Wasting Time

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

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

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

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:

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;

in wisdom walk ye toward those without, the time forestalling; — read the full passage →

whoso is stealing let him no more steal, but rather let him labour, working the thing that is good with the hands, that he may have to impart to him having need.

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own, — read the full passage →

Sow for yourselves in righteousness, Reap according to loving-kindness, Till for yourselves tillage of knowledge, To seek Jehovah, Till he come and shew righteousness to you.

for sufficient to us <FI>is<Fi> the past time of life the will of the nations to have wrought, having walked in lasciviousnesses, desires, excesses of wines, revellings, drinking-bouts, and unlawful idolatries,

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

The door turneth round on its hinge, And the slothful on his bed.

Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

Whoso is tilling the ground is satisfied <FI>with<Fi> bread, And whoso is pursuing vanities is lacking heart,

`Cause me to know, O Jehovah, mine end, And the measure of my days--what it <FI>is<Fi> ,' I know how frail I <FI>am<Fi> . — 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.

to him, then, knowing to do good, and not doing, sin it is to him.

He also that is remiss in his work, A brother he <FI>is<Fi> to a destroyer.

but in all these we more than conquer, through him who loved us;

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

Lo, handbreadths Thou hast made my days, And mine age <FI>is<Fi> as nothing before Thee, Only, all vanity <FI>is<Fi> every man set up. Selah.

The hand of the diligent ruleth, And slothfulness becometh tributary.

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

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

Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes--be satisfied <FI>with<Fi> bread.

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

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

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,

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.

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.

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

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, — read the full passage →

Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; --

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 →

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;

therefore, then, as we have opportunity, may we work the good to all, and especially unto those of the household of the 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 →

The thing that Isaiah son of Amoz hath seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem: — read the full passage →

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, — read the full passage →

redeeming the time, because the days are evil;

but ye shall receive power at the coming of the Holy Spirit upon you, and ye shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and unto the end of the earth.'

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

The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.

in the diligence not slothful; in the spirit fervent; the Lord serving;

To everything--a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens: — read the full passage →

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

The way of the slothful <FI>is<Fi> as a hedge of briers, And the path of the upright is raised up.

work not for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to life age-during, which the Son of Man will give to you, for him did the Father seal--<FI> even<Fi> God.'

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

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

`Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal, — read the full passage →

`Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not--reward ye have not from your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens; — read the full passage →

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.

The slothful roasteth not his hunting, And the wealth of a diligent man is precious.

Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep?

And Jehovah God taketh the man, and causeth him to rest in the garden of Eden, to serve it, and to keep it.

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 when they were filled, he saith to his disciples, `Gather together the broken pieces that are over, that nothing may be lost;'

And he went forth thence, and came to his own country, and his disciples do follow him, — read the full passage →

And Jesus having earnestly beheld, said to them, `With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'

For a Child hath been born to us, A Son hath been given to us, And the princely power is on his shoulder, And He doth call his name Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace.

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

And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times,

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

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

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

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

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 →

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

`Ye may not give that which is <FI>holy<Fi> to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, that they may not trample them among their feet, and having turned--may rend you.

`Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, nor for your body, what ye may put on. Is not the life more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing?

In the ears of a fool speak not, For he treadeth on the wisdom of thy words.

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

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;

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

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

And concerning the virgins, a command of the Lord I have not; and I give judgment as having obtained kindness from the Lord to be faithful: — read the full passage →

The instructor of a scorner Is receiving for it--shame, And a reprover of the wicked--his blemish.

Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it <FI>are<Fi> the outgoings of life.

Man, born of woman! Of few days, and full of trouble!

and he saith, `Naked came I forth from the womb of my mother, and naked I turn back thither: Jehovah hath given and Jehovah hath taken: let the name of Jehovah be blessed.'

`And this day hath become to you a memorial, and ye have kept it a feast to Jehovah to your generations; --a statute age-during; ye keep it a feast. — read the full passage →

Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him, — read the full passage →

ye ask, and ye receive not, because evilly ye ask, that in your pleasures ye may spend <FI>it<Fi> .

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to a command of God our Saviour, and of the Lord Jesus Christ our hope, — read the full passage →

for as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God;

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 apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.

because of this become not fools, but--understanding what <FI>is<Fi> the will of the Lord,

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

And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good <FI>it is<Fi> for a man not to touch a woman, — read the full passage →

it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,