11 Bible Verses about Wasting Time

making the most of your time, because the days are evil. So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

As the door turns on its hinges,
So does the sluggard on his bed.

Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men,

How long will you lie down, O sluggard?
When will you arise from your sleep?
“A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to rest”—
Your poverty will come in like a vagabond
And your need like an armed man.

There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven—

Go to the ant, O sluggard,
Observe her ways and be wise,
Which, having no chief,
Officer or ruler,
Prepares her food in the summer
And gathers her provision in the harvest.

So teach us to number our days,
That we may present to You a heart of wisdom.

Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity. Let your speech always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person.

He who steals must steal no longer; but rather he must labor, performing with his own hands what is good, so that he will have something to share with one who has need.

For the time already past is sufficient for you to have carried out the desire of the Gentiles, having pursued a course of sensuality, lusts, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties and abominable idolatries.

Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.