Romans 12:11

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

Do not lag in zeal, be ardent in spirit, serve the Lord.

Cross References

Exodus 5:17

He said, “You are lazy, lazy; that is why you say, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.’

Proverbs 10:26

Like vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so are the lazy to their employers.

Proverbs 13:4

The appetite of the lazy craves, and gets nothing, while the appetite of the diligent is richly supplied.

Proverbs 18:9

One who is slack in work is close kin to a vandal.

Proverbs 22:29

Do you see those who are skillful in their work? they will serve kings; they will not serve common people.

Proverbs 31:15

She rises while it is still night and provides food for her household and tasks for her servant-girls.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

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

Isaiah 56:10

Israel's sentinels are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all silent dogs that cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

Matthew 24:12

And because of the increase of lawlessness, the love of many will grow cold.

Matthew 25:26

But his master replied, ‘You wicked and lazy slave! You knew, did you, that I reap where I did not sow, and gather where I did not scatter?

Acts 18:25

He had been instructed in the Way of the Lord; and he spoke with burning enthusiasm and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.

Acts 20:19

serving the Lord with all humility and with tears, enduring the trials that came to me through the plots of the Jews.

1 Corinthians 7:22

For whoever was called in the Lord as a slave is a freed person belonging to the Lord, just as whoever was free when called is a slave of Christ.

Ephesians 4:28

Thieves must give up stealing; rather let them labor and work honestly with their own hands, so as to have something to share with the needy.

Colossians 4:1

Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, for you know that you also have a Master in heaven.

1 Timothy 5:13

Besides that, they learn to be idle, gadding about from house to house; and they are not merely idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not say.

Hebrews 12:28

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us give thanks, by which we offer to God an acceptable worship with reverence and awe;

James 5:16

Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective.

1 Peter 1:22

Now that you have purified your souls by your obedience to the truth so that you have genuine mutual love, love one another deeply from the heart.

1 Peter 4:8

Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins.

Revelation 2:4

But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.