13 Bible Verses about Neglecting God's Things

[The] rock who bore you, you neglected, and you forgot God, [the one] giving you birth.

If we had forgotten the name of our God, or had spread out our hands [in prayer] to a foreign god,

For the {Israelites} and the {Levites} will bring to the storerooms the offering of grain, new wine, and olive oil. These are the objects of the sanctuary and the priests who minister and the gatekeepers and singers. We will not neglect the house of our God."

Indeed, God speaks in one [way], even in two, [yet] [someone] does not perceive it.

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees--hypocrites!--because you pay a tenth of mint and dill and cumin, and neglect the more important [matters] of the law--justice and mercy and faithfulness! It was necessary to do these [things] {while not neglecting those}.

"But woe to you, Pharisees, because you pay a tenth of mint and rue and every garden herb, and neglect justice and love for God! But it was necessary to do these [things] without neglecting those things also.

Hear teaching and be wise; do not neglect [it].

how will we escape [if we] neglect so great a salvation which had [its] beginning [when it] was spoken through the Lord [and] was confirmed to us by those who heard,

[The one who] does the work of Yahweh [with] slackness [is] cursed, and [the one who] keeps away blood from his sword [is] cursed.

You have ignored all my counsel, and my reproof you are not willing [to accept].

You that put off the day of disaster and bring near a reign of violence!

So the twelve summoned the community of disciples [and] said, "It is not desirable [that] we neglect the word of God to serve tables.

Do not neglect the gift [that is] in you, that was granted to you through prophecy with the laying on of hands by the council of elders.