11 Bible Verses about Wasting Time
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redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
As the door turns upon its hinges, so does the lazy man turn upon his bed.
How long will you sleep, O sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to lie down; so shall your poverty come as one who travels, and your need like an armed man.
To every thing there is a season, and a time for every purpose under the heavens:
Go to the ant, sluggard; consider her ways and be wise; who, having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provides her food in the summer and gathers her food in the harvest.
Walk in wisdom toward those on the outside, redeeming the time. Let your speech be always with grace, having been seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
Let him who stole steal no more, but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing which is good, so that he may have something to give to him who needs.
For the time of life which is past is enough for us to have worked out the will of the nations, having gone on in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, parties, carousings, and abominable idolatries.
who do not know of the morrow. For what is your life? For it is a vapor, which appears for a little time, and then disappears.
