54 occurrences

'Diligently' in the Bible

saying, “If you will diligently listen and pay attention to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in His sight, and listen to His commandments, and keep [foremost in your thoughts and actively obey] all His precepts and statutes, then I will not put on you any of the diseases which I have put on the Egyptians; for I am the Lord who heals you.”

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But Moses diligently tried to find the goat [that had been offered] as the sin offering, and discovered that it had been burned up [as waste, not eaten]! So he was angry with Aaron’s surviving sons Eleazar and Ithamar, saying,

Anger, HumanAnger, Justified ExamplesBurning SacrificesSeeking For Concrete ThingsNamed People Angry With Others

“Only pay attention and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things which your eyes have seen and they do not depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and your grandchildren [impressing these things on their mind and penetrating their heart with these truths]—

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You shall teach them diligently to your children [impressing God’s precepts on their minds and penetrating their hearts with His truths] and shall speak of them when you sit in your house and when you walk on the road and when you lie down and when you get up.

Giving, Of Timeethics, personalBeing A Motherdiscipline, in the familyLove, And The WorldResponsibility, For God's WorldRoadsWalkingCaring For ChildrenLying Down To RestSchoolsDoing RepeatedlyHabitual Getting UpLet Your Speech Be GoodTraining ChildrenRaising ChildrenKids

You shall diligently keep [foremost in your thoughts and actively do] the commandments of the Lord your God, and His testimonies and His statutes which He has commanded you.

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“It shall come about, if you listen obediently and pay attention to My commandments which I command you today—to love the Lord your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul [your choices, your thoughts, your whole being]—

Faithfulness, To GodHeart, And Holy SpiritWhole HeartednessObedience To GodThe Need To Love God

For if you are careful to keep all this commandment which I am commanding you to do, to love the Lord your God, to walk [that is, to live each and every day] in all His ways and to hold tightly to Him—

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then you shall investigate and search out [witnesses] and ask thorough questions. If it is true and the matter is established that this loathsome thing has been done among you,

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and if it is told to you and you hear about it, then you shall investigate thoroughly [all the charges]. If it is confirmed beyond doubt that this detestable thing has been done in Israel,

Investigating

The judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is a false witness, and he has accused his brother falsely,

Investigating

“Be careful during an outbreak of leprosy, that you diligently observe and do according to all that the Levitical priests teach you; just as I have commanded them, so you shall be careful to do.

InstructionHygieneKeeping Man's Word

“Now it shall be, if you diligently listen to and obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all of His commandments which I am commanding you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.

Being In DebtCommitment, to GodWarfare, Examples OfOvertakingGod Lifting PeopleObedienceObeying God

Then Tattenai, governor of the province west of the [Euphrates] River, with Shethar-bozenai and their associates carried out the decree with due diligence, just as King Darius had sent and commanded.

Beyond The RiverNamed Gentile Rulers

Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be done diligently and with enthusiasm for the house of the God of heaven, so that there will not be wrath against the kingdom of the king and his sons.

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“Why then do You not pardon my transgressionAnd take away my sin and guilt?For now I will lie down in the dust;And You will seek me [diligently], but I will not be.”

OffenceSleep, And DeathAcquittalIndividuals Passing AwayGod Not ForgivingLife Cut Short

“If you would [diligently] seek GodAnd implore the compassion and favor of the Almighty,

Prayer, Described AsAnswered Promises

“Listen diligently to my speech,And let my declaration fill your ears.

Pay Attention To People!

“Listen carefully to my speech,And let this be the consolation.

Pay Attention To People!

“Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert,The poor go to their work, diligently seeking food;As bread for their children in the desert.

Seeking FoodWild Donkeys

The afflicted will eat and be satisfied;Those who [diligently] seek Him and require Him [as their greatest need] will praise the Lord.May your hearts live forever!

Bad LeadershipExploitationsEatingSatisfactionPenitentPlenty For The PoorPraising GodGod Feeds All The EarthI Will Praise You With Music

I will remember my song in the night;I will meditate with my heart,And my spirit searches:

NightRenewed HeartSelf ExaminationExamining Yourself

When He killed [some of] them, then those remaining sought Him,And they returned [to Him] and searched diligently for God [for a time].

DeathbedsAfflictions, Benefits OfGod KillingGod Killed His People

Who is wise? Let him observe and heed these things;And [thoughtfully] consider the lovingkindness of the Lord.

LovingkindnessContemplationExperience, of lifeLove, Nature OfMeditationThoughtWisdom, Human Nature

You have ordained Your precepts,That we should follow them with [careful] diligence.

Mind, Of GodWord Of GodKeep The Commandments!

“So I came out to meet you [that you might share with me the feast of my offering],Diligently I sought your face and I have found you.

Meeting People

He who diligently seeks good seeks favor and grace,But he who seeks evil, evil will come to him.

Fruits Of SinSeeking For Abstract ThingsFavorpositivity

“When he sees a chariot, horsemen in pairs,A train of donkeys and a train of camels,Let him pay attention and listen closely, very closely.”

BackHorsesRiding DonkeysRiding CamelsTwo Animals

“Why do you spend money for that which is not bread,And your earnings for what does not satisfy?Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,And let your soul delight in abundance.

Spiritual FoodemptinessdissatisfactionPleasurePhysical LabourUnprofitable SinsBeing UnsatisfiedBuying FoodNo FoodPay Attention To God!FinancesMoney Blessingsenergy

And if these [neighboring nations] will diligently learn the ways of My people, to swear by My Name, saying, ‘As the Lord lives’—even as they taught My people to swear by Baal, then they will be built up among My people.

