61 Bible Verses about Giving, Of Time
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Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with thee, and thou have appointed his bounds that he cannot pass,
My times are in thy hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.
The day is thine; the night is also thine. Thou have prepared the light and the sun. Thou have set all the borders of the earth. Thou have made summer and winter.
Thine eyes saw my unformed substance, and in thy book they were all written, [even] the days that were ordained, when as yet there was none of them.
And he made from one blood every nation of men to dwell upon all the face of the earth, having determined prescribed times, and the limits of their occupancy,
But I say to you, that every idle word, whatever men may speak, they will render account about it in the day of judgment.
For enough time of life has past for you to accomplish the will of the Gentiles, having gone in debaucheries, lusts, excesses of wine, revelings, drinking parties, and lawless idolatries. During which they think it strange of you not running together into the same pouring out of debauchery, while they slander. Men who will give back an accounting to him who fares readily to judge the living and the dead.
For enough time of life has past for you to accomplish the will of the Gentiles, having gone in debaucheries, lusts, excesses of wine, revelings, drinking parties, and lawless idolatries.
And I will restore to you the years that the locust, the canker-worm, and the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm has eaten--my great army which I sent among you.
in which ye once walked according to the era of this world, according to the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the sons of disobedience. Among whom we also all once behaved in the lusts of our flesh, doing the intentions of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath as also the others.
Put to death therefore your body-parts on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry. Because of which the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience, in which ye also once walked when ye lived in them.
The sluggard will not plow because of the winter. Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
But afterward the other virgins also came, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But having answered, he said, Truly I say to you, I know you not.
From the time the house-ruler has risen up, and has closed the door, and ye begin to stand outside, and to knock the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us, and having answered, he will say to you, I know not where ye are from,
And they will raze thee and thy children within thee. And they will not leave in thee a stone upon a stone, because thou knew not the time of thy visitation.
And as he discoursed about righteousness, and self-control, and the judgment going to be, Felix, having become afraid, answered, Go now, and having a convenient time, I will summon thee.
And I gave her time so that she would repent, and she did not want to repent of her fornication.
Jesus therefore said to them, Yet a little time the light is with you. Walk while ye have the light, so that darkness may not overcome you. And he who walks in the darkness knows not where he is going.
But this I say, brothers, the time is shortened. It is the remaining, so that also those who have wives may be as not having, and those who weep, as not weeping, and those who rejoice, as not rejoicing, and those who buy, as not possessing, and those who use this world, as not making full use, for the form of this world passes away.
I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. Night comes when no man can work.
Go now, men who say, Today and tomorrow we will go into this city, and will operate one year there, and will engage in trade and will get gain-- men who know not of the morrow. For what is your life? For it will be a vapor that appears for a little while, and then also vanishes away-- in place of your saying, If the Lord should will, then we will live and do this or that.
For this let everyone who is devout pray to thee in a time when thou may be found. Surely when the great waters overflow they shall not reach to him.
From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent ye, for the kingdom of the heavens has approached.
and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near. Repent ye, and believe in the good-news.
And working jointly, we urge you also not to receive the grace of God in vain (for he says, At an acceptable time I heard thee, and in a day of salvation I helped thee. Behold, now is an acceptable time. Behold, now is a day of salvation),
So then as we have time, let us work what is good toward all men, and especially toward those belonging to a household of the faith.
Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, Today if ye hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, according to the day of the trial in the wilderness, where your fathers challenged me, tested me, and saw my works forty years.read more.
Therefore I was angry with that generation, and said, They are always led astray in their heart, and they did not know my ways. So I swore in my wrath, They will not enter into my rest. Watch, brothers, lest there will be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in withdrawing from the living God. But exhort each other during each day, while it is called Today, lest any of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
And of the sons of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times to know what Israel ought to do, the heads of them were two hundred. And all their brothers were at their commandment.
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood about Moses from the morning to the evening. And when Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou do to the people? Why do thou sit by thyself, and all the people stand about thee from morning to evening? And Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to inquire of God.read more.
When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor. And I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws. And Moses' father-in-law said to him, The thing that thou do is not good. Thou will surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee, for the thing is too heavy for thee. Thou are not able to perform it thyself alone. Hearken now to my voice. I will give thee counsel, and God be with thee. Be thou for the people toward God, and bring thou the cases to God. And thou shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and shall show them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do. Moreover thou shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain, and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens, and let them judge the people at all seasons. And it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring to thee, but every small matter they shall judge themselves. So shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear [the burden If thou shall do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shall be able to endure, and all this people also shall go to their place in peace. So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said. And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens, and they judged the people at all seasons. The hard cases they brought to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
Now in those days, the disciples being multiplied, there developed a murmuring of the Hellenists against the Hebrews because their widows were neglected in the daily assistance. And the twelve, having summoned the multitude of the disciples, they said, It is not right for us, having left the word of God behind, to serve tables. Therefore, brothers, seek ye out seven men from you being well reported, full of Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this need.read more.
But we will continue steadfastly in prayer, and in the service of the word.
Stand in awe, and sin not. Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
Evening, and morning, and at noonday, I will complain and moan. And he will hear my voice.
And when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his chamber toward Jerusalem) and he knelt upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he d
And having risen early, very much in the night, he came out and departed into a desolate place, and prayed there.
But let a man examine himself, and let him so eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.
For because of this ye also fulfill taxes, for they are servants of God being devoted to this same thing.
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days thou shall labor, and do all thy work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to LORD thy God. Thou shall not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates,
And it shall be a statute forever to you. In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and shall do no manner of work, the home-born, or the stranger who sojourns among you.
And he said to them, Come ye yourselves in private into a desolate place, and rest a while. For there were many coming and going, and they had no opportunity even to eat.
When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out in the army, neither shall he be charged with any business. He shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he has taken.
And thou shall teach them diligently to thy sons, and shall talk of them when thou sit in thy house, and when thou walk by the way, and when thou lay down, and when thou rise up.
a man who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all propriety
For I do not want to see you now in passing, but I hope to remain some time with you, if the Lord allows.
And they were continuing steadfastly in the apostles doctrine, and in fellowship, and in the breaking of bread, and the prayers.
And upon the first day of the week, the disciples having come together to break bread, Paul discoursed with them, intending to depart on the morrow. And he prolonged his speech until midnight.
Not forsaking the assembling together of ourselves, as is the habit of some, but exhorting, and so much the more as long as ye see the day approaching.
But having answered, Jesus said to her, Martha, Martha, thou are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is necessary, and Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her.
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers, but his delight is in the law of LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. And whatever he does shall prosper.
Thus speaks LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, It is not the time [for us] to come, the time for LORD's house to be built. Then the word of LORD came by Haggai the prophet, saying, Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses while this house lays waste?
But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
But having spoken boldly, Paul and Barnabas said, It was necessary for the word of God to be spoken first to you, but since ye thrust it away, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. For so the Lord has commanded us: I have placed thee for a light of Gentiles, for thee to be for salvation as far as the extremity of the earth.
But while Paul waited for them in Athens, his spirit was aroused within him, seeing the city being completely idolatrous. Indeed therefore he was discoursing in the synagogue with the Jews, and with those who worship, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened by.
