10 Bible Verses about Wasting Time

Making good use of the time, because the days are evil. For this reason, then, do not be foolish, but be conscious of the Lord's pleasure.

A door is turned on its pillar, and the hater of work on his bed.

Whatever you do, do it readily, as to the Lord and not to men;

How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep? A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep: Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man

For everything there is a fixed time, and a time for every business under the sun.

Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise: Having no chief, overseer, or ruler, She gets her meat in the summer, storing up food at the time of the grain-cutting.

Be wise in your behaviour to those who are outside, making good use of the time. Let your talk be with grace, mixed with salt, so that you may be able to give an answer to everyone.

Let him who was a thief be so no longer, but let him do good work with his hands, so that he may have something to give to him who is in need.

Because for long enough, in times past, we have been living after the way of the Gentiles, given up to the desires of the flesh, to drinking and feasting and loose behaviour and unclean worship of images;

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.