Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.
1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 NIV
11 and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you, 12 so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.
Colossians 3:23-24 ESV
23 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.
Galatians 6:4-5 KJV
4 But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. 5 For every man shall bear his own burden.
1 Corinthians 9:27 ESV
27 But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.
Proverbs (various) NIV
10:4 Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.
12:11 Those who work their land will have abundant food, but those who chase fantasies have no sense.
12:24 Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.
Proverbs 6:6-11
6 Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
7 It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
8 yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
9 How long will you lie there, you sluggard?
When will you get up from your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest—
11 and poverty will come on you like a thief
and scarcity like an armed man.
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