11 Bible Verses about Wasting Time

making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

As a door turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed.

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,

How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:

Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. Without having any chief, officer, or ruler, she prepares her bread in summer and gathers her food in harvest.

So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.

Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.

Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.

For the time that is past suffices for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry.

yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.