If a Levite moves from one of your towns anywhere in Israel where he is living, and comes in all earnestness to the place the Lord will choose,

If your father misses me at all, tell him, ‘David earnestly asked my permission to hurry to Bethlehem, his hometown, because an annual sacrifice is being made there for his whole clan.’

Jonathan answered, “David earnestly asked me for permission to go to Bethlehem.

But if you will seek God earnestly and plead with the Almighty,

Psalm 63

A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah.

You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.

Then I will return to my lair until they have borne their guilt and seek my face— in their misery they will earnestly seek me.”

He pleaded earnestly with him, “My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so that she will be healed and live.”

When they came to Jesus, they pleaded earnestly with him, “This man deserves to have you do this,

And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.

So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.

This is the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to see fulfilled as they earnestly serve God day and night. King Agrippa, it is because of this hope that these Jews are accusing me.

What then? What the people of Israel sought so earnestly they did not obtain. The elect among them did, but the others were hardened,

See what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what concern, what readiness to see justice done. At every point you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.

But since you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.

I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others.

Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you again and supply what is lacking in your faith.

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

Elijah was a human being, even as we are. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.

Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.