36 Bible Verses about Giving, Of Time

From one forefather he has created every nation of mankind, and made them live all over the face of the earth, fixing their appointed times and the limits of their lands,

But I tell you, for every careless word that men utter they will have to answer on the Day of Judgment.

You have spent time enough in the past in doing as the heathen like to do, indulging in sensuality, passion, drunkenness, carousing, dissipation, and detestable idolatry. They are amazed that you no longer join them in plunging into the flood of dissipation, and they abuse you for it; but they will have to answer for it to him who is ready to judge living and dead.

You have spent time enough in the past in doing as the heathen like to do, indulging in sensuality, passion, drunkenness, carousing, dissipation, and detestable idolatry.

in the midst of which you once lived under the control of the present age of the world, and the master-spirit of the air, who is still at work among the disobedient. We all lived among them once, indulging our physical cravings and obeying the impulses of our lower nature and its thoughts, and by nature we were doomed to God's wrath like other men.

So treat as dead your physical nature, as far as immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed are concerned; for it is really idolatry. It is on account of these things that God's anger is coming. And you once practiced them as others do, when you lived that old earthly life.

Afterward the other bridesmaids came and said, 'Sir! Sir! Open the door for us!' But he answered, 'I tell you, I do not know you!'

when the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock on the door, and say, 'Open it for us, sir!' Then he will answer you and say, 'I do not know where you come from,'

and they will throw you and your children within you to the ground, and they will not leave one stone upon another within you because you did not know when God visited you!"

But as he talked of uprightness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became alarmed, and said, "You may go for the present. I will find time later to send for you."

I have given her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her immorality.

Jesus said to them, "You will have the light only a little while longer. Go on while you still have the light, so that darkness may not overtake you, for those who go about in the dark do not know where they are going.

But this I do say, brothers. The appointed time has grown very short. From this time on those who have wives should live as though they had none, and those who mourn as though they did not mourn, and those who are glad as though they were not glad, and those who buy anything as though they did not own it, and those who mix in the world, as though they were not absorbed in it. For the present shape of the world is passing away.

We must carry on the work of him who has sent me while the daylight lasts. Night is coming, when no one can do any work.

Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we are going to such and such a town, to stay a year and go into business and make money," when you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow! You are just a mist, which appears for a little while and then disappears. This, instead of saying, "If it is the Lord's will, we shall live to do this or that."

and make the most of your opportunity, for these are evil times.

From that time Jesus began to preach and say, "Repent! for the Kingdom of Heaven is coming!"

saying, "The time has come and the reign of God is near; repent, and believe this good news."

As God's fellow-worker, I appeal to you, too, not to accept the favor of God and then waste it. For he says, "I have listened to you at a welcome time, And helped you on a day of deliverance!" Now the welcome time has come! This is the day of deliverance!

So then whenever we have an opportunity, let us do good to all men, especially to those who belong to the family of the faith.

Use wisdom in dealing with outsiders, making the most of your opportunities.

Therefore, as the holy Spirit says, "If you hear his voice today, Do not harden your hearts as your forefathers provoked me by doing, As in that time of trial in the desert, Where your forefathers put my doings to the proof for forty years, Though they saw them all the time.read more.
That was why I was angry with that generation, And I said, 'Their minds are always wandering, And they have never found my paths.' But as I made oath in my anger, They shall never be admitted to my Rest!" See to it, my brothers, that no one of you has a wicked, unbelieving heart, that turns away from the ever-living God, but encourage one another every day, as long as we can still speak of Today, so that no one of you may have his heart hardened by the pleasantness of sin.

In those days, as the number of the disciples was increasing, complaints were made by the Greek-speaking Jews against the native Jews that their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution of food. So the Twelve called in the whole body of disciples and said to them, "It is not desirable that we should give up preaching the word of God to keep accounts. You, brothers, must pick out from your number seven men of good standing, who are wise and full of the Spirit, and we will put them in charge of this matter,read more.
while we devote ourselves to prayer and to delivering the message."

Early in the morning, long before daylight, he got up and left the house and went off to a lonely spot, and prayed there.

A man should examine himself, and only when he has done so should he eat any of the bread or drink from the cup.

just as you pay your taxes; they are God's ministers, devoting themselves to this service.

And he said to them, "Come away by yourselves to some quiet place, and rest a little while." For people were coming and going in large numbers, and they had no time even for meals.

managing his own house well, and keeping his children under control and perfectly respectful??5 for if a man does not know how to conduct his own household, how can he look after a church of God?

For I do not want to see you now just in passing, for I hope to spend some time with you if the Lord permits it.

And they devoted themselves to the teaching and the society of the apostles, the breaking of bread, and prayer.

On the first day of the week, when we had met for the breaking of bread, Paul addressed them, as he was going away the next morning, and he prolonged his address until midnight.

Let us not neglect meeting together as some do, but let us encourage one another, all the more as you can see that the great Day is coming nearer.

The Master answered, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and anxious about many things, but our wants are few, indeed there is only one thing we need. For Mary has chosen the right thing, and it must not be taken away from her."

But you must make his kingdom, and uprightness before him, your greatest care, and you will have all these other things besides.

Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out plainly, and said, "God's message had to be told to you first, but since you thrust it off and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, we now turn to the heathen. For these are the orders the Lord has given us: " 'I have made you a light for the heathen, To be the means of salvation to the very ends of the earth!' "

While Paul waited for them at Athens, he was exasperated to see how idolatrous the city was. He had discussions at the synagogue with the Jews and those who worshiped with them, and every day in the public square with any whom he happened to find.