Language
Romans
12:11 -
Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
Proverbs
19:2 -
Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
Colossians
3:23 -
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Revelation
3:19 -
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Titus
2:14 -
Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Acts
18:25 -
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.
Proverbs
24:30 -
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
Proverbs
24:31 -
And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Proverbs
24:32 -
Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.
Proverbs
24:33 -
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Proverbs
24:34 -
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
Galatians
1:14 -
And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.
Ecclesiastes
9:10 -
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
59:17 -
For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.
John
2:17 -
And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
Proverbs
23:4 -
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
Proverbs
23:5 -
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Zechariah
1:14 -
So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
Acts
21:20 -
And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
Matthew
5:6 -
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Romans
10:2 -
For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
Nehemiah
9:27 -
Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.
Luke
16:13 -
No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Acts
22:3 -
I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
Proverbs
21:25 -
The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
Proverbs
21:26 -
He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
Psalms
69:9 -
For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
Romans
12:8 -
Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
Galatians
4:17 -
They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.
Proverbs
13:4 -
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Acts
26:9 -
I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Acts
26:10 -
Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.
Acts
26:11 -
And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.
2 Corinthians
7:11 -
For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
Proverbs
18:9 -
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
Acts
5:17 -
Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,
Acts
5:18 -
And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.
Isaiah
26:11 -
LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.
Revelation
2:4 -
Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
Revelation
2:5 -
Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.