Procrastination

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise; — read the full passage →

The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Don’t boast about tomorrow; for you don’t know what a day may bring.

To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn’t do it, to him it is sin.

He said to another, “Follow me!” But he said, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.” — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.

I must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.

Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don’t expect him.”

“Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.

He who observes the wind won’t sow; and he who regards the clouds won’t reap.

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

But if what I don’t desire, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me. — read the full passage →

He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.

Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you,” when you have it by you.

I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments.

Let all things be done decently and in order.

Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

I give a judgment in this: for this is expedient for you, who were the first to start a year ago, not only to do, but also to be willing. — read the full passage →

preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with all patience and teaching.

Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.

He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.

As he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, “Go your way for this time, and when it is convenient for me, I will summon you.”

Therefore tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: None of my words shall be deferred any more, but the word which I shall speak shall be performed, says the Lord Yahweh.

Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Yahweh, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.

So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you will hear his voice, — read the full passage →

He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

“You shall not delay to offer from your harvest and from the outflow of your presses. “You shall give the firstborn of your sons to me.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

for he says, “At an acceptable time I listened to you, in a day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.

I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; — read the full passage →

He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!”

Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise; — read the full passage →

“Yahweh, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am. — read the full passage →

The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow let’s go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit.” — read the full passage →

Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. — read the full passage →

“Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies waste? — read the full passage →

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men, — read the full passage →

Seek Yahweh while he may be found; call you on him while he is near:

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

They said, “Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good. Do you stand still? Don’t be slothful to go and to enter in to possess the land.

Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision fails?

I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from? — read the full passage →

“Surely I will not come into the structure of my house, nor go up into my bed; — read the full passage →

When I say, ‘My bed shall comfort me. My couch shall ease my complaint;’ — read the full passage →

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

then the lord of that servant will come in a day when he isn’t expecting him, and in an hour that he doesn’t know, and will cut him in two, and place his portion with the unfaithful. — read the full passage →

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: — read the full passage →

As they went on the way, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “Behold, here is water. What is keeping me from being baptized?”

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.

If I fought with animals at Ephesus for human purposes, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, then “let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger. — read the full passage →

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

When you vow a vow to Yahweh your God, you shall not be slack to pay it; for Yahweh your God will surely require it of you; and it would be sin in you.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts. — read the full passage →

When you vow a vow to God, don’t defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.

But concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need that anything be written to you.

Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, — read the full passage →

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. — read the full passage →

“That servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.’

When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ then he will answer and tell you, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’

Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are with him on the way; lest perhaps the prosecutor deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison.

Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who are secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come! — read the full passage →

Thus said Yahweh: Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word, — read the full passage →

Give glory to Yahweh your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and, while you look for light, he turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it gross darkness.

Thus says Yahweh, “What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? — read the full passage →

Happy are you, land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness! — read the full passage →

A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn’t know that poverty waits for him. — read the full passage →

Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow. — read the full passage →

He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

for he is our God. We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep in his care. Today, oh that you would hear his voice! — read the full passage →

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”

When you said, “Seek my face,” my heart said to you, “I will seek your face, Yahweh.”

He left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, “Let me please kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” He said to him, “Go back again; for what have I done to you?” — read the full passage →

Then you answered and said to me, “We have sinned against Yahweh, we will go up and fight, according to all that Yahweh our God commanded us.” Every man of you put on his weapons of war, and presumed to go up into the hill country.

He said, “Tomorrow.” He said, “Be it according to your word, that you may know that there is no one like Yahweh our God.

But he lingered; and the men grabbed his hand, his wife’s hand, and his two daughters’ hands, Yahweh being merciful to him; and they took him out, and set him outside of the city.