13 Bible Verses about Neglecting God's Things

Of the Rock that begot thee wast thou unmindful, And thou hast forgotten God who brought thee forth.

If we had forgotten the name of our God, and stretched out our hands to a strange god,

For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the heave-offering of the corn, of the new wine and the oil, into the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the doorkeepers and the singers. And we will not forsake the house of our God.

For God speaketh once, and twice, and man perceiveth it not --

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye pay tithes of mint and anise and cummin, and ye have left aside the weightier matters of the law, judgment and mercy and faith: these ye ought to have done and not have left those aside.

But woe unto you, Pharisees, for ye pay tithes of mint and rue and every herb, and pass by the judgment and the love of God: these ye ought to have done, and not have left those aside.

hear instruction and be wise, and refuse it not.

how shall we escape if we have been negligent of so great salvation, which, having had its commencement in being spoken of by the Lord, has been confirmed to us by those who have heard;

Cursed be he that doeth the work of Jehovah negligently, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood!

and ye have rejected all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

And the twelve, having called the multitude of the disciples to them, said, It is not right that we, leaving the word of God, should serve tables.

Be not negligent of the gift that is in thee, which has been given to thee through prophecy, with imposition of the hands of the elderhood.