Idle Time

Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger.

and at the same time also, they learn <FI>to be<Fi> idle, going about the houses; and not only idle, but also tattlers and busybodies, speaking the things they ought not;

See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise, — read the full passage →

She <FI>is<Fi> watching the ways of her household, And bread of sloth she eateth not.

for even when we were with you, this we did command you, that if any one is not willing to work, neither let him eat, — read the full passage →

`And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment;

The hand of the diligent ruleth, And slothfulness becometh tributary.

Whoso is tilling the ground is satisfied <FI>with<Fi> bread, And whoso is pursuing vanities is lacking heart,

Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart. — read the full passage →

Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise; — read the full passage →

By slothfulness is the wall brought low, And by idleness of the hands doth the house drop.

In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips <FI>is<Fi> only to want.

He also that is remiss in his work, A brother he <FI>is<Fi> to a destroyer.

and let them learn--ours also--to be leading in good works to the necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.

A certain one of them, a prophet of their own, said--`Cretans! always liars, evil beasts, lazy bellies!'

each, according as he received a gift, to one another ministering it, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;

See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise, — read the full passage →

Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep? — read the full passage →

in wisdom walk ye toward those without, the time forestalling;

`And his lord answering said to him, Evil servant, and slothful, thou hadst known that I reap where I did not sow, and I gather whence I did not scatter! — read the full passage →

The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.

Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise; — read the full passage →

The slothful roasteth not his hunting, And the wealth of a diligent man is precious.

Let no one say, being tempted--`From God I am tempted,' for God is not tempted of evil, and Himself doth tempt no one, — read the full passage →

for we hear of certain walking among you disorderly, nothing working, but over working,

And we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to withdraw yourselves from every brother disorderly walking, and not after the deliverance that ye received from us, — read the full passage →

`And that servant, who having known his lord's will, and not having prepared, nor having gone according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes,

A worthless man is preparing evil, And on his lips--as a burning fire.

so that, my brethren beloved, become ye stedfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labour is not vain in the Lord.

The way of the slothful <FI>is<Fi> as a hedge of briers, And the path of the upright is raised up.

Turn aside from evil and do good, Seek peace and pursue it.

for we hear of certain walking among you disorderly, nothing working, but over working, — read the full passage →

Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes--be satisfied <FI>with<Fi> bread.

aged women, in like manner, in deportment as doth become sacred persons, not false accusers, to much wine not enslaved, of good things teachers, — read the full passage →

And we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to withdraw yourselves from every brother disorderly walking, and not after the deliverance that ye received from us,

Your own selves try ye, if ye are in the faith; your own selves prove ye; do ye not know your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you, if ye be not in some respect disapproved of?

And Jesus said to him, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding-- — read the full passage →

A worthless man is preparing evil, And on his lips--as a burning fire. — read the full passage →

for there shall be a season when the sound teaching they will not suffer, but according to their own desires to themselves they shall heap up teachers--itching in the hearing,

if we do endure together--we shall also reign together; if we deny <FI>him<Fi> , he also shall deny us;

and we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the infirm, be patient unto all;

`And to the messenger of the assembly of the Laodiceans write: These things saith the Amen, the witness--the faithful and true--the chief of the creation of God; — read the full passage →

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

and each one is tempted, by his own desires being led away and enticed,

Let no one say, being tempted--`From God I am tempted,' for God is not tempted of evil, and Himself doth tempt no one,

and, even as Jannes and Jambres stood against Moses, so also these do stand against the truth, men corrupted in mind, disapproved concerning the faith;

for even when we were with you, this we did command you, that if any one is not willing to work, neither let him eat, — read the full passage →

redeeming the time, because the days are evil;

teaching them to observe all, whatever I did command you,) and lo, I am with you all the days--till the full end of the age.'

having gone, then, disciple all the nations, (baptizing them--to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,

Uncover mine eyes, and I behold wonders out of Thy law.

and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part <FI>is<Fi> in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.'

