14 Bible Verses about Busyness
Most Relevant Verses
But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she came up to him, and said, "Lord, do you not care that my sister left me to serve alone? Ask her therefore to help me."
In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not withhold your hand; for you do not know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good.
As your servant was busy here and there, he was gone." The king of Israel said to him, "So your judgment shall be; you yourself have decided it."
"Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn't know who shall gather.
For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool's speech with a multitude of words.
That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.
and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;
For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who do not work at all, but are busybodies.
He said to them, "Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be doing the works of my Father?"
The LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
"Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.
"Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth."
