Lateness

To everything--a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens:

Whoso is gathering in summer <FI>is<Fi> a wise son, Whoso is sleeping in harvest <FI>is<Fi> a son causing shame.

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

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

`Then shall the reign of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom; — read the full passage →

And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already <FI>is<Fi> to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer <FI>is<Fi> our salvation than when we did believe;

And this one thing let not be unobserved by you, beloved, that one day with the Lord <FI>is<Fi> as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day; — read the full passage →

`Let your loins be girded, and the lamps burning, — read the full passage →

And this I say, brethren, the time henceforth is having been shortened--that both those having wives may be as not having;

lo, I have stood at the door, and I knock; if any one may hear my voice, and may open the door, I will come in unto him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

Jesus answered, `Are there not twelve hours in the day? if any one may walk in the day, he doth not stumble, because the light of this world he doth see; — read the full passage →

and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap--not desponding;

and when the fulness of time did come, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law,

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

For in our being still ailing, Christ in due time did die for the impious;

Joy <FI>is<Fi> to a man in the answer of his mouth, And a word in its season--how good!

`Watch ye therefore, because ye have not known in what hour your Lord doth come; — read the full passage →

For to every delight there is a time and a judgment, for the misfortune of man is great upon him.

from the time the master of the house may have risen up, and may have shut the door, and ye may begin without to stand, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, lord, open to us, and he answering shall say to you, I have not known you whence ye are,

The purposes of the diligent <FI>are<Fi> only to advantage, And of every hasty one, only to want.

Lo, I come quickly, be holding fast that which thou hast, that no one may receive thy crown.

By faith Noah, having been divinely warned concerning the things not yet seen, having feared, did prepare an ark to the salvation of his house, through which he did condemn the world, and of the righteousness according to faith he became heir.

`And they began with one consent all to excuse themselves: The first said to him, A field I bought, and I have need to go forth and see it; I beg of thee, have me excused.

and ye, then, become ye ready, because at the hour ye think not, the Son of Man doth come.'

become watching, and strengthen the rest of the things that are about to die, for I have not found thy works fulfilled before God. — read the full passage →

I have turned so as to see under the sun, that not to the swift <FI>is<Fi> the race, nor to the mighty the battle, nor even to the wise bread, nor even to the intelligent wealth, nor even to the skilful grace, for time and chance happen with them all.

And lo, I come quickly, and my reward <FI>is<Fi> with me, to render to each as his work shall be;

`Remember, then, how thou hast received, and heard, and be keeping, and reform: if, then, thou mayest not watch, I will come upon thee as a thief, and thou mayest not know what hour I will come upon thee.

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 He saith, `In an acceptable time I did hear thee, and in a day of salvation I did help thee, lo, now <FI>is<Fi> a well-accepted time; lo, now, a day of salvation,' --

Ye--go ye up to this feast; I do not yet go up to this feast, because my time hath not yet been fulfilled;'

Jesus, therefore, saith to them, `My time is not yet present, but your time is always ready; — read the full passage →

Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth.

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

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

who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing;

A little sleep, a little slumber, A little clasping of the hands to rest, — read the full passage →

Jesus, therefore, saith to them, `My time is not yet present, but your time is always ready;

he saith--who is testifying these things--`Yes, I come quickly!' Amen! Yes, be coming, Lord Jesus!

Lo, I come quickly; happy <FI>is<Fi> he who is keeping the words of the prophecy of this scroll.'

And this one thing let not be unobserved by you, beloved, that one day with the Lord <FI>is<Fi> as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day; — read the full passage →

And concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need of my writing to you, — read the full passage →

Martha, therefore, said unto Jesus, `Sir, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died;

They were seeking, therefore, to seize him, and no one laid the hand on him, because his hour had not yet come,

Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids,

The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

And in the day of the Pentecost being fulfilled, they were all with one accord at the same place, — read the full passage →

`Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe; — read the full passage →

and each one went on to his house, but Jesus went on to the mount of the Olives. — read the full passage →

And he said also to the multitudes, `When ye may see the cloud rising from the west, immediately ye say, A shower doth come, and it is so; — read the full passage →

The whole He hath made beautiful in its season; also, that knowledge He hath put in their heart without which man findeth not out the work that God hath done from the beginning even unto the end.

