Bible Verses about “using your time wisely”
The Bible contains 50 verses about using your time wisely across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“Don't be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.”
“Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.”
“Don't seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God's wrath. For it is written, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord."”
“But I say this, brothers: the time is short, that from now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;”
“If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.”
“Don't be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”
“Therefore "If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head."”
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under 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;”
“Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men.”
“a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.”
“Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise;”
“Having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us, if prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of our 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 tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;”
“She arms her waist with strength, and makes her arms strong.”
“a time to seek, 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;”
“In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor 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; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;”
“Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.”
“so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.”
“For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn't first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?”
“She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp doesn't go out by night.”
“For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.”
“or service, let us give ourselves to service; or he who teaches, to his teaching;”
“or he who exhorts, to his exhorting: he who gives, let him do it with liberality; he who rules, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.”
“Be of the same mind one toward another. Don't set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don't be wise in your own conceits.”
“For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members don't have the same function,”
“Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.”
“not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;”
“Whereas you don't know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.”
“contributing to the needs of the saints; given to hospitality.”
“Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.”
“Bless those who persecute you; bless, and don't curse.”
“Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow let's go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit."”
“For you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that."”
“So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.”
“It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil; for he gives sleep to his loved ones.”
“But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;”
“and you will be blessed, because they don't have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous."”
“Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.”
“Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,”
“saying, 'This man began to build, and wasn't able to finish.'”
“He also said to the one who had invited him, "When you make a dinner or a supper, don't call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.”
“"If anyone comes to me, and doesn't disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can't be my disciple.”
“So therefore whoever of you who doesn't renounce all that he has, he can't be my disciple.”
“Whoever doesn't bear his own cross, and come after me, can't be my disciple.”