Bible Verses About Strive
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for strive, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 518 votes, led by Luke 13:24-27. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Strive
Luke 13:24-2713 votes
Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
Proverbs 29:2712 votes
An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.
Joshua 1:5-811 votes
There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
John 15:12-1411 votes
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Acts 24:1611 votes
And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
Genesis 26:21-2210 votes
And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
Genesis 29:31-3310 votes
And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
Exodus 2:13-1510 votes
And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?
Exodus 18:16-2110 votes
When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.
Leviticus 19:9-1710 votes
And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.
Leviticus 26:1-1710 votes
Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 12:9-1110 votes
For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the Lord your God giveth you.
Deuteronomy 12:11-1210 votes
Then there shall be a place which the Lord your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the Lord:
1 Samuel 16:710 votes
But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
Nehemiah 4:11-1610 votes
And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
Psalms 34:11-1610 votes
Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
Psalms 35:1-310 votes
Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
Psalms 91:14-1610 votes
Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
Proverbs 3:29-3110 votes
Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
Proverbs 3:31-3310 votes
Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
Proverbs 6:15-1910 votes
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
Proverbs 13:2010 votes
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Proverbs 17:15-1610 votes
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.
Proverbs 28:3-510 votes
A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
Proverbs 29:2510 votes
The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe.
What does the Bible say about strive?
Readers most often cite Luke 13:24-27 on the subject of strive. Across 518 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 29:27, Joshua 1:5-8, John 15:12-14. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.