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Want to know what the Bible says about Using Your Time Wisely? Here are 24 Bible verses about Using Your Time Wisely from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Colossians 4:5 NIV
Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity.
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Psalm 90:12 NIV
Teach us to number our days,
    that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
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John 17:4 NIV
I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do.
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James 4:14 NIV
Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
105
Romans 13:11 NIV
And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
80
Ephesians 5:15 NIV
Be very careful, then, how you live —not as unwise but as wise,
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Psalm 31:15 NIV
My times are in your hands;
    deliver me from the hands of my enemies,
    from those who pursue me.
37
Proverbs 31:17-18 NIV
17 She sets about her work vigorously;
    her arms are strong for her tasks.
18 She sees that her trading is profitable,
    and her lamp does not go out at night.
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2 Corinthians 6:2 NIV
For he says,
“In the time of my favor I heard you,
    and in the day of salvation I helped you.”
I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation.
32
1 Corinthians 7:29 NIV
What I mean, brothers and sisters, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they do not;
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James 4:13-15 NIV
13 Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” 14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 15 Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.”
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Psalm 127:2 NIV
In vain you rise early
    and stay up late,
toiling for food to eat—
    for he grants sleep to those he loves.
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Zephaniah 1:14 NIV
The great day of the Lord is near
    near and coming quickly.
The cry on the day of the Lord is bitter;
    the Mighty Warrior shouts his battle cry.
21
Matthew 18:34-35 NIV
34 In anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.
35 “This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.”
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Micah 6:8 NIV
He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
    And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
    and to walk humbly with your God.
13
Proverbs 3:11 NIV
My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline,
    and do not resent his rebuke,
13
Mark 16:17-18 NIV
17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18 they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”
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Revelation 13:15 NIV
The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed.
12
Revelation 13:16-18 NIV
16 It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, 17 so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.
18 This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. That number is 666.
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