36 Bible Verses about Giving, Of Time
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and He made of one every nation of men to dwell upon all the face of the earth, having marked out their appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation;
And I say to you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account concerning it in the day of judgment;
For the time past is sufficient to have wrought the will of the gentiles, having walked in wantonness, lusts, wine-bibbings, revelings, carousings, and impious idolatries; at which they are surprised, since ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you; who shall render an account to Him Who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
For the time past is sufficient to have wrought the will of the gentiles, having walked in wantonness, lusts, wine-bibbings, revelings, carousings, and impious idolatries;
in which ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the authority of the air, the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience; among whom we also all once lived in the desires of our flesh, doing the will of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest;
Make dead, therefore, your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which, indeed, is idolatry; on account of which things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience; in which things ye also formerly walked, when ye were living in these things.
"And afterward come also the remaining virgins, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' But he, answering, said, 'Verily I say to you, I know you not.'
When the Householder rises and shuts the door, and ye begin to stand without and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, open to us!' and He, answering, shall say to you, 'I know you not, whence ye are;'
and they will dash you to the ground, and your children within you; and shall not leave in you a stone upon a stone; because you knew not the season of your visitation."
And, as he was reasoning about righteousness, continence, and the judgment to come, Felix, becoming terrified, answered, "Go your way for the present; and, when I obtain a suitable opportunity, I will call for you;"
And I gave her time, that she might repent; and she is not willing to repent of her fornication.
Jesus, therefore, said to them, "Yet a little while is the Light among you. Walk while ye have the Light, lest darkness overtake you; and he that walks in the darkness knows not where he is going.
But this I say, brethren, the time has been shortened; that henceforth both those who have wives may be as though they had none; and those who weep, as though they wept not; and those who rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and those who buy, as though they possessed not; and those who use the world, as not using it to the full; for the fashion of this world is passing away.
We must work the works of Him Who sent Me, while it is day. Night is coming, when no one can work.
Come now, ye who say, "To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend one year there, and trade, and get gain," (ye who, indeed, know nothing of to-morrow! what is your life? for ye are a vapor that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away); instead of your saying, "If the Lord will, we shall both live, and do this or that."
From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, "Repent ye; for the Kingdom of Heaven has drawn near."
and saying, "The time has been fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God, has come near. Repent ye, and believe in the Gospel."
And, working together with Him, we also entreat you that ye receive not the grace of God in vain (for He saith, "At an acceptable time I heard Thee, and in a day of salvation did I succor Thee;" behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation);
So, then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all men, but especially to those of the household of the faith.
Wherefore, as the Holy Spirit saith, "To-day, if ye hear His voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness, where your fathers tempted Me by proving Me, and saw My works, forty years.read more.
Wherefore, I was displeased with that generation, and said, 'They do always err in their heart, and they did not know My ways; as I swore in My wrath, they shall not enter into My rest.'" Take heed, brethren, lest at any time there shall be in anyone of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God; but exhort one another daily, so long as it is called "To-day," lest anyone of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin;
Now in these days, when the disciples were being multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecian Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily ministration. And the twelve, having called the multitude of the disciples to them, said, "It is not proper that we, leaving the word of God, should serve tables; but look ye out, brethren, from among yourselves, seven well-attested men, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint over this business;read more.
but we will devote ourselves steadfastly to prayer and to the ministry of the word."
And, having risen very early, by night, He went out into a desert place, and was there praying.
But let a man prove himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup;
For, on this account, ye pay tribute also; for they are God's ministers, attending continually to this very thing.
And He saith to them, "Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest yourselves a little." For there were many coming and going, and they were not finding opportunity even to eat.
presiding well over his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity
For I do not wish to see you now in passing; for I hope to remain sometime with you, if the Lord permit.
and they were constantly attending the teaching of the apostles and the fellowship, and the breaking of bread, and the prayers.
And on the first day of the sabbaths, we having come together to break bread, Paul was discoursing to them (being about to depart on the morrow), and continued the discourse until midnight.
not forsaking the gathering of ourselves together, as is the custom of some, but exhorting, and so much the more as ye see the day approaching.
But the Lord, answering, said to her, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things; but of one thing there is need; for Mary chose the good part, which, indeed, shall not be taken away from her."
But seek ye first His Kingdom and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you.
Speaking boldly, both Paul and Barnabas said, "It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you. Inasmuch as ye thrust it away from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the gentiles; for so hath the Lord commanded us, 'I have set Thee for a Light of the gentiles, that Thou mayest be for salvation to the uttermost part of the earth.'"
And, while Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was being provoked within him, observing that the city was full of idols. So, he was reasoning in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the market-place every day with those who met him.
