| Romans 8:19 | For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. |
| 2 Corinthians 1:22 | Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. |
| 2 Corinthians 5:5 | Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing [is] God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. |
| 2 Corinthians 7:7 | And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more. |
| 2 Corinthians 8:16 | But thanks [be] to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you. |
| Ephesians 1:14 | Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. |
| Philippians 1:20 | According to my earnest expectation and [my] hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but [that] with all boldness, as always, [so] now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether [it be] by life, or by death. |
| Hebrews 2:1 | Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let [them] slip. |