II Peter
- 1:5 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.
- 8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
- 10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
- 11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
I Peter
- 10 Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:
II Peter
- 3:14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
- 18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
Psalms
- 119:4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
Zechariah
- 6:15 And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of the LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God.
Proverbs
- 4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Isaiah
- 55:2 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.
John
- 6:27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
Philippians
- 2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
- 4:8 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.
I Peter
- 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
II Peter
- 1:3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
- 2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
- 3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
I Corinthians
- 14:20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
Ephesians
- 1:18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
- 5:17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
Colossians
- 1:9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
Philippians
- 9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
The Acts
- 24:25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
I Corinthians
- 9:25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
Galatians
- 5:23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Psalms
- 37:7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
Luke
- 8:15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Romans
- 2:7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
- 5:3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
James
- 1:3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
- 4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
Romans
- 8:25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
Colossians
- 1:11 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
II Thessalonians
- 3:5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
Hebrews
- 12:1 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,
James
- 5:7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
Revelation
- 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
II Peter
- 1:3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
- 3:11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
Genesis
- 5:24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
I Timothy
- 2:2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
Galatians
- 5:24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
I Timothy
- 4:7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
- 8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
- 6:3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;
- 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
II Timothy
- 3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
John
- 13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
- 35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
Romans
- 12:10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
I Thessalonians
- 3:12 And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:
Hebrews
- 13:1 Let brotherly love continue.
I Peter
- 1:22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
I John
- 3:14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
I Corinthians
- 13:1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
- 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
- 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
- 4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
- 5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
- 6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
- 7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
- 8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
Galatians
- 6:10 So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith.
Colossians
- 3:14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
I Thessalonians
- 5:15 See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.