Wastefulness

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

When they were filled, he said to his disciples, “Gather up the broken pieces which are left over, that nothing be lost.” — read the full passage →

There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion, and not after the tradition which they received from us. — read the full passage →

When they were filled, he said to his disciples, “Gather up the broken pieces which are left over, that nothing be lost.”

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

“Behold, I have created the smith who blows the fire of coals, and brings out a weapon for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.

An abundance of food is in poor people’s fields, but injustice sweeps it away.

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,

Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, fullness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

“‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap into the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest: you shall leave them for the poor, and for the foreigner. I am Yahweh your 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 →

Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking, — read the full passage →

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, — read the full passage →

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood;

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

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or stubble; — read the full passage →

When I came to you, brothers, I didn’t come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. — read the full passage →

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God, — read the full passage →

The same came to him by night, and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him.”

even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us,

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

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness.

You shall have a perfect and just weight. You shall have a perfect and just measure, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,

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

But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don’t consume one another.

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

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

through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

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

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

and Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herod’s steward; Susanna; and many others; who served them from their possessions.

For they said, “Not during the feast, because there might be a riot of the people.”

“Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat bread.”

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

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living.

But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste?

“For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them. — read the full passage →

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

A high look, and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

The slothful man doesn’t roast his game, but the possessions of diligent men are prized.

How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep? — read the full passage →

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 the darkness, we lie, and don’t tell the truth.

Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly;

Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, — read the full passage →

Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time. — read the full passage →

Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.

and were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.

Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink! — read the full passage →

and will come out; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

The third day, there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there. — read the full passage →

As they went on their way, 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. He was subject to them, and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord. — read the full passage →

Since many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us, — read the full passage →

saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sat on Moses’ seat.

For you shall spread out on the right hand and on the left; and your seed shall possess the nations, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

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

The sons of Ezrah: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon; and she bore 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 on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no kind of work. It is a Sabbath to Yahweh in all your dwellings.

looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it;

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

Then he said to them, “The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are few. Pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that he may send out laborers into his harvest.

Behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that he was reclining in the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster jar of ointment.

He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch.”

While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard—very costly. She broke the jar, and poured it over his head. — read the full passage →

Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat, and to go ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he himself sent the multitude away.

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

Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judah, and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with us?” They were offended at him. — read the full passage →

Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judah, and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with us?” They were offended at him.

He went out from there. He came into his own country, and his disciples followed him. — read the full passage →

He asked him, “What is your name?” He said to him, “My name is Legion, for we are many.”

His mother and his brothers came, and standing outside, they sent to him, calling him.

His mother and his brothers came, and standing outside, they sent to him, calling him. — read the full passage →

When his friends heard it, they went out to seize him: for they said, “He is insane.”

Andrew; Philip; Bartholomew; Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of Alphaeus; Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot;

But he went out, and began to proclaim it much, and to spread about the matter, so that Jesus could no more openly enter into a city, but was outside in desert places: and they came to him from everywhere.

Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb.

If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the assembly. If he refuses to hear the assembly also, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector.

Then he sent away the multitudes, got into the boat, and came into the borders of Magdala.