Using Your Time Wisely

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

redeeming the time, because the days are evil;

To number our days aright let <FI>us<Fi> know, And we bring the heart to wisdom.

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

I did glorify Thee on the earth, the work I did finish that Thou hast given me, that I may do <FI>it<Fi> .

See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise,

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;

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service; — read the full passage →

In Thy hand <FI>are<Fi> my times, Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from my pursuers.

She hath girded with might her loins, And doth strengthen her arms. — read the full passage →

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,' --

Go, now, ye who are saying, `To-day and to-morrow we will go on to such a city, and will pass there one year, and traffic, and make gain;' — read the full passage →

Vain for you who are rising early, Who delay sitting, eating the bread of griefs, So He giveth to His beloved one sleep.

And it came to pass, on his going into the house of a certain one of the chiefs of the Pharisees, on a sabbath, to eat bread, that they were watching him, — read the full passage →

Near <FI>is<Fi> the great day of Jehovah, Near, and hasting exceedingly, The noise of the day of Jehovah, Bitterly shriek there doth a mighty one.

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

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

`And signs shall accompany those believing these things; in my name demons they shall cast out; with new tongues they shall speak; — read the full passage →

`And having been wroth, his lord delivered him to the inquisitors, till he might pay all that was owing to him; — read the full passage →

let not any one deceive you in any manner, because--if the falling away may not come first, and the man of sin be revealed--the son of the destruction, — read the full passage →

The Visions of Isaiah son of Amoz, that he hath seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

He hath declared to thee, O man, what <FI>is<Fi> good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except--to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?

And it maketh all, the small, and the great, and the rich, and the poor, and the freemen, and the servants, that it may give to them a mark upon their right hand or upon their foreheads, — read the full passage →

and there was given to it to give a spirit to the image of the beast, that also the image of the beast may speak, and <FI>that<Fi> it may cause as many as shall not bow before the image of the beast, that they may be killed.

Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof,

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.

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

Words of Lemuel a king, a declaration that his mother taught him: — read the full passage →

and if wrong in your eyes to serve Jehovah--choose for you to-day whom ye do serve; --whether the gods whom your fathers served, which <FI>are<Fi> beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling; and I and my house--we serve Jehovah.'

`If, therefore, thou mayest bring thy gift to the altar, and there mayest remember that thy brother hath anything against thee,

The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens. — read the full passage →

See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise, — 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: --

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

A time to seek, And a time to destroy. A time to keep, And a time to cast away.

The heart of man deviseth his way, And Jehovah establisheth his step.

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

I say to thee, thou mayest not come forth thence till even the last mite thou mayest give back.'

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service; — read the full passage →

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

For I say, through the grace that was given to me, to every one who is among you, not to think above what it behoveth to think; but to think so as to think wisely, as to each God did deal a measure of faith,

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

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

and walk in love, as also the Christ did love us, and did give himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell,

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

whenever, therefore, thou mayest do kindness, thou mayest not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory from men; verily I say to you--they have their reward!

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

And I on Thee--I have trusted, O Jehovah, I have said, `Thou <FI>art<Fi> my God.' — read the full passage →

who did give himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of the present evil age, according to the will of God even our Father,

we not looking to the things seen, but to the things not seen; for the things seen <FI>are<Fi> temporary, but the things not seen <FI>are<Fi> age-during.

so that he who is setting himself against the authority, against God's ordinance hath resisted; and those resisting, to themselves shall receive judgment.

Jesus answered, `Neither did this one sin nor his parents, but that the works of God may be manifested in him;

and having opened his mouth, he was teaching them, saying:

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.

Roll unto Jehovah thy works, And established are thy purposes,

For length of days and years, Life and peace they do add to thee.

because of this take ye up the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to resist in the day of the evil, and all things having done--to stand.

also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting, --the things not fit--but rather thanksgiving;

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved, — read the full passage →

among whom also we all did walk once in the desires of our flesh, doing the wishes of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath--as also the others,

each one, according as he doth purpose in heart, not out of sorrow or out of necessity, for a cheerful giver doth God love,

Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;

A time to slay, And a time to heal, A time to break down, And a time to build up.

A time to bring forth, And a time to die. A time to plant, And a time to eradicate the planted.

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

Mine unformed substance Thine eyes saw, And on Thy book all of them are written, The days they were formed--And not one among them.

Before mountains were brought forth, And Thou dost form the earth and the world, Even from age unto age Thou <FI>art<Fi> God.

A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, a habitation Thou--Thou hast been, To us--in generation and generation, — read the full passage →

Go, now, ye who are saying, `To-day and to-morrow we will go on to such a city, and will pass there one year, and traffic, and make gain;'

and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

All joy count <FI>it<Fi> , my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold;

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

Give a portion to seven, and even to eight, For thou knowest not what evil is on the earth.

A time to rend, And a time to sew. A time to be silent, And a time to speak.

and that no one may be able to buy, or to sell, except he who is having the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, — read the full passage →

and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

Christ did redeem us from the curse of the law, having become for us a curse, for it hath been written, `Cursed is every one who is hanging on a tree,'

so we, the many, one body are in Christ, and members each one of one another.

`For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expence, whether he have the things for completing?

and Jesus answering spake to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, `Is it lawful on the sabbath-day to heal?'

and five of them were prudent, and five foolish;

Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, For Jehovah hath spoken: Sons I have nourished and brought up, And they--they transgressed against Me.

A time to love, And a time to hate. A time of war, And a time of peace.

A time to cast away stones, And a time to heap up stones. A time to embrace, And a time to be far from embracing.

A time to weep, And a time to laugh. A time to mourn, And a time to skip.

Do this now, my son, and be delivered, For thou hast come into the hand of thy friend. Go, trample on thyself, and strengthen thy friend,

Thou--Thou hast known my sitting down, And my rising up, Thou hast attended to my thoughts from afar.