Wastefulness

See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, — read the full passage →

When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. — read the full passage →

There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us. — read the full passage →

When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. — read the full passage →

Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.

Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the Lord your God.

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? — read the full passage →

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; — read the full passage →

And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. — read the full passage →

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, — read the full passage →

The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;

Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, — read the full passage →

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.

But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? — read the full passage →

By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.

But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.

Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.

But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. — read the full passage →

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.

The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.

How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? — read the full passage →

Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. — read the full passage →

If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, — read the full passage →

Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. — read the full passage →

And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.

And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. — read the full passage →

And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: — read the full passage →

Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. — read the full passage →

And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, — read the full passage →

Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, — read the full passage →

Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat:

For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.

These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, — read the full passage →

Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings.

Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. — read the full passage →

Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.

And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,

And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.

And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head. — read the full passage →

And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people.

Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.

Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him. — read the full passage →

Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.

And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him. — read the full passage →

And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.

There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him.

There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him. — read the full passage →

And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.

And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Canaanite,

But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter.

In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.

And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.