Topic
Diligence; Diligent; Diligently
23 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Deuteronomy 4:9ISBE
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;
- Deuteronomy 6:17ISBE
Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
- Deuteronomy 19:18ISBE
And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;
- Ezra 5:8ISBE
Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.
- Ezra 6:12ISBE
And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed.
- Ezra 7:17ISBE
That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.
- Job 8:5ISBE
If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
- Psalms 77:6ISBE
I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
- Proverbs 4:23ISBE
¶ Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
- Proverbs 8:17ISBE
I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
- Proverbs 10:4ISBE
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
- Proverbs 12:27ISBE
The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
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- Proverbs 22:29 ISBE
- Proverbs 27:23 ISBE
- Isaiah 55:2 ISBE
- Micah 7:3 ISBE
- Romans 12:11 ISBE
- Ephesians 4:3 ISBE
- Philippians 2:28 ISBE
- 1 Timothy 4:15 ISBE
- 2 Timothy 2:15 ISBE
- Hebrews 4:11 ISBE
- Hebrews 12:17 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 23 references
dil'-i-jens, dil'-i-jent-li: This word is used in various senses in our English Bibles.
1. In the Old Testament:
In Ezr 5:8, "with diligence" means "with care"; in Ezr 6:12; 7:17, "with speed," "speedily"; in Pr 4:23 "watchfulness"; in De 4:9; 6:17; 19:18; Ps 77:6; Pr 27:23; Isa 55:2; Mic 7:3, "with care," "scrupulously," "earnestly." Sometimes it means "early" "with haste" (Job 8:5; Pr 8:17). It may mean "industrious," "exacting" (Pr 10:4; 12:27; 22:29).
2. In the New Testament:
The American revisers have rendered "diligence" for various words in the King James Version, e. g. for "business" in Ro 12:11; "giving diligence" for "endeavoring" (Eph 4:3); "give diligence" for "study" (2Ti 2:15,), for "labor" (Heb 4:11); "diligently" for "carefully" (Php 2:28; Heb 12:17); "be diligent in" for "meditate upon" (1Ti 4:15). It is well also to remember that the Old English meaning of diligence is "with love," from diligo, "to love."
G. H. Geberding
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.