36 Bible Verses about Giving, Of Time
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and he has made from one blood every nation of men, that they might dwell on all the face of the earth, having marked out their appointed times, and the bounds of their dwelling:
But I say to you, That for every idle word which men speak, they shall give account in the day of judgment.
For the time past of our life should be enough for us to have worked the will of the Gentiles, while we walked in licentiousness, lusts, drunkenness, revelings, drinkings, and unlawful idolatries. They are amazed at this that you run not with them into the same excess of debauchery, and they revile you. These shall give an account to him that is ready to judge the living and the dead.
For the time past of our life should be enough for us to have worked the will of the Gentiles, while we walked in licentiousness, lusts, drunkenness, revelings, drinkings, and unlawful idolatries.
in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is actively at work in the sons of disobedience: among whom also we all formerly lived in the desires of our flesh, doing the will of the flesh and of the feelings, and were by nature children of wrath, even as others:
Put to death, therefore, your members that are on the earth, lewdness, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry; on account of these things the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience, in which things you also formerly walked when you lived in them.
Afterward the other virgins also came, and said: Lord! Lord! open for us. But he answered and said: Verily I say to you, I know you not.
When once the master of the house has risen, and closed the door, and you begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open for us, and he shall answer and say to you, I know you not, whence you are;
and will destroy thee and thy children within thee, and will not leave in thee one stone upon another, because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and the judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered: For the present withdraw; when I have a convenient season, I will call for you.
And I have given her time to repent; and she will not repent of her lewdness.
Then Jesus said to them: Yet a little while is the light with you: walk while you have the light, lest the darkness overtake you. For he that walks in the darkness knows not whither he goes.
Now, this I say, brethren, the time is fraught with trials. It remains that those who have wives be as though they had them not; and those who weep, as though they wept not; and those who rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and those who buy, as though they possessed not: and those who use this world, as not abusing it; for the outward show of this world passes away.
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day; the night comes, when no man can work.
Come, now, you that say, Let us go to-day, or to-morrow, into this city, and remain there a year, and trade, and make gain; and yet you know not what will take place to-morrow. For what is your life? Is it not, indeed, a vapor, that appears for a little while, and then vanishes away? Instead of that, you ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
From that time Jesus began to preach and to say: Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
and saying: The time has fully come, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe the gospel.
As co-workers with him, we beseech you, that you receive not the grace of God in vain: (for he says: I have heard thee in an acceptable time, and in the day of salvation I have helped thee. Behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation:)
Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, but especially to those who are the household of the faith.
Wherefore, as the Holy Spirit says: To-day, if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the bitter provocation, in the day of trial in the wilderness, where your fathers tried me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.read more.
Where fore, I was angry with that generation, and said, They do always err in their heart, and they have not known my ways: so that I swore in my anger, They shall not enter into my rest. Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in apostatizing from the living God. But exhort one another daily, while it is called To-day, lest any of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
In those days, when the disciples were increasing in number, there arose a murmuring of the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. And the twelve called the multitude of the disciples to them, and said: It is not right that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables. Therefore, brethren, select from among yourselves seven men, of good report, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business:read more.
but we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word.
And very early in the morning, while it was yet dark, he arose and went out, and departed to a desert place, and there prayed.
But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of this bread, and drink of this cup:
On this very account, too, pay tribute also: for they are the public servants of God, attending continually to this very thing.
And he said to them: Come yourselves privately into a desert place, and rest awhile. For there were many coming and going, and they had not leisure even to eat.
one that rules his own house well; having his children in subjection with all gravity:
FOE I do not wish to see you now in passing; for I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permit.
And they attended constantly to the teaching of the apostles, and the fellowship, and the breaking of bread, and the prayers.
And on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul discoursed to them, intending to depart on the morrow; and he continued his speech till mid night.
not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the custom of some; but exhorting one another, and so much the more, as you see the day approaching.
But Jesus answered and said to her: Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things: one thing is needful; and Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken from her.
But seek first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things shall be given to you in addition.
But Paul and Barnabas, speaking boldly, said: It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken to you first: but since you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo! we turn to tho Gentiles. For thus has the Lord given us commandment: I have placed thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be for salvation to the most distant part of the earth.
Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred within him, when he saw the city full of idols. Accordingly, he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and devout persons, and in the market daily, with those who chanced to meet him.
