Bible Verses About Finishing What You Start
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for finishing what you start, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,300 votes, led by Philippians 1:6. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Finishing What You Start
Philippians 1:6196 votes
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
2 Corinthians 8:11187 votes
Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have.
Ecclesiastes 7:8177 votes
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Revelation 3:2108 votes
Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
2 Corinthians 8:10-1297 votes
And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.
2 Timothy 4:788 votes
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
John 4:3486 votes
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
Luke 14:28-3080 votes
For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
Philippians 4:1356 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Colossians 3:2351 votes
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Genesis 2:1-348 votes
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
James 1:1246 votes
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
Nehemiah 6:15-1643 votes
So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.
Hebrews 12:143 votes
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
1 Peter 1:1-2540 votes
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
Psalms 119:6039 votes
I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
Proverbs 13:1937 votes
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
Acts 20:2437 votes
But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
Romans 12:136 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Isaiah 10:2335 votes
For the Lord God of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.
Romans 8:18-2534 votes
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
Ezra 6:1430 votes
And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
Hebrews 12:225 votes
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
James 1:325 votes
Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
Philippians 4:1923 votes
But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
What does the Bible say about finishing what you start?
Readers most often cite Philippians 1:6 on the subject of finishing what you start. Across 2,300 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 2 Corinthians 8:11, Ecclesiastes 7:8, Revelation 3:2. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.