Bible Cross References
Strive
Luke 21:36
Be on watch and pray always that you will have the strength to go safely through all those things that will happen and to stand before the Son of Man."
Genesis 32:25
When the man saw that he was not winning the struggle, he hit Jacob on the hip, and it was thrown out of joint.
Genesis 32:26
The man said, "Let me go; daylight is coming." "I won't, unless you bless me," Jacob answered.
Matthew 11:12
From the time John preached his message until this very day the Kingdom of heaven has suffered violent attacks, and violent men try to seize it.
John 6:27
Do not work for food that spoils; instead, work for the food that lasts for eternal life. This is the food which the Son of Man will give you, because God, the Father, has put his mark of approval on him."
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
24
Surely you know that many runners take part in a race, but only one of them wins the prize. Run, then, in such a way as to win the prize.
25
Every athlete in training submits to strict discipline, in order to be crowned with a wreath that will not last; but we do it for one that will last forever.
26
That is why I run straight for the finish line; that is why I am like a boxer who does not waste his punches.
27
I harden my body with blows and bring it under complete control, to keep myself from being disqualified after having called others to the contest.
Philippians 2:12
So then, dear friends, as you always obeyed me when I was with you, it is even more important that you obey me now while I am away from you. Keep on working with fear and trembling to complete your salvation,
Philippians 2:13
because God is always at work in you to make you willing and able to obey his own purpose.
Colossians 1:29
To get this done I toil and struggle, using the mighty strength which Christ supplies and which is at work in me.
Hebrews 4:11
Let us, then, do our best to receive that rest, so that no one of us will fail as they did because of their lack of faith.
2 Peter 1:10
So then, my friends, try even harder to make God's call and his choice of you a permanent experience; if you do so, you will never abandon your faith.
the strait
Matthew 7:13
"Go in through the narrow gate, because the gate to hell is wide and the road that leads to it is easy, and there are many who travel it.
Matthew 7:14
But the gate to life is narrow and the way that leads to it is hard, and there are few people who find it.
for
Proverbs 1:24-28
24
I have been calling you, inviting you to come, but you would not listen. You paid no attention to me.
25
You have ignored all my advice and have not been willing to let me correct you.
26
So when you get into trouble, I will laugh at you. I will make fun of you when terror strikes---
27
when it comes on you like a storm, bringing fierce winds of trouble, and you are in pain and misery.
28
Then you will call for wisdom, but I will not answer. You may look for me everywhere, but you will not find me.
Proverbs 14:6
Conceited people can never become wise, but intelligent people learn easily.
Proverbs 21:25
Lazy people who refuse to work are only killing themselves;
Ecclesiastes 10:15
Only someone too stupid to find his way home would wear himself out with work.
Isaiah 1:15
"When you lift your hands in prayer, I will not look at you. No matter how much you pray, I will not listen, for your hands are covered with blood.
Isaiah 58:2-4
2
They worship me every day, claiming that they are eager to know my ways and obey my laws. They say they want me to give them just laws and that they take pleasure in worshiping me."
3
The people ask, "Why should we fast if the LORD never notices? Why should we go without food if he pays no attention?" The LORD says to them, "The truth is that at the same time you fast, you pursue your own interests and oppress your workers.
4
Your fasting makes you violent, and you quarrel and fight. Do you think this kind of fasting will make me listen to your prayers?
Ezekiel 33:31
So my people crowd in to hear what you have to say, but they don't do what you tell them to do. Loving words are on their lips, but they continue their greedy ways.
Mark 6:18-20
18
John the Baptist kept telling Herod, "It isn't right for you to marry your brother's wife!"
19
So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him, but she could not because of Herod.
20
Herod was afraid of John because he knew that John was a good and holy man, and so he kept him safe. He liked to listen to him, even though he became greatly disturbed every time he heard him.
John 7:34
You will look for me, but you will not find me, because you cannot go where I will be."
John 8:21
Again Jesus said to them, "I will go away; you will look for me, but you will die in your sins. You cannot go where I am going."
John 13:33
My children, I shall not be with you very much longer. You will look for me; but I tell you now what I told the Jewish authorities, 'You cannot go where I am going.'
Romans 9:31-33
31
while God's people, who were seeking a law that would put them right with God, did not find it.
32
And why not? Because they did not depend on faith but on what they did. And so they stumbled over the "stumbling stone"
33
that the scripture speaks of: "Look, I place in Zion a stone that will make people stumble, a rock that will make them fall. But whoever believes in him will not be disappointed."
Romans 10:3
They have not known the way in which God puts people right with himself, and instead, they have tried to set up their own way; and so they did not submit themselves to God's way of putting people right.