Quotes about Effort
If the axe is dull and the blade unsharpened, more strength must be exerted, but skill produces success.
— Ecclesiastes 10:10
Through laziness the roof caves in, and in the hands of the idle, the house leaks.
— Ecclesiastes 10:18
Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.
— Ecclesiastes 11:6
He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour!
— Isaiah 5:2
What more could I have done for My vineyard than I already did for it? Why, when I expected sweet grapes, did it bring forth sour fruit?
— Isaiah 5:4
though on the day you plant you make them grow, and on that morning you help your seed sprout—yet the harvest will vanish on the day of disease and incurable pain.
— Isaiah 17:11
They have sown wheat but harvested thorns. They have exhausted themselves to no avail. Bear the shame of your harvest because of the fierce anger of the LORD.”
— Jeremiah 12:13
It has frustrated every effort; its thick rust has not been removed, even by the fire.
— Ezekiel 24:12
Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to get back to dry land, but they could not, for the sea was raging against them more and more.
— Jonah 1:13
You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.
— Micah 6:15
Make every effort to reconcile with your adversary while you are on your way to the magistrate. Otherwise, he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and the officer may throw you into prison.
— Luke 12:58
“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.
— Luke 13:24