36 Bible Verses about Giving, Of Time
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"He has made of one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons and the bounds of their habitation,
"I tell you that for every careless word that men speak they shall give account on the day of judgment.
For the time past of life may suffice us to have worked the will of the Gentiles, when we spent our life in lasciviousness, lusts, hard drinking, revelry, banqueting, and abominable idol worship. They are astonished at this, that you do not run into the same excesses of profligacy as they do; and they speak evil of you. But they must render account to Him who stands ready to judge the living and the dead.
For the time past of life may suffice us to have worked the will of the Gentiles, when we spent our life in lasciviousness, lusts, hard drinking, revelry, banqueting, and abominable idol worship.
in which you passed your lives after the way of this world, under the sway of the Prince of the Powers of the Air, the spirit who is now working among the sons of disobedience. And among them we all once passed our lives, indulging the passions of our flesh, carrying out the dictates of our senses and temperament, and were by nature the children of wrath like all the rest.
So slay your baser inclinations. fornication, impurity, appetite, unnatural desires, and the greed which is idolatry. These things are ever bringing down the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience, among whom you once led your daily life when you lived in them.
"Afterwards the other maidens came and cried, "'Lord, Lord, open unto us!' "'In solemn truth I tell you,' he replied, 'I know you not.'
"when once the master of the house is risen up and has shut the door. You will begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, crying, "'Lord, open to us.' "'I do not know were you came from,' he will reply.
"you and your children within you. And they will not leave in you one stone upon the another. Because you knew not the time of your visitation."
And as he reasoned about morality, self-control, and the future judgment, Felix was terrified, and said, "For the present go on your way, and when I find a convenient season, I will send for you."
I have given her time for repentance; but she is determined not to turn from her immorality.
"The Light is among you a little longer," answered Jesus. "Walk while you have the Light, lest darkness overtake you. He who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
Indeed, brothers, the time that remains to us has been shortened; so let those who have wives live as if they had none, let those who weep be as though they did not weep, those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice, those who buy as though they did not possess, and those who use the world as though using it sparingly. For the present phase of the world is passing away.
"I must work the works of him that sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no man can work.
Go to now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we shall journey to such a city and spend a year there, and trade and make money," when all the time you do not know what will happen on the morrow. For what is your life? You are but a mist, appearing for a brief time, and then vanishing. You ought instead to say, "If the Lord wills it, we shall live and do this or that."
From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, "Repent for the kingdom of heaven is near."
"The time is now come," he said, "and the kingdom of God is near! Repent and believe the gospel."
As a worker with him I beseech you not to receive the grace of God in vain. For he said: In an acceptable time have I heard thee, And in the day of salvation have I succored thee. Behold, now is the acceptable time! behold, now is the day of salvation!
So then, as we have opportunity, let is do good to all men, but especially to those who are of the household of faith.
Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says. If you hear God's voice today, Continue not to harden your hearts as in the Provocation, On the day of temptation in the wilderness, When your forefathers tried my forbearance And saw my deeds for forty years.read more.
For this reason I was sore displeased with that generation, And said, "They are always wandering in their hearts; They have never learned my ways"; So I swore in my wrath, "They shall never enter into my rest." See to it, brothers, that there shall never be in any one of you an evil and unbelieving heart, manifesting itself in apostasy from the living God. On the contrary, encourage each other daily, so long as there is a "Today," so that no one of you is hindered by the deceitfulness of sin.
Now in these days while the number of the disciples was multiplying, the Grecian Jews began to murmur against the Hebrews, because their widows were habitually overlooked in the distribution of alms. Then the Twelve called the general body of the disciples together, and said to them. "It is not fitting for us to leave off preaching the Word of God, and minister at tables. "So, brothers, find from among your own number seven men of good reputation who are full of the Spirit and of wisdom, and we will appoint them over this business.read more.
"But we will give ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the Word."
In the morning he rose a great while before day and went out to a desert place, and there prayed.
Let each man scrutinize himself, and thus let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
This too, is the reason why you pay taxes; because the authorities are ministers of God's service, attending continually upon this very thing.
Then he said to them, "Come apart, yourselves, to a quiet spot, and rest a while." For there were many coming and going, and they could not get time even to eat.
he should be a man who rules his own household well, and keeps his children ever under control and thoroughly well behaved.
For I do not wish at this present time to see you merely in passing; but if the Lord permits, I hope to remain some time with you.
and they stedfastly continued in the teaching of the apostles, and in the fellowship, in the breaking of the bread, and in the prayers.
On the first day of the week we met for the breaking of bread, and Paul, who was going away the next morning, began preaching to them, and prolonged his discourse until midnight.
not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the custom of some, but exhorting one another; all the more as you behold the Day drawing near.
"Martha, Martha," said Jesus, "you are anxious and worried about many things, "only one thing is really necessary. Mary, moreover, has chosen that good part which shall not be taken away from her."
"But continue to seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
So Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly. "It was necessary," they said, "first to proclaim the word of God to you. But since you push it away from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. "For such is God's command to us, saying, "I have set thee for a light to the Gentiles, That thou shouldest be for salvation to the uttermost part of the earth."
While Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred within him, when he noticed that the city was full of idols. He argued in the synagogues with the Jews and the devout proselytes, and also daily in the market-place with those that met him there.
