Bible Verses about “using your time wisely”

“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.”

“¶ I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your reasonable service.”

“Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but [rather] give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance [is] mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.”

“But this I say, brethren, the time [is] short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;”

“If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.”

“Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.”

“Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.”

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

“Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.”

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

“Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.”

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

“See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,”

“Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, [let us prophesy] according to the proportion of faith;”

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

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

“She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.”

“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;”

“[Be] kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;”

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

“Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;”

“¶ And that, knowing the time, that now [it is] high time to awake out of sleep: for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed.”

“So we, [being] many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.”

“‹For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have› [sufficient] ‹to finish› [it]?”

“She perceiveth that her merchandise [is] good: her candle goeth not out by night.”

“For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think [of himself] more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.”

“Or ministry, [let us wait] on [our] ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;”

“Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, [let him do it] with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.”

“[Be] of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.”

“For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:”

“Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.”

“Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;”

“Whereas ye know not what [shall be] on the morrow. For what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.”

“Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.”

“[Let] love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.”

“Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.”

“Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:”

“For that ye [ought] to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.”

“¶ So teach [us] to number our days, that we may apply [our] hearts unto wisdom.”

“[It is] vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: [for] so he giveth his beloved sleep.”

“‹But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:›”

“‹And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.›”

“¶ Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.”

“‹Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish› [it], ‹all that behold› [it] ‹begin to mock him,›”

“‹Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.›”

“Then said he also to him that bade him, ‹When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor› [thy] ‹rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.›”

“‹If any› [man] ‹come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.›”

“‹So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.›”

“‹And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.›”