Wasting Time
10 passages
- Colossians 3:23
Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, as for the Lord and not for men,
Read it in context - Proverbs 6:9–11
9How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep? 10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, 11and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
Read it in context - Psalm 90:12
So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.
Read it in context - Ecclesiastes 3:1
To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
Read it in context - Proverbs 6:6–8
6Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise. 7Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler, 8it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.
Read it in context - James 4:14
You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
Read it in context - Colossians 4:5–6
5Act wisely toward outsiders, redeeming the time. 6Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
Read it in context - 1 Corinthians 6:19–20
19Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.
Read it in context - Ephesians 4:28
He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.
Read it in context - 1 Peter 4:3
For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.
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