Verse 24
Strive{G75} to enter in{G1525} by{G1223} the narrow{G4728} door:{G4439} for{G3754} many,{G4183} I say{G3004} unto you,{G5213} shall seek{G2212} to enter in,{G1525} and{G2532} shall{G2480} not{G3756} be able.{G2480}
Referenced Verses
- 2 Pet 1:10 : 10 Wherefore,{G1352} brethren,{G80} give the more{G3123} diligence{G4704} to make{G4160} your{G5216} calling{G2821} and{G2532} election{G1589} sure:{G949} for{G1063} if ye do{G4160} these things,{G5023} ye shall{G4218} {G4417} never{G3756} {G4218} stumble:{G4417}
- Prov 21:25 : 25 The desire{H8378} of the sluggard{H6102} killeth{H4191} him; For his hands{H3027} refuse{H3985} to labor.{H6213}
- Eccl 10:15 : 15 The labor{H5999} of fools{H3684} wearieth{H3021} every one of them; for he knoweth{H3045} not how to go{H3212} to the city.{H5892}
- Isa 1:15 : 15 And when ye spread forth{H6566} your hands,{H3709} I will hide{H5956} mine eyes{H5869} from you; yea, when ye make many{H7235} prayers,{H8605} I will not hear:{H8085} your hands{H3027} are full{H4390} of blood.{H1818}
- Isa 58:2-4 : 2 Yet they seek{H1875} me daily,{H3117} and delight{H2654} to know{H1847} my ways:{H1870} as a nation{H1471} that did{H6213} righteousness,{H6666} and forsook{H5800} not the ordinance{H4941} of their God,{H430} they ask{H7592} of me righteous{H4941} judgments;{H6664} they delight{H2654} to draw near{H7132} unto God.{H430} 3 Wherefore have we fasted,{H6684} [say they], and thou seest{H7200} not? [wherefore] have we afflicted{H6031} our soul,{H5315} and thou takest no knowledge?{H3045} Behold, in the day{H3117} of your fast{H6685} ye find{H4672} [your own] pleasure,{H2656} and exact{H5065} all your labors.{H6092} 4 Behold, ye fast{H6684} for strife{H7379} and contention,{H7379} and to smite{H5221} with the fist{H106} of wickedness:{H7562} ye fast{H6684} not this day{H3117} so as to make your voice{H6963} to be heard{H8085} on high.{H4791}
- Ezek 33:31 : 31 And they come{H935} unto thee as the people{H5971} cometh,{H3996} and they sit{H3427} before{H6440} thee as my people,{H5971} and they hear{H8085} thy words,{H1697} but do{H6213} them not; for with their mouth{H6310} they show{H6213} much love,{H5690} but their heart{H3820} goeth{H1980} after{H310} their gain.{H1215}
- Matt 7:13-14 : 13 Enter ye{G1525} in by{G1223} the narrow gate:{G4439} for{G3754} wide{G4116} is the gate,{G4439} and{G2532} broad{G2149} is the way,{G3598} that leadeth{G520} to{G1519} destruction,{G684} and{G2532} many{G4183} are{G1526} they that enter{G1525} in{G1223} thereby.{G846} 14 For{G3754} narrow{G2346} is the gate,{G4439} and{G2532} straitened{G2346} the way,{G3598} that leadeth{G520} unto{G1519} life,{G2222} and{G2532} few{G3641} are{G1526} they that find{G2147} it.{G846}
- Matt 11:12 : 12 And{G1161} from{G575} the days{G2250} of John{G2491} the Baptist{G910} until{G2193} now{G737} the kingdom{G932} of heaven{G3772} suffereth violence,{G971} and{G2532} men of violence{G973} take{G726} it{G846} by force.{G726}
