Word Study: Diligence

Main Entry:1dil·i·gence Listen to the pronunciation of 1diligencePronunciation: \ˈdi-lə-jən(t)s\ Function:noun Etymology:Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin diligentia, from diligent-, diligensDate:14th century 1 a: persevering application : assiduity bobsolete : speed, haste2: the attention and care legally expected or required of a person (as a party to a contract)


Pro 4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it [are] the issues of life.

Luke 12:58 When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, [as thou art] in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

Romans 12:8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, [let him do it] with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

2 Cor 8:17 Therefore, as ye abound in every [thing, in] faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and [in] all diligence, and [in] your love to us, [see] that ye abound in this grace also.

2 Tim 4:19 Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:

2 Pet 1:5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

Jud 1:3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort [you] that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.


Pro 4:23 Keep thy heart with all (legally expected or required of a person); for out of it [are] the issues of life.

Luke 12:58 When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, [as thou art] in the way, give (legally expected or required of a person) that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

Romans 12:8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, [let him do it] with simplicity; he that ruleth, with (legally expected or required of a person); he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

2 Cor 8:17 Therefore, as ye abound in every [thing, in] faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and [in] all (legally expected or required of a person), and [in] your love to us, [see] that ye abound in this grace also.

2 Tim 4:19 Do thy (legally expected or required of a person) to come shortly unto me:

2 Pet 1:5 And beside this, giving all (legally expected or required of a person), add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

Jud 1:3 Beloved, when I gave all (legally expected or required of a person) to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort [you] that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

What does God legally expect or require of us?

Mark 12:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this [is] the first commandment.
Mark 12:31 And the second [is] like, [namely] this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.


Pro 4:23 Keep thy heart with all (love the Lord with all thy heart, soul, and mind and love your neighbor as yourself); for out of it [are] the issues of life.

Luke 12:58 When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, [as thou art] in the way, give (love the Lord with all thy heart, soul, and mind and love your neighbor as yourself) that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

Romans 12:8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, [let him do it] with simplicity; he that ruleth, with (love the Lord with all thy heart, soul, and mind and love your neighbor as yourself); he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

2 Cor 8:17 Therefore, as ye abound in every [thing, in] faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and [in] all (love the Lord with all thy heart, soul, and mind and love your neighbor as yourself), and [in] your love to us, [see] that ye abound in this grace also.

2 Tim 4:19 Do thy (love the Lord with all thy heart, soul, and mind and love your neighbor as yourself) to come shortly unto me:


Jud 1:3 Beloved, when I gave all (love the Lord with all thy heart, soul, and mind and love your neighbor as yourself) to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort [you] that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.


2 Pet 1:5 And beside this, giving all (love the Lord with all thy heart, soul, and mind and love your neighbor as yourself), add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;


Main Entry:vir·tue Listen to the pronunciation of virtue Pronunciation: \ˈvər-(ˌ)chü\ Function:noun Etymology:Middle English vertu, virtu, from Anglo-French, from Latin virtut-, virtus strength, manliness, virtue, from vir man — more at virile Date:13th century
1 a: conformity to a standard of right : morality b: a particular moral excellence2plural : an order of angels — see celestial hierarchy3: a beneficial quality or power of a thing4: manly strength or courage : valor5: a commendable quality or trait : merit6: a capacity to act : potency7: chastity especially in a woman
— vir·tue·less Listen to the pronunciation of virtueless \-(ˌ)chü-ləs\ adjective
— by virtue of or in virtue of
: through the force of : by authority of


2 Pet 1:5 And beside this, giving all (love the Lord with all thy heart, soul, and mind and love your neighbor as yourself), add to your faith (a capacity to act); and to (a capacity to act) knowledge;