17 Bible Verses about Urgency

saying, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

And this, since we know the time, that it is already high time for us to awake out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when we became believers.

He who testifieth these things saith, Yea, I come quickly. Amen; come, Lord Jesus!

[saying,] The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe the glad tidings.

From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

I tell you, nay; but unless ye repent, ye will all in like manner perish.

But Peter said to them, Repent, and let every one of you be baptized to the name of Jesus Christ for forgiveness of sins, and ye will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Repent therefore and turn from your ways, that your sins may be blotted out, in order that the times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

testifying to both Jews and Greeks repentance toward God, and faith in our Lord Jesus.

but first to those in Damascus, and Jerusalem, and to all the country of Judaea, and then to the gentiles, I proclaimed that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.

I charge thee before God, and Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom; preach the word, be urgent in season, out of season, confute, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and teaching.

Do ye not say, There are yet four months, and the harvest cometh? Lo! I say to you, lift up your eyes, and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest. Already is the reaper receiving wages, and gathering fruit unto everlasting life; that both the sower and the reaper may rejoice together. And herein is fulfilled the true saying, One soweth, and another reapeth.

(for he saith: "In an accepted time I heard thee, and in the day of salvation I helped thee;" Behold, now is the accepted time, behold, now is the day of salvation;)

for ye yourselves know full well, that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

I come quickly; hold fast that which thou hast, that no one may take thy crown.

Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things written therein; for the time is at hand.

Therefore I said to you, that ye will die in your sins; for unless ye believe that I am He, ye will die in your sins.