- Mark 6:18-20 : 18 For{G1063} John{G2491} said{G3004} unto Herod,{G3754} It is{G1832} not{G3756} lawful{G1832} for thee{G4671} to have{G2192} thy{G4675} brother's{G80} wife.{G1135} 19 And{G1161} Herodias{G2266} set herself{G1758} against him,{G846} and{G2532} desired{G2309} to kill{G615} him;{G846} and{G2532} she could{G1410} not;{G3756} 20 for{G1063} Herod{G2264} feared{G5399} John,{G2491} knowing{G1492} that he{G846} was a righteous{G1342} and{G2532} holy{G40} man,{G435} and{G2532} kept{G4933} him{G846} safe. And{G2532} when he heard{G191} him,{G846} he was much{G4183} perplexed;{G4160} and{G2532} he heard{G191} him{G846} gladly.{G2234}
- Luke 21:36 : 36 But{G3767} watch ye{G69} at{G1722} every season,{G2540} making supplication,{G1189} that{G2443} ye may prevail{G2661} to escape{G1628} all{G3956} these things{G5023} that shall{G3195} come to pass,{G1096} and{G2532} to stand{G2476} before{G1715} the Son{G5207} of man.{G444}
- John 6:27 : 27 Work{G2038} not{G3361} for the food{G1035} which perisheth,{G622} but{G235} for the food{G1035} which abideth{G3306} unto{G1519} eternal{G166} life,{G2222} which{G3739} the Son{G5207} of man{G444} shall give{G1325} unto you:{G5213} for{G1063} him{G5126} the Father,{G3962} even God,{G2316} hath{G4972} sealed.{G4972}
- John 7:34 : 34 Ye shall seek{G2212} me,{G3165} and{G2532} shall{G2147} not{G3756} find{G2147} me: and{G2532} where{G3699} I{G1473} am,{G1510} ye{G5210} cannot{G3756} {G1410} come.{G2064}
- John 8:21 : 21 He{G2424} said{G2036} therefore{G3767} again{G3825} unto them,{G846} I{G1473} go away,{G5217} and{G2532} ye shall seek{G2212} me,{G3165} and{G2532} shall die{G599} in{G1722} your{G5216} sin:{G266} whither{G3699} I{G1473} go,{G5217} ye{G5210} cannot{G3756} {G1410} come.{G2064}
- John 13:33 : 33 Little children,{G5040} yet{G2089} a little while{G3397} I am{G1510} with{G3326} you.{G5216} Ye shall seek{G2212} me:{G3165} and{G2532} as{G2531} I said{G2036} unto the Jews,{G3754} Whither{G3699} I{G1473} go,{G5217} ye{G5210} {G3756} cannot{G1410} come;{G2064} so{G2532} now{G737} I say{G3004} unto you.{G5213}
- Rom 9:31-33 : 31 but{G1161} Israel,{G2474} following after{G1377} a law{G3551} of righteousness,{G1343} did{G5348} not{G3756} arrive{G5348} at{G1519} [that] law.{G3551} 32 Wherefore?{G5101} Because{G3754} [they sought it] not{G3756} by{G1537} faith,{G4102} but{G235} as it were{G5613} by{G1537} works.{G2041} {G3551} {G1063} They stumbled{G4350} at the{G3037} stone{G4348} of stumbling; 33 even as{G2531} it is written,{G1125} Behold,{G2400} I lay{G5087} in{G1722} Zion{G4622} a stone{G3037} of stumbling{G4348} and{G2532} a rock{G4073} of offence:{G4625} And{G2532} he{G3956} that believeth{G4100} on{G1909} him{G846} shall{G2617} not{G3756} be put to shame.{G2617}
- Rom 10:3 : 3 For{G1063} being ignorant of{G50} God's{G2316} righteousness,{G1343} and{G2532} seeking{G2212} to establish{G2476} their own,{G2398} {G1343} they did{G5293} not{G3756} subject themselves{G5293} to the righteousness{G1343} of God.{G2316}
