What does the Bible say about wasting time?

15 verses about wasting time, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

9 booksMost in Proverbs

Bible verses about wasting time

Ephesians 5:16 — Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 14 votes
Proverbs 6:9 — How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? 5 votes
Colossians 3:23 — And what soever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; 5 votes
Psalms 90:12 — So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. 4 votes
Proverbs 6:6 — Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 4 votes
Ecclesiastes 3:1 — To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 4 votes
James 4:14 — 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. 4 votes
Colossians 4:5 — Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. 3 votes
Proverbs 24:30 — I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; 2 votes
Proverbs 26:14 — As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed. 2 votes
Hosea 10:12 — Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you. 2 votes
1 Corinthians 6:19 — What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 2 votes
Ephesians 4:28 — Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. 2 votes
Ephesians 5:15 — See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, 2 votes
1 Peter 4:3 — For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries: 2 votes

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Proverbs (4), Ephesians (3), Colossians (2), Psalms (1), Ecclesiastes (1), Hosea (1), 1 Corinthians (1), James (1), 1 Peter (1)

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