Every one who is believing that Jesus is the Christ, of God he hath been begotten, and every one who is loving Him who did beget, doth love also him who is begotten of Him:

the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

for sufficient to us <FI>is<Fi> the past time of life the will of the nations to have wrought, having walked in lasciviousnesses, desires, excesses of wines, revellings, drinking-bouts, and unlawful idolatries,

and indeed, from the truth the hearing they shall turn away, and to the fables they shall be turned aside.

for men shall be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, evil-speakers, to parents disobedient, unthankful, unkind,

be diligent to present thyself approved to God--a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men, — read the full passage →

for the flesh doth desire contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit contrary to the flesh, and these are opposed one to another, that the things that ye may will--these ye may not do;

and I fear, lest, as the serpent did beguile Eve in his subtilty, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that <FI>is<Fi> in the Christ;

in the diligence not slothful; in the spirit fervent; the Lord serving;

if ye ask anything in my name I will do <FI>it<Fi> .

And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews, — read the full passage →

in like manner also, as it came to pass in the days of Lot; they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building;

and Martha was distracted about much serving, and having stood by him, she said, `Sir, dost thou not care that my sister left me alone to serve? say then to her, that she may partake along with me.' — read the full passage →

and he sent them to proclaim the reign of God, and to heal the ailing.

and he said unto them--`Also to the other cities it behoveth me to proclaim good news of the reign of God, because for this I have been sent;'

he who hath believed, and hath been baptized, shall be saved; and he who hath not believed, shall be condemned.

`For--as a man going abroad did call his own servants, and did deliver to them his substance, — read the full passage →

A little sleep--a little slumber--A little folding of the hands to lie down. — read the full passage →

For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.

Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing.

Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise;

And Miriam speaketh--Aaron also--against Moses concerning the circumstance of the Cushite woman whom he had taken: for a Cushite woman he had taken; — read the full passage →

Happy is he who is reading, and those hearing, the words of the prophecy, and keeping the things written in it--for the time is nigh!

because every one who is begotten of God doth overcome the world, and this is the victory that did overcome the world--our faith;

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

and `the righteous by faith shall live,' and `if he may draw back, My soul hath no pleasure in him,'

O Timotheus, the thing entrusted guard thou, avoiding the profane vain-words and opposition of the falsely-named knowledge,

being buried with him in the baptism, in which also ye rose with <FI>him<Fi> through the faith of the working of God, who did raise him out of the dead.

because to you it was granted, on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also on behalf of him to suffer;

reasonings bringing down, and every high thing lifted up against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of the Christ,

and to God--thanks, to Him who is giving us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ;

Am not I an apostle? am not I free? Jesus Christ our Lord have I not seen? my work are not ye in the Lord? — read the full passage →

and as to the rest, it is required in the stewards that one may be found faithful,

Lo, then, goodness and severity of God--upon those indeed who fell, severity; and upon thee, goodness, if thou mayest remain in the goodness, otherwise, thou also shalt be cut off.

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

let it not be! and let God become true, and every man false, according as it hath been written, `That Thou mayest be declared righteous in Thy words, and mayest overcome in Thy being judged.'

What, then, <FI>is<Fi> the superiority of the Jew? or what the profit of the circumcision? — read the full passage →

And Peter and the apostles answering, said, `To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

but as many as did receive him to them he gave authority to become sons of God--to those believing in his name,

And the messenger answering said to her, `The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee, therefore also the holy-begotten thing shall be called Son of God;

`Then if any one may say to you, Lo, here <FI>is<Fi> the Christ! or here! ye may not believe; — read the full passage →

And Jesus answering said to them, `Take heed that no one may lead you astray,

And Jesus said to him, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding-- — read the full passage →

At that hour came the disciples near to Jesus, saying, `Who, now, is greater in the reign of the heavens?' — read the full passage →

At that time did Jesus go on the sabbaths through the corn, and his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck ears, and to eat, — read the full passage →

Verily I say to you, there hath not risen, among those born of women, a greater than John the Baptist, but he who is least in the reign of the heavens is greater than he.