14 Bible Verses about Busyness

Go to the ant, you slacker!
Observe its ways and become wise.

But Martha was distracted by her many tasks, and she came up and asked, “Lord, don’t You care that my sister has left me to serve alone? So tell her to give me a hand.”

In the morning sow your seed,
and at evening do not let your hand rest,
because you don’t know which will succeed,
whether one or the other,
or if both of them will be equally good.

But while your servant was busy here and there, he disappeared.”

The king of Israel said to him, “That will be your sentence; you yourself have decided it.”

“Certainly, man walks about like a mere shadow.
Indeed, they frantically rush around in vain,
gathering possessions
without knowing who will get them.

For dreams result from much work and a fool’s voice from many words.

As for the seed that fell among thorns, these are the ones who, when they have heard, go on their way and are choked with worries, riches, and pleasures of life, and produce no mature fruit.

to seek to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you,

For we hear that there are some among you who walk irresponsibly, not working at all, but interfering with the work of others.

“Why were you searching for Me?” He asked them. “Didn’t you know that I had to be in My Father’s house?”

The Lord God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to work it and watch over it.

Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for God’s glory.

“Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

“Stop your fighting—and know that I am God,
exalted among the nations, exalted on the earth.”