13 Bible Verses about Neglecting God's Things

The Rock that begat thee thou forgettest, And neglectest God who formeth thee.

If we have forgotten the name of our God, And spread our hands to a strange God,

for unto the chambers do they bring in -- the sons of Israel and the sons of Levi -- the heave-offering of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, and there are vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests, those ministering, and the gatekeepers, and the singers, and we do not forsake the house of our God.

For once doth God speak, and twice, (He doth not behold it.)

Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye give tithe of the mint, and the dill, and the cumin, and did neglect the weightier things of the Law -- the judgment, and the kindness, and the faith; these it behoved you to do, and those not to neglect.

'But woe to you, the Pharisees, because ye tithe the mint, and the rue, and every herb, and ye pass by the judgment, and the love of God; these things it behoveth to do, and those not to be neglecting.

Hear instruction, and be wise, and slight not.

how shall we escape, having neglected so great salvation? which a beginning receiving -- to be spoken through the Lord -- by those having heard was confirmed to us,

Cursed is he who is doing the work of Jehovah slothfully, And cursed is he Who is withholding his sword from blood.

And ye slight all my counsel, And my reproof ye have not desired.

Who are putting away the day of evil, And ye bring nigh the seat of violence,

and the twelve, having called near the multitude of the disciples, said, 'It is not pleasing that we, having left the word of God, do minister at tables;

be not careless of the gift in thee, that was given thee through prophecy, with laying on of the hands of the eldership;