bSee ch. 6:9-11
Proverbs 10:16
16The wage of the righteous leads ato life,the gain of the wicked to sin.
Proverbs 13:4
4 bThe soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing,while the soul of the diligent cis richly supplied.
Matthew 11:12
12 dFrom the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, ▼▼Or has been coming violently
and the violent take it by force. Matthew 11:29
29Take my yoke upon you, and flearn from me, for I am ggentle and lowly in heart, and hyou will find rest for your souls.Luke 13:23-24
23And someone said to him, “Lord, iwill those who are saved be few?” And he said to them, 24 j“Strive kto enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.John 6:27-29
27 lDo not work for the food that perishes, but for mthe food that endures to eternal life, which nthe Son of Man will give to you. For on ohim God the Father has pset his seal.” 28Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing qthe works of God?” 29Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, rthat you believe in him whom she has sent.”Philippians 3:13-14
13Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: tforgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14I press on toward the goal for uthe prize of the upward vcall of God in Christ Jesus.
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