Psalms 119:60
119:60 I keep your commands
eagerly and without delay.
Proverbs 6:4
6:4 Permit no sleep to your eyes
or slumber to your eyelids.
Proverbs 8:17
8:17 I love those who love me,
and those who seek me find me.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
9:10 Whatever you find to do with your hands,
do it with all your might,
because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave,
the place where you will eventually go.
Hosea 13:13
13:13 The labor pains of a woman will overtake him,
but the baby will lack wisdom;
when the time arrives,
he will not come out of the womb!
Matthew 6:33
6:33 But above all pursue his kingdom
and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Matthew 11:12
11:12 From
the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and forceful people lay hold of it.
Luke 13:24-28
13:24 “Exert every effort
to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.
13:25 Once
the head of the house
gets up
and shuts the door, then you will stand outside and start to knock on the door and beg him, ‘Lord,
let us in!’
But he will answer you,
‘I don’t know where you come from.’
13:26 Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’
13:27 But
he will reply,
‘I don’t know where you come from!
Go away from me, all you evildoers!’
13:28 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth
when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob,
and all the prophets in the kingdom of God
but you yourselves thrown out.
Luke 16:16
16:16 “The law and the prophets were in force until John; since then, the good news of the kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone is urged to enter it.