Oaths, HumanFollowers Of BaalSwearing BySwearing

But it will come about, if you listen diligently to Me,” says the Lord, “to bring no load in through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but keep the Sabbath day holy by doing no work on it,

HolidaySabbath Observed

Concerning evil, both of their hands pursue it and do it diligently and thoroughly;The prince asks, also the judge, for a bribe,And a great man speaks the [evil] desire of his soul.So they twist the course of justice between them.

GiftsAliancesAmbition, negative aspects ofWicked RulersJudgesPower, HumanReward, HumanSkillRulers, WickedCharacter Of WickedGuileAmbidextrousTwo Of Body PartsContinuing In SinLording It

And those who are far away will come and [help] build the temple of the Lord.” Then you shall know [without any doubt] that the Lord of hosts sent me (Zechariah) to you. And it will come about if you will diligently obey the [voice of the] Lord your God.

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Then he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search carefully for the Child; and when you have found Him, report to me, so that I too may come and worship Him.”

Examples Of DeceitAdoration, Of ChristFinding PeopleTelling Of MovementsWorshipping Christ

Then Herod, when he realized that he had been tricked by the magi, was extremely angry, and he sent [soldiers] and put to death all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that area who were two years old and under, according to the date which he had learned from the magi.

CriminalsCrimesFaithlessness, As DisobedienceBoysBitterness, Examples OfInnocence, Examples OfShrewdnessSuffering, Nature OfBethlehemInfanticideDeath Of All MalesBeing Found OutWhen?Named Gentile RulersThose Who DeceivedAngry PeopleKilling IsraelitesMassacresThe Death Of BabiesExamples Of Ungodly MenJesus BirthDeath Of A Child

(For the Pharisees and all of the Jews do not eat unless they carefully wash their hands, holding firmly to the traditions of the elders;

Ablutionelders, as community leadersJews, TheCharacteristics Of PhariseesHow People EatThe Elderlypharisees

and when they come from the market place, they do not eat unless they cleanse themselves [completely according to ritual]; and there are many other things [oral, man-made laws and traditions handed down to them] which they follow diligently, such as the washing of cups and pitchers and copper utensils.)

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it seemed fitting for me as well, [and so I have decided] after having carefully searched out and investigated all the events accurately, from the very beginning, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus;

BooksWritingOrderly PatternsBeginning Of SalvationBeing Found OutOrderly AccountsFrom The BeginningWriting The New Testament

but supposed Him to be in the caravan, and traveled a day’s journey; and [then] they began searching [anxiously] for Him among their relatives and acquaintances.

Caravans

“Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins [each one equal to a day’s wages] and loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?

Ten ThingsSeeking For Concrete ThingsFinding ThingsSweepinglosing a loved oneMissing SomeoneLosing A FriendLosing FriendsBeing Lostwomanwomanhood

This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and being spiritually impassioned, he was speaking and teaching accurately the things about Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John;

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For God has unveiled them and revealed them to us through the [Holy] Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things [diligently], even [sounding and measuring] the [profound] depths of God [the divine counsels and things far beyond human understanding].

God, Revelation OfHoly Spirit, Personhood OfHoly Spirit, Types OfInspiration Of The Holy Spirit, Purpose OfSecret ThingsDeep ThingsSpiritual DepthsTaught By The SpiritDivineGod's PlanThe MindGods PlanInner BeautyGod's Plan For UsScripturesecretsexploringeverythingmindset

and has a reputation for good deeds; [she is eligible] if she has brought up children, if she has shown hospitality to strangers, if she has washed the feet of the saints (God’s people), if she has assisted the distressed, and has devoted herself to doing good in every way.

Foot washingFeet Washingethics, personalProperty, HousesReputationSaintsAfflicted, Duty To ThemHospitalityWives, DressTravellersLoving ForeignersClean FeetCare Of FeetDoing GoodRaising ChildrenHelping Those In NeedPetsGrandmothers

but [instead] when he reached Rome, he eagerly searched for me and found me—

Shepherds, As Church LeaderThose Looking For People

Let us therefore make every effort to enter that rest [of God, to know and experience it for ourselves], so that no one will fall by following the same example of disobedience [as those who died in the wilderness].

Examples, Purpose OfExamples, BadeagernessHolidayRest, EternalUnbelief, Nature And Effects OfUnbelief, Results Of Being GuiltyEntering LifeeffortUnbelief Toward God

Moreover, I will diligently endeavor [to see to it] that even after my departure you will be able, at all times, to call these things to mind.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
אדרזדּא 
'adrazda' (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

חפשׂ 
Chaphas 
Usage: 23

חרץ חרוּץ 
Charuwts 
Usage: 18

יטב 
Yatab 
Usage: 115

למד 
Lamad 
Usage: 86

מאד 
M@`od 
Usage: 300

מהר מהיר 
Mahiyr 
Usage: 4

נחשׁ 
Nachash 
Usage: 11

קשׁב 
Qesheb 
Usage: 4

שׁחר 
Shachar 
Usage: 12

שׁמע 
Shama` 
Usage: 1158

שׁנן 
Shanan 
Usage: 9

ἀκριβόω 
Akriboo 
Usage: 2

ἀκριβῶς 
Akribos 
Usage: 5

ἐκζητέω 
Ekzeteo 
Usage: 5

ἐξερευνάω 
Exereunao 
Usage: 1

ἐπιμελῶς 
Epimelos 
Usage: 0

ἐπισκοπέω 
Episkopeo 
Usage: 2

σπουδάζω 
Spoudazo 
Usage: 11

σπουδαῖος 
Spoudaios 
Usage: 1

σπουδαιότερον 
Spoudaioteron 
Usage: 2

σπουδαίως 
Spoudaios 
Usage: 2

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