- 1 Cor 9:24-27 : 24 Know ye{G1492} not{G3756} that{G3754} they that{G3754} run{G5143} in{G1722} a race{G4712} run{G5143} all,{G3303} but{G1161} one{G1520} receiveth{G2983} the prize?{G1017} Even so{G3779} run;{G5143} that{G2443} ye may attain.{G2638} 25 And{G1161} every man{G3956} that striveth in the games{G75} exerciseth self-control{G1467} in all things.{G3956} Now{G3767} they{G1565} {G3303} [do it] to{G2443} receive{G2983} a corruptible{G5349} crown;{G4735} but{G1161} we{G2249} an incorruptible.{G862} 26 I{G1473} therefore{G5106} so{G3779} run,{G5143} as{G5613} not{G3756} uncertainly;{G84} so{G3779} fight I,{G4438} as{G5613} not{G3756} beating{G1194} the air:{G109} 27 but{G235} I buffet my{G3450} body,{G4983} and{G2532} bring it into bondage:{G1396} lest by any means,{G3381} {G4458} after that I{G4458} have preached{G2784} to others,{G243} I myself{G846} should be{G1096} rejected.{G96}
- Phil 2:12-13 : 12 So{G5620} then, my{G3450} beloved,{G27} even as{G2531} ye have{G5219} always{G3842} obeyed,{G5219} not{G3361} as{G5613} in{G1722} my{G3450} presence{G3952} only,{G3440} but{G235} now{G3568} much{G4183} more{G3123} in{G1722} my{G3450} absence,{G666} work out{G2716} your own{G1438} salvation{G4991} with{G3326} fear{G5401} and{G2532} trembling;{G5156} 13 for{G1063} it is{G2076} God{G2316} who{G3588} worketh{G1754} in{G1722} you{G5213} both{G2532} to will{G2309} and{G2532} to work,{G1754} for{G5228} his good pleasure.{G2107}
- Col 1:29 : 29 whereunto{G1519} I{G2872} labor{G2872} also,{G2532} striving{G75} according to{G2596} his{G846} working,{G1753} which worketh{G1754} in{G1722} me{G1698} mightily.{G1411}
- Heb 4:11 : 11 Let us therefore{G3767} give diligence{G4704} to enter{G1525} into{G1519} that{G1565} rest,{G2443} that{G3361} no man{G5100} fall{G4098} after{G1722} the same{G846} example{G5262} of disobedience.{G543}
- Gen 32:25-26 : 25 And when he saw{H7200} that he prevailed{H3201} not against him, he touched{H5060} the hollow of his thigh;{H3409} and the hollow{H3709} of Jacob's{H3290} thigh{H3409} was strained,{H3363} as he wrestled{H79} with him. 26 And he said,{H559} Let me go,{H7971} for the day{H7837} breaketh.{H5927} And he said,{H559} I will not let thee go,{H7971} except{H518} thou bless{H1288} me.
- Prov 1:24-28 : 24 Because I have called,{H7121} and ye have refused;{H3985} I have stretched out{H5186} my hand,{H3027} and no man hath regarded;{H7181} 25 But ye have set at nought{H6544} all my counsel,{H6098} And would{H14} none of my reproof:{H8433} 26 I also will laugh{H7832} in [the day of] your calamity;{H343} I will mock{H3932} when your fear{H6343} cometh;{H935} 27 When your fear{H6343} cometh{H935} as a storm,{H5492} And your calamity{H343} cometh{H857} on as a whirlwind;{H5492} When distress{H6869} and anguish{H6695} come{H935} upon you. 28 Then will they call{H7121} upon me, but I will not answer;{H6030} They will seek me diligently,{H7836} but they shall not find{H4672} me:
- Prov 14:6 : 6 A scoffer{H3887} seeketh{H1245} wisdom,{H2451} and [findeth it] not; But knowledge{H1847} is easy{H7043} unto him that hath understanding.{H995}