67 Bible Verses about Wasting Time
Want to know what the Bible says about Wasting Time? Here are 67 Bible verses about Wasting Time 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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Ephesians 5:16-17 NIV
16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
436
Colossians 3:23 NIV
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,
183
Proverbs 6:9-11 NIV
9 How long will you lie there, you sluggard?
When will you get up from your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest —
11 and poverty will come on you like a thief
and scarcity like an armed man.
When will you get up from your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest —
11 and poverty will come on you like a thief
and scarcity like an armed man.
157
Psalm 90:12 NIV
Teach us to number our days,
that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
127
Ecclesiastes 3:1 NIV
There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under the heavens:
and a season for every activity under the heavens:
124
Proverbs 6:6-8 NIV
6 Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
7 It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
8 yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
consider its ways and be wise!
7 It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
8 yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
117
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
Colossians 4:5-6 NIV
5 Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. 6 Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
98
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 NIV
19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.
69
Ephesians 4:28 NIV
Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need.
64
1 Peter 4:3 NIV
For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do—living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry.
62
Hosea 10:12 NIV
Sow righteousness for yourselves,
reap the fruit of unfailing love,
and break up your unplowed ground;
for it is time to seek the Lord,
until he comes
and showers his righteousness on you.
reap the fruit of unfailing love,
and break up your unplowed ground;
for it is time to seek the Lord,
until he comes
and showers his righteousness on you.
56
Proverbs 26:14 NIV
As a door turns on its hinges,
so a sluggard turns on his bed.
so a sluggard turns on his bed.
55
Ephesians 5:15-17 NIV
15 Be very careful, then, how you live —not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
47
Colossians 4:5 NIV
Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity.
38
John 9:4 NIV
As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work.
34
Proverbs 14:23 NIV
All hard work brings a profit,
but mere talk leads only to poverty.
but mere talk leads only to poverty.
30
Romans 8:37 NIV
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
27
Proverbs 12:11 NIV
Those who work their land will have abundant food,
but those who chase fantasies have no sense.
but those who chase fantasies have no sense.
26
Proverbs 18:9 NIV
One who is slack in his work
is brother to one who destroys.
is brother to one who destroys.
26
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