Luke 13:24
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24 (A)“Strive (B)to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
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2 Peter 1:10
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10 Therefore, brothers,[a] be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and (A)election, for if you practice these qualities (B)you will never fall.
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- 2 Peter 1:10 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters
Hebrews 4:11
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11 Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so (A)that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience.
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Romans 10:3
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3 For, being ignorant of (A)the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness.
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Matthew 7:13-14
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13 (A)“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy[a] that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. 14 For the gate is narrow and (B)the way is hard that leads to life, and (C)those who find it are few.
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- Matthew 7:13 Some manuscripts For the way is wide and easy
Proverbs 21:25
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25 The desire of (A)the sluggard kills him,
for his hands refuse to labor.
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
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24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives (A)the prize? So (B)run that you may obtain it. 25 Every (C)athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we (D)an imperishable. 26 So I do not run aimlessly; I (E)do not box as one (F)beating the air. 27 But I discipline my body and (G)keep it under control,[a] lest after preaching to others (H)I myself should be (I)disqualified.
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- 1 Corinthians 9:27 Greek I pummel my body and make it a slave
John 7:34
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34 (A)You will seek me and you will not find me. Where I am you cannot come.”
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Luke 21:36
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36 But (A)stay awake at all times, (B)praying that you may (C)have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and (D)to stand before the Son of Man.”
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Ezekiel 33:31
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31 (A)And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for (B)with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain.
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Isaiah 58:2-4
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2 (A)Yet they seek me daily
and delight to know my ways,
as if they were a nation that did righteousness
and did not forsake the judgment of their God;
they ask of me righteous judgments;
they delight to draw near to God.
3 (B)‘Why have we fasted, and you see it not?
Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?’
Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure,[a]
(C)and oppress all your workers.
4 Behold, you fast only to quarrel and to fight
and to hit with a wicked fist.
Fasting like yours this day
will not make your voice to be heard on high.
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- Isaiah 58:3 Or pursue your own business
Ecclesiastes 10:15
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15 The toil of a fool wearies him,
for he does not know (A)the way to the city.
Proverbs 1:24-28
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24 (A)Because I have called and (B)you refused to listen,
have (C)stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,
25 because you have (D)ignored all my counsel
and (E)would have none of my reproof,
26 I also (F)will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when (G)terror strikes you,
27 when terror strikes you like (H)a storm
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when distress and anguish come upon you.
28 (I)Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer;
they will seek me diligently but will not find me.
Colossians 1:29
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29 For this (A)I toil, (B)struggling (C)with all his energy that he powerfully works within me.
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Philippians 2:12-13
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12 Therefore, my beloved, (A)as you have always (B)obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for (C)it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for (D)his good pleasure.
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Romans 9:31-33
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31 but that Israel (A)who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness[a] (B)did not succeed in reaching that law. 32 Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the (C)stumbling stone, 33 as it is written,
(D)“Behold, I am laying in Zion (E)a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense;
(F)and whoever believes in him will not be (G)put to shame.”
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- Romans 9:31 Greek a law of righteousness
John 8:21
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21 So he said to them again, (A)“I am going away, and (B)you will seek me, and (C)you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”
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Mark 6:18-20
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18 (A)For John had been saying to Herod, (B)“It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife.” 19 And Herodias had a grudge against him and wanted to put him to death. But she could not, 20 for Herod (C)feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. When he heard him, he was greatly perplexed, and yet he (D)heard him gladly.
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Isaiah 1:15
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15 When you (A)spread out your hands,
I will hide my eyes from you;
(B)even though you make many prayers,
I will not listen;
(C)your hands are full of blood.
Matthew 11:12
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12 (A)From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence,[a] and the violent take it by force.
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- Matthew 11:12 Or has been coming violently
Proverbs 14:6
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Genesis 32:25-26
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25 When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched his hip socket, and Jacob's hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. 26 Then he said, “Let me go, for the day has broken.” But Jacob said, (A)“I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
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John 13:33
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33 Little children, (A)yet a little while I am with you. You will seek me, and just (B)as I said to the Jews, so now I also say to you, ‘Where I am going you cannot come.’
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