11 Bible Verses about Wasting Time
Most Relevant Verses
Make the most of your time (redeem or ransom back time), because the days are evil. Do not be foolish, but understand (perceive) what the will of Jehovah is.
Whatever you do, work at it without reservation, as to God, and not to men.
How long will you sleep, O lazy person? When will you arise from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest. Your poverty comes like a traveler. Your need comes like an armed man.
For everything there is a season. There is a time for every purpose under the sun.
Go to the ant, you lazy person. Consider her ways and be wise! The lowly ant has no guide or overseer. It prepares its food in the summer and gathers food at the harvest.
Teach us to number each of our days so that we may present to you a heart of wisdom.
Behave with wisdom toward those who are outside, making the most of the time. Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
He that steals must steal no more. Let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to someone in need.
You have spent enough time in the past doing what unbelievers like to do. Your lives were spent in indecency, lusts, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and the disgusting worship of idols (false gods).
You do not know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? For you are a vapor (puff of air) that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.
