5 Bible Verses about Presuming Upon Time

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Proverbs 25:14

As clouds and wind without rain, so is one who takes credit for an offering he has not given.

James 4:13-16

How foolish it is to say, Today or tomorrow we will go into this town, and be there for a year and do business there and get wealth: When you are not certain what will take place tomorrow. What is your life? It is a mist, which is seen for a little time and then is gone. But the right thing to say would be, If it is the Lord's pleasure and if we are still living, we will do this and that.read more.
But now you go on glorying in your pride: and all such glorying is evil.

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Presuming upon time » Indulging in dreams of future gain

James 4:13-14

How foolish it is to say, Today or tomorrow we will go into this town, and be there for a year and do business there and get wealth: When you are not certain what will take place tomorrow. What is your life? It is a mist, which is seen for a little time and then is gone.

Presuming upon time » Boasting of the future

Presuming upon time » Planning for tomorrow's self-indulgence

Isaiah 56:12

Come, they say, I will get wine, and we will take strong drink in full measure; and tomorrow will be like today, full of pleasure.

Presuming upon time » Reckoning on future opportunities for reform

Acts 24:25

And while he was talking about righteousness and self-control and the judging which was to come, Felix had great fear and said, Go away for the present, and when the right time comes I will send for you.

Presuming upon time » Preparing for many years of enjoyment

Presuming upon time » Thinking the day of trial is remote

Amos 6:3

You who put far away the evil day, causing the rule of the violent to come near;

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