-General scriptures concerning Deuteronomy 30:19; Joshua 23:8; 24:15; 1Samuel 12:20; 1Kings 18:21; Psalms 37:34; 69:13; Proverbs 4:25-27; Isaiah 50:7; Matthew 10:22; 11:6; 24:13; 25:23; Mark 13:13; Luke 7:23; 15:4, 5, John 8:31; 7, 9; Acts 11:23; 13:43; 14:22; Romans 2:7; 8:38, 39; 11:22; 1Corinthians 15:8; 16:13; Galatians 5:1, 10; 6:9; Ephesians 4:14; 6:13; Philippians 1:27; 4:1; Colossians 1:23; 1Thessalonians 3:8, 13; 2Thessalonians 2:15, 17; 3:13; 2Timothy 1:13, 14; 2:1, 3; 3:14; Titus 1:7, 9; Hebrews 2:1; 3:6-8, 14; 4:14; 10:23, 35; 12:1; James 1:4, 13:9, 13; 12, 25; 1Peter 1:13; 5:8, 9; 2Peter 1:10, 11; 3:17, 18; 1John 2:24, 28; 2John 1:8; Revelation 2:7, 10, 11, 17, Jude 1:20, 21; 3:5, 11, 25, 26; 12, 21; 15:2; 21:7; 22:11

-See CHARACTER
-See PERSEVERANCE
-See STABILITY
-See INDECISION
-See INSTABILITY

-EXHORTATION TO Joshua 1:7; 1Chronicles 16:15; 2Chronicles 19:11; Matthew 4:17; 6:24; 8:21, 22; 10:32; 12:30; Luke 9:59-62; 11:23; 12:8; 16:13; 17:32; Colossians 2:6, 7; 1Timothy 6:11-14

-INSTANCES OF

• ABEL Hebrews 11:4
• ENOCH Hebrews 11:5, 6
• NOAH Hebrews 11:7
• ABRAHAM Hebrews 11:8, 17-19
• JACOB Genesis 28:20, 21
• JOSEPH Genesis 39:7-20
• MOSES Hebrews 11:24-26; Numbers 12:7; Hebrews 3:5

• ISRAELITES Exodus 19:7, 8; 24:3, 7; Deuteronomy 4:4; 5:27; 26:17; 29:12; Joshua 22:34; 24:21-25; 1Kings 19:18; 2Kings 11:17; 2Chronicles 11:16; 13:10, 11; 15:12, 15; 23:16; 29:10; Ezra 10:3-44; Nehemiah 9:38; 10:1-39; Psalms 50:5; Jeremiah 34:15; 42:5, 6; 50:5; Hosea 11:12
• CALEB Numbers 14:6-10, 24, 37, 38; Deuteronomy 1:36; Joshua 14:14
• BALAAM Numbers 22:15-18
• PHINEHAS Numbers 25:7-13
• JOSHUA Joshua 24:15, 18-24
• GIDEON Judges 6:25-40; 7
• RUTH Ruth 1:16; 1Samuel 11:4-7
• ABIGAIL 1Samuel 25:4-37
• DAVID 1Samuel 17:20-54; 2Samuel 22:22-24; Psalms 17:3; 26:6, 11; 40:9, 10; 56:12; 66:16; 71:17; 86:11; 101:2, 3; 108:1; 57:7, 8; 116:9, 13, 14, 16; 119:8, 30, 31, 38, 44-46, 57, 94, 106, 115, 125, 145, 146; 143:12
• A PROPHET 1Kings 13:8-10
• ELIJAH 1Kings 18:22
• JEHOSHAPHAT 1Kings 22:7; 2Chronicles 18:6
• NAAMAN 2Kings 5:15, 17
• JEHU 2Kings 9:11-37; 10
• HEZEKIAH 2Kings 18:6; 2Chronicles 15:17
• JOASH 2Kings 22:2; 23:3, 25; 2Chronicles 34:31
• NEHEMIAH Nehemiah 6:11
• MORDECAI Esther 3:2, 3
• ESTHER Esther 4:16
• JOB Job 2:3; 23:11, 12
• MATTHEW Matthew 9:9
• JOSEPH Mark 15:43
• NATHANIEL John 1:49
• MARTHA John 11:27
• THE DISCIPLES Luke 18:28; John 6:68, 69; Acts 2:42; 9:29; 26:6; Romans 1:16; Philippians 1:20, 21; Colossians 2:5; 2Timothy 4:7, 8
• EPHESIANS Revelation 2:2, 3
• CHURCH OF SARDIS Revelation 3:4, 8, 10
• SAINTS Revelation 14:4
  .See PERSERVERANCE
  .See STABILITY
  .See ZEAL, RELIGIOUS