Romans 12:11

New International Reader's Version

Stay excited about your faith as you serve the Lord.

Cross References

Exodus 5:17

Pharaoh said, “You are lazy! That’s why you keep saying, ‘Let us go. We want to offer sacrifices to the Lord.’

Proverbs 10:26

Those who don’t want to work hurt those who send them. They are like vinegar on the teeth or smoke in the eyes.

Proverbs 13:4

People who refuse to work want things and get nothing. But the desires of people who work hard are completely satisfied.

Proverbs 18:9

Anyone who doesn’t want to work is like someone who destroys.

Proverbs 22:29

Do you see someone who does good work? That person will serve kings. That person won’t serve officials of lower rank.

Proverbs 31:15

She gets up while it is still night. She provides food for her family. She also gives some to her female servants.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

No matter what you do, work at it with all your might. Remember, you are going to the place of the dead. And there isn’t any work or planning or knowledge or wisdom there.

Isaiah 56:10

Israel’s prophets are blind. They don’t know the Lord. All of them are like watchdogs that can’t even bark. They just lie around and dream. They love to sleep.

Matthew 24:12

Because evil will grow, most people’s love will grow cold.

Matthew 25:26

“His master replied, ‘You evil, lazy slave! So you knew that I harvest where I have not planted? You knew that I gather crops where I have not scattered seed?

Acts 18:25

Apollos had been taught the way of the Lord. He spoke with great power. He taught the truth about Jesus. But he only knew about John’s baptism.

Acts 20:19

I served the Lord with tears and without pride. I served him when I was greatly tested. I was tested by the evil plans of the Jews who disagreed with me.

1 Corinthians 7:22

The person who was a slave when the Lord chose them is now the Lord’s free person. The one who was free when God chose them is now a slave of Christ.

Ephesians 4:28

Anyone who has been stealing must never steal again. Instead, they must work. They must do something useful with their own hands. Then they will have something to give to people in need.

Colossians 4:1

Masters, give your slaves what is right and fair. Do it because you know that you also have a Master in heaven.

1 Timothy 5:13

Besides, they get into the habit of having nothing to do. They go around from house to house. They waste their time. They also bother other people and say things that make no sense. They shouldn’t say those things.

Hebrews 12:28

We are receiving a kingdom that can’t be shaken. So let us be thankful. Then we can worship God in a way that pleases him. Let us worship him with deep respect and wonder.

James 5:16

So confess your sins to one another. Pray for one another so that you might be healed. The prayer of a godly person is powerful. Things happen because of it.

1 Peter 1:22

You have made yourselves pure by obeying the truth. So you have an honest and true love for each other. So love one another deeply, from your hearts.

1 Peter 4:8

Most of all, love one another deeply. Love erases many sins by forgiving them.

Revelation 2:4

‘But here is something I hold against you. You have turned away from the love you had at first.