Poor <FI>is<Fi> he who is working--a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich. — read the full passage →

and voice of harpers, and musicians, and pipers, and trumpeters, may not be heard at all in thee any more; and any artisan of any art may not be found at all in thee any more; and noise of a millstone may not be heard at all in thee any more;

and the dragon was angry against the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, those keeping the commands of God, and having the testimony of Jesus Christ.

`Reform! and if not, I come to thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

and fulfilled was the Writing that is saying, `And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him--to righteousness;' and, `Friend of God' he was called.

Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us,

In faith died all these, not having received the promises, but from afar having seen them, and having been persuaded, and having saluted <FI>them<Fi> , and having confessed that strangers and sojourners they are upon the earth, — read the full passage →

for yet a very very little, He who is coming will come, and will not tarry;

for of patience ye have need, that the will of God having done, ye may receive the promise, — read the full passage →

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

redeeming the time, because the days are evil;

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

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict, — read the full passage →

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict, — read the full passage →

`Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the assembly of God that He acquired through His own blood,

and when He may come--the Spirit of truth--He will guide you to all the truth, for He will not speak from Himself, but as many things as He will hear He will speak, and the coming things He will tell you;

Mary, therefore, when she came where Jesus was, having seen him, fell at his feet, saying to him, `Sir, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died;'

Martha, therefore, said unto Jesus, `Sir, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died; — read the full passage →

Martha, therefore, said unto Jesus, `Sir, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died; — read the full passage →

Martha, therefore, said unto Jesus, `Sir, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died; — read the full passage →

it behoveth me to be working the works of Him who sent me while it is day; night doth come, when no one is able to work: --

These sayings spake Jesus in the treasury, teaching in the temple, and no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come;

in these were lying a great multitude of the ailing, blind, lame, withered, waiting for the moving of the water, — read the full passage →

`And they began with one consent all to excuse themselves: The first said to him, A field I bought, and I have need to go forth and see it; I beg of thee, have me excused. — read the full passage →

from the time the master of the house may have risen up, and may have shut the door, and ye may begin without to stand, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, lord, open to us, and he answering shall say to you, I have not known you whence ye are, — read the full passage →

`Be striving to go in through the straight gate, because many, I say to you, will seek to go in, and shall not be able; — read the full passage →

`And, if that evil servant may say in his heart, My Lord doth delay to come, — read the full passage →

`Who, then, is the servant, faithful and wise, whom his lord did set over his household, to give them the nourishment in season? — read the full passage →

`Be agreeing with thy opponent quickly, while thou art in the way with him, that the opponent may not deliver thee to the judge, and the judge may deliver thee to the officer, and to prison thou mayest be cast,

For yet the vision <FI>is<Fi> for a season, And it breatheth for the end, and doth not lie, If it tarry, wait for it, For surely it cometh, it is not late.

Remember also thy Creators in days of thy youth, While that the evil days come not, Nor the years have arrived, that thou sayest, `I have no pleasure in them.'

All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work, and device, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol whither thou art going.

Whoso is keeping a command knoweth no evil thing, and time and judgment the heart of the wise knoweth. — read the full passage →

The desire of the slothful slayeth him, For his hands have refused to work.

The desire of the slothful slayeth him, For his hands have refused to work. — read the full passage →

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

Better <FI>is<Fi> the slow to anger than the mighty, And the ruler over his spirit than he who is taking a city.

Whoso is slow to anger <FI>is<Fi> of great understanding, And whoso is short in temper is exalting folly.

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

<FI> Lamed.<Fi> To the age, O Jehovah, Thy word is set up in the heavens.

we--of God we are; he who is knowing God doth hear us; he who is not of God, doth not hear us; from this we know the spirit of the truth, and the spirit of the error.

ye are not straitened in us, and ye are straitened in your <FI>own<Fi> bowels,

when I was with them in the world, I was keeping them in Thy name; those whom Thou hast given to me I did guard, and none of them was destroyed, except the son of the destruction, that the Writing may be fulfilled.

not concerning you all do I speak; I have known whom I chose for myself; but that the Writing may be fulfilled: He who is eating the bread with me, did lift up against me his heel.

if them he did call gods unto whom the word of God came, (and the Writing is not able to be broken,)

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God;

And he, having risen in the morning of the first of the sabbaths, did appear first to Mary the Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven demons; — read the full passage →

`Watch therefore, for ye have not known the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man doth come.