6 Bible Verses about Wasting Time

making the most of every opportunity, because these days are evil. Therefore, do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord wants you to do.

In whatever you do, work wholeheartedly, as though it were for the Lord and not [just] for people,

Be wise in the way you live in front of outsiders [i.e., non-Christians], making the most of every opportunity. Your speech should always be favorable, seasoned with salt [i.e., interesting and appropriate], so that you may know how to properly answer each person [you talk with].

The person who has stolen must stop doing it; instead, he should work hard, doing something worthwhile with his own hands, so that he can have [money] to share with the person who needs it.

For the time you have [already] spent in the past [i.e., as Gentile unbelievers] was long enough to have practiced unrestrained, indecent conduct, improper sexual cravings, riotous living, wild parties, drunken orgies and disgusting idol worship.

[For actually] you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. What is your life? For you are [like] a mist that appears briefly and then vanishes.