1 Corinthians 9:24–25 KJV
Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
Matthew 24:13 NLT
But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
1 Corinthians 9:26–27 NIV
Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air.
No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.
Luke 9:23–24 KJV
And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
Philippians 3:13–14 KJV
Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Hebrews 11:6b KJV
For he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Matthew 6:33 KJV
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Psalm 34:10 KJV
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.