Bible Verses about “being too busy”

“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”

“‹But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.›”

“‹Come unto me, all› [ye] ‹that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.›”

“‹Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day› [is] ‹the evil thereof.›”

“And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.”

“¶ To every [thing there is] a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:”

“A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;”

“A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.”

“‹Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.›”

“Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but [this] one thing [I do], forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,”

“And Jesus answered and said unto her, ‹Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things:›”

“A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up [that which is] planted;”

“‹But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.›”

“A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;”

“And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.”

“But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.”

“¶ Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.”

“I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.”

“A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;”

“A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;”

“A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;”

“For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all [is] vanity.”

“All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.”

“‹For my yoke› [is] ‹easy, and my burden is light.›”

“Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring [it] to pass.”

“Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?”

“¶ He hath made every [thing] beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.”

“And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it [is] the gift of God.”

“I know that [there is] no good in them, but for [a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his life.”

“What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?”

“I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.”

“Wherefore I perceive that [there is] nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that [is] his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?”

“I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.”

“I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth [it], that [men] should fear before him.”

“I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for [there is] a time there for every purpose and for every work.”

“¶ And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, [that] wickedness [was] there; and the place of righteousness, [that] iniquity [was] there.”

“That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.”

“¶ Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.”

“Be still, and know that I [am] God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.”