DILIGENCE

- Christ, an example Mr 1:35; Lu 2:49 - REQUIRED BY GOD IN . Seeking him 1Ch 22:19; Heb 11:6 . Obeying him De 6:17; 11:13 . Hearkening to him Isa 55:2 . Striving after perfection Php 3:13,14 . Cultivating Christian graces 2Pe 1:5 . Keeping the souls De 4:9 . Keeping the heart Pr 4:23 . Labours of love Heb 6:10-12 . Following every good work 1Ti 5:10 . Guarding against defilement Heb 12:15 . Seeking to be found spotless 2Pe 3:14 . Making our call, 2Pe 1:10 . Self-examination Ps 77:6 . Lawful business Pr 27:23; Ec 9:10 . Teaching religion 2Ti 4:2; Jude 1:3 . Instructing children De 11:19 . Discharging official duties De 19:18 - Saints should abound in 2Co 8:7 - IN THE SERVICE OF GOD . Should be preserved in Ga 6:9 . Is not in vain 1Co 15:58 . Preserves from evil Ex 15:26 . Leads to assured hope Heb 6:11 - God rewards De 11:14; Heb 11:6 - IN TEMPORAL MATTERS, LEADS TO . Favour Pr 11:27 . Prosperity Pr 10:4; 13:4 . Honour Pr 12:24; 22:29 - Illustrated Pr 6:6-8 - Exemplified . Jacob Ge 31:40 . Ruth Ru 2:17 . Hezekiah 2Ch 31:21 . Nehemiah, Ne 4:6 . Psalmist Ps 119:60 . Apostles Ac 5:42 . Apollos Ac 18:25 . Titus 2Co 8:22 . Paul 1Th 2:9 . Onesiphorus 2Ti 1:17

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DILIGENCE. → Jesus an example of Mr 1:35; Lu 2:49 → Required by God in seeking him 1Ch 22:19; Heb 11:6 → Obeying him De 6:17; 11:13 → Listening to him Isa 55:2 → Striving after perfection Php 3:13,14 → Cultivating proper behaviors of a true Christian 2Pe 1:5 → Keeping the soul De 4:9 → Keeping the heart Pr 4:23 → Labors of love Heb 6:10-12 → Following every good work 1Ti 3:10 → Guarding against defilement Heb 12:15 → Seeking to be found spotless 2Pe 3:14 → Making our calling sure 2Pe 1:10 → Self-examination Ps 77:6 → Lawful business Pr 27:23; Ec 9:10 → Preserving the faith through teaching 2Ti 4:2; Jude 1:3 → Instructing children De 6:7; 11:19 → Discharging official duties De 19:18 → Saints should abound in 2Co 8:7 → Required in the service of God Joh 9:4; Ga 6:9 → Is not in vain 1Co 15:58 → Preserves from evil Ex 15:26 → Leads to assured hope Heb 6:11 → God rewards De 11:14; Heb 11:6 → In temporal matters leads to favor Pr 11:27 → Prosperity Pr 10:4; 13:4 → Honor Pr 12:24; 22:29 → FIGURATIVE Pr 6:6-8
* Exemplified

Ruth Ru 2:17
* Hezekiah 2Ch 31:21
* Nehemiah and his helpers Ne 4:6
* Psalmist Ps 119:60
* Apostles Ac 5:42
* Apollos Ac 18:25
* Titus 2Co 8:22
* Paul 1Th 2:9
* Onesiphorus 2Ti 1:17
* See INDUSTRY
* See ZEAL
* See IDLENESS
* See SLOTHFULNESS

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diligence. Diligence, n. industry, activity, readiness, care

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Dil″i‐gence (?), n. [[F. diligence, L. diligentia.]] 1. 1. The quality of being diligent; carefulness; careful attention; — the opposite of negligence.
2. 2. Interested and persevering application; devoted and painstaking effort to accomplish what is undertaken; assiduity in service.
That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in; and the best of me is diligence. Shak. 3. 3. (Scots Law) Process by which persons, lands, or effects are seized for debt; process for enforcing the attendance of witnesses or the production of writings.
To do one's diligence, give diligence, use diligence, to exert one's self; to make interested and earnest endeavor. And each of them doth all his diligence To do unto the festé reverence. Chaucer. Syn. — Attention; industry; assiduity; sedulousness; earnestness; constancy; heed; heedfulness; care; caution. — Diligence, Industry. Industry has the wider sense of the two, implying an habitual devotion to labor for some valuable end, as knowledge, property, etc. Diligence denotes earnest application to some specific object or pursuit, which more or less directly has a strong hold on one's interests or feelings. A man may be diligent for a time, or in seeking some favorite end, without meriting the title of industrious. Such was the case with Fox, while Burke was eminent not only for diligence, but industry; he was always at work, and always looking out for some new field of mental effort. The sweat of industry would dry and die, But for the end it works to. Shak. Diligence and accuracy are the only merits which an historical writer ascribe to himself. Gibbon.