saying, “If you will diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, your healer.”

Now Moses diligently inquired about the goat of the sin offering, and behold, it was burned up! And he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the surviving sons of Aaron, saying,

“Only take care, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and your children's children—

You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.

You shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and his testimonies and his statutes, which he has commanded you.

then you shall inquire and make search and ask diligently. And behold, if it be true and certain that such an abomination has been done among you,

and it is told you and you hear of it, then you shall inquire diligently, and if it is true and certain that such an abomination has been done in Israel,

The judges shall inquire diligently, and if the witness is a false witness and has accused his brother falsely,

Be it known to the king that we went to the province of Judah, to the house of the great God. It is being built with huge stones, and timber is laid in the walls. This work goes on diligently and prospers in their hands.

They search out injustice, saying, “We have accomplished a diligent search.” For the inward mind and heart of a man are deep.

I said, “Let me remember my song in the night; let me meditate in my heart.” Then my spirit made a diligent search:

You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently.

Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but will not find me.

I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me.

A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

Whoever diligently seeks good seeks favor, but evil comes to him who searches for it.

The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.

Whoever is slothful will not roast his game, but the diligent man will get precious wealth.

The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.

Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.

The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.

When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, let him listen diligently, very diligently.”

Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food.

And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, ‘As the Lord lives,’ even as they taught my people to swear by Baal, then they shall be built up in the midst of my people.

“And those who are far off shall come and help to build the temple of the Lord. And you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. And this shall come to pass, if you will diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God.”