13 Bible Verses about Neglecting God's Things

“You neglected the Rock who begot you,
And forgot the God who gave you birth.

If we had forgotten the name of our God
Or extended our hands to a strange god,

For the sons of Israel and the sons of Levi shall bring the contribution of the grain, the new wine and the oil to the chambers; there are the utensils of the sanctuary, the priests who are ministering, the gatekeepers and the singers. Thus we will not neglect the house of our God.

“Indeed God speaks once,
Or twice, yet no one notices it.

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.

“But woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithe of mint and rue and every kind of garden herb, and yet disregard justice and the love of God; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.

“Heed instruction and be wise,
And do not neglect it.

how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? After it was at the first spoken through the Lord, it was confirmed to us by those who heard,

“Cursed be the one who does the Lord’s work negligently,
And cursed be the one who restrains his sword from blood.

And you neglected all my counsel
And did not want my reproof;

Do you put off the day of calamity,
And would you bring near the seat of violence?

So the twelve summoned the congregation of the disciples and said, “It is not desirable for us to neglect the word of God in order to serve tables.

Do not neglect the spiritual gift within you, which was bestowed on you through prophetic utterance with the laying on of hands by the presbytery.