14 Bible Verses about Busyness
Most Relevant Verses
But Martha was distracted with all her preparations; and she came up to Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to do all the serving alone? Then tell her to help me.”
Sow your seed in the morning and do not be idle in the evening, for you do not know whether morning or evening sowing will succeed, or whether both of them alike will be good.
While your servant was busy here and there, he was gone.” And the king of Israel said to him, “So shall your judgment be; you yourself have decided it.”
“Surely every man walks about as a phantom;
Surely they make an uproar for nothing;
He amasses riches and does not know who will gather them.
For the dream comes through much effort and the voice of a fool through many words.
The seed which fell among the thorns, these are the ones who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with worries and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to maturity.
and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we commanded you,
For we hear that some among you are leading an undisciplined life, doing no work at all, but acting like busybodies.
And He said to them, “Why is it that you were looking for Me? Did you not know that I had to be in My Father’s house?”
Then the Lord God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it.
Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.
“Cease striving and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”
