36 Bible Verses about Leisure, Nature And Purpose Of

By the seventh day God had finished his work. He rested from all his work on the seventh day.

Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy. You have six days to do all your work. The seventh day is a Sabbath dedicated to Jehovah your God. Do not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you.

Keep the Sabbath day to sanctify it (keep it holy), as Jehovah your God has commanded you. Do all your work in six days. The seventh day is the Sabbath of Jehovah your God: in it you should not do any work. Your son and daughter should not work. Your manservant and maidservant should not work. Your ox, donkey, cattle or any stranger living with you should not work. Your manservant and maidservant should rest as much as you do.read more.
Remember that you were servants in the land of Egypt, and that Jehovah your God brought you out through a mighty act. Jehovah your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

Let your land rest the seventh year. Do not harvest anything that grows on it. The poor may eat what grows there. The wild animals may have what is left. Do the same with your vineyards and your olive trees.

You may work for six days. But the seventh day is a day of worship (Sabbath), a day when you do not work, and a holy assembly. Do not do any work. It is Jehovah's day of worship wherever you live.

He told them come into a secluded place and rest a while. For there were many people coming and going and they had no leisure time. They went away in the boat to a secluded place.

He makes me to lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside the still waters.

Come unto me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

The Sabbath was made for man, said Jesus, and not man for the Sabbath.

Then I heard a voice from heaven say: Write: Blessed are the dead who die in union with the Lord from this time forward: Yes, says the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works follow them.

There is no peace for the wicked, says Jehovah.

But the wicked are like the troubled and restless sea, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. My God has said: There is no peace for the wicked.

The smoke of their torment will ascend forever and ever. They who worship the beast and his image and receive the mark of his name have no rest day or night.

He who gathers in summer is a wise son. He who sleeps at the harvest is a son who causes shame.

Let us say you have a servant who is plowing or looking after the sheep. Do you tell him to hurry and eat his meal when he comes in from the field? No you do not. You say to him get my supper ready. Put on your apron and wait on me while I eat and drink. After that you may have your meal.

Whether you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do everything to the glory of God.

Be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise. Make the most of your time (redeem or ransom back time), because the days are evil.

They also learn to be idle, going about from house to house; and not only idle, but gossipers and busybodies, speaking things that they should not.

How long will you sleep, O lazy person? When will you arise from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest. Your poverty comes like a traveler. Your need comes like an armed man.

I went by the field of the lazy man, and by the vineyard of the man lacking understanding. It was all grown over with thorns and nettles, and the wall of stone was broken down.

As the door turns on its hinges, so does the lazy man on his bed.

We say this because we hear that there are people among you who are lazy and who do nothing except meddle in other people's business.

We desire that you are not lazy, but follow those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

The seeds that fell among the thorns are people who hear the word and go their own way. They are choked with the cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and do not produce fruit.

He that loves pleasure will be poor. He who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

How horrible it will be for those who get up early in the morning to look for a drink and who sit up late at night until they are drunk from wine.

In a short time the younger son sold his share of the property. He left home with the money and traveled to a far away country where he wasted his money in reckless living.

But she that gives herself to pleasure is dead while she lives.

traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

You lived in luxury on the earth, and take your pleasure; you nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.

In the spring, at the time of the year when kings usually go to war, David sent out Joab with his officers and the Israelite army. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged the city of Rabbah. David stayed in Jerusalem. Late one afternoon, David got up from his nap and went to the palace roof. He walked around on the roof. He saw a woman taking a bath. She was very beautiful. He sent a messenger to find out who she was. He learned that she was Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.read more.
So David sent messengers to get her. She came to him and they had sexual intercourse. She had just cleansed herself after her monthly period. Then she went home. The woman became pregnant. So she sent someone to tell David that she was pregnant.

Hear this word you cows of Bashan who live on the mountain of Samaria. You oppress the poor. You crush the needy. You say to your masters (husbands) (lords), Bring us drink.

Those who are at ease in Zion and are secure in the mountain of Samaria will have trouble. You are the notable men of the foremost nations to whom the house of Israel comes!

How horrible it will be for those who get up early in the morning to look for a drink and who sit up late at night until they are drunk from wine. At their feasts there are lyres and harps, tambourines and flutes, and wine. Yet, they do not pay attention to what Jehovah is doing or respect what his hands have done. My people will go into exile because they do not understand what I am doing. Honored men will starve, and common people will be parched with thirst.

He spoke an illustration to them: The land of a rich man produced well. He reasoned to himself, what will I do? I have nowhere to store my fruits? He said: I would pull down my barns and build larger barns. I will store all my grain and goods there.read more.
I will say to my self: 'You have many possessions saved for many years. Take it easy and eat, drink and be merry.' But God said to him: 'You fool this night you will give up your life. Then who will have all these things you accumulated?' He who lays up (earthly) treasure for himself is not rich toward God.

Be awake so your hearts are not weighed down. Do not allow the weight of worldly involvement, drunkenness, and cares of this life be a snare when that day suddenly comes.