What Does the Bible Say About For Academic Excellence?

Isaiah 11:2 ESV / 155 helpful votes

And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.

Proverbs 16:3 ESV / 104 helpful votes

Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.

Daniel 6:3 ESV / 85 helpful votes

Then this Daniel became distinguished above all the other high officials and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him. And the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.

Proverbs 22:29 ESV / 59 helpful votes

Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.

2 Peter 1:3-4 ESV / 57 helpful votes

His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.

2 Corinthians 8:7 ESV / 57 helpful votes

But as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all earnestness, and in our love for you—see that you excel in this act of grace also.

Romans 8:28 ESV / 46 helpful votes

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Psalm 119:99-100 ESV / 45 helpful votes

I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the aged, for I keep your precepts.

Colossians 3:23 ESV / 41 helpful votes

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,

Philippians 1:9-10 ESV / 30 helpful votes

And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 26 helpful votes

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

Philippians 4:8 ESV / 25 helpful votes

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

1 John 3:2 ESV / 24 helpful votes

Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.

Proverbs 19:2 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Desire without knowledge is not good, and whoever makes haste with his feet misses his way.

1 Corinthians 15:57 ESV / 17 helpful votes

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 15:14 ESV / 17 helpful votes

I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to instruct one another.

Titus 2:7 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity,

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

Proverbs 31:31 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates.

James 1:1-27 ESV / 15 helpful votes

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings. Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. ...

1 Timothy 4:12 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

Philippians 1:9 ESV / 14 helpful votes

And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment,

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 14 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 14 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. ...

1 John 2:1-29 ESV / 13 helpful votes

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: ...

Philippians 1:6 ESV / 13 helpful votes

And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 11 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Colossians 3:23-24 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.

Matthew 6:33-34 ESV / 11 helpful votes

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

Ecclesiastes 9:10 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.

Deuteronomy 28:13 ESV / 11 helpful votes

And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you shall only go up and not down, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, being careful to do them,

Genesis 1:28 ESV / 11 helpful votes

And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

1 Peter 2:12 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.

Colossians 3:17 ESV / 9 helpful votes

And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Ephesians 2:1-3 ESV / 9 helpful votes

And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.

Romans 12:11 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.

John 3:16 ESV / 9 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Philippians 3:8 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ

Proverbs 13:1-15 ESV / 8 helpful votes

A wise son hears his father's instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke. From the fruit of his mouth a man eats what is good, but the desire of the treacherous is for violence. Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin. The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied. The righteous hates falsehood, but the wicked brings shame and disgrace. ...

1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV / 7 helpful votes

So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

2 Peter 1:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins.

1 Timothy 5:25 ESV / 5 helpful votes

So also good works are conspicuous, and even those that are not cannot remain hidden.

Romans 8:18 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.

Isaiah 40:6-8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

A voice says, “Cry!” And I said, “What shall I cry?” All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like the flower of the field. The grass withers, the flower fades when the breath of the Lord blows on it; surely the people are grass. The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.

Psalm 1:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.

Judges 1:1-21:25 ESV / 4 helpful votes

After the death of Joshua, the people of Israel inquired of the Lord, “Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites, to fight against them?” The Lord said, “Judah shall go up; behold, I have given the land into his hand.” And Judah said to Simeon his brother, “Come up with me into the territory allotted to me, that we may fight against the Canaanites. And I likewise will go with you into the territory allotted to you.” So Simeon went with him. Then Judah went up and the Lord gave the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand, and they defeated 10,000 of them at Bezek. They found Adoni-bezek at Bezek and fought against him and defeated the Canaanites and the Perizzites. ...

46 Bible Verses about For Academic Excellence

Isaiah 11:2 ESV / 155 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 16:3 ESV / 104 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Daniel 6:3 ESV / 85 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 22:29 ESV / 59 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Peter 1:3-4 ESV / 57 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 8:7 ESV / 57 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 8:28 ESV / 46 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 119:99-100 ESV / 45 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 3:23 ESV / 41 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 1:9-10 ESV / 30 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 26 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 4:8 ESV / 25 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 3:2 ESV / 24 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 19:2 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 15:57 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 15:14 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Titus 2:7 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 31:31 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 1:1-27 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 4:12 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 1:9 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 2:1-29 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 1:6 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 3:23-24 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 6:33-34 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ecclesiastes 9:10 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 28:13 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 1:28 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 2:12 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 3:17 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 2:1-3 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 12:11 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 3:8 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 13:1-15 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Peter 1:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 5:25 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 8:18 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 40:6-8 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 1:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Judges 1:1-21:25 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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