19 Bible Verses about Procrastination
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You are taken as in a net by the words of your mouth, the sayings of your lips have overcome you.
If the clouds are full of rain, they send it down on the earth; and if a tree comes down to the south, or the north, in whatever place it comes down, there it will be. He who is watching the wind will not get the seed planted, and he who is looking at the clouds will not get in the grain.
Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise: Having no chief, overseer, or ruler, She gets her meat in the summer, storing up food at the time of the grain-cutting.
Do not keep back your offerings from the wealth of your grain and your vines. The first of your sons you are to give to me.
When you take an oath to the Lord, do not be slow to give effect to it: for without doubt the Lord your God will make you responsible, and will put it to your account as sin
Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.
The hater of work says, There is a lion outside: I will be put to death in the streets.
The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets. A door is turned on its pillar, and the hater of work on his bed. The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin: lifting it again to his mouth is a weariness to him.
Do not make a noise about tomorrow, for you are not certain what a day's outcome may be.
When you take an oath before God, put it quickly into effect, because he has no pleasure in the foolish; keep the oath you have taken.
And another of the disciples said to him, Lord, let me first go and give the last honours to my father. But Jesus said to him, Come after me; and let the dead take care of their dead.
Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, the friends of the bride, who took their lights, and went out with the purpose of meeting the husband. And five of them were foolish, and five were wise. For the foolish, when they took their lights, took no oil with them.read more.
But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lights. Now the husband was a long time in coming, and they all went to sleep. But in the middle of the night there is a cry, The husband comes! Go out to him. Then all those virgins got up, and made ready their lights. And the foolish said to the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lights are going out. But the wise made answer, saying, There may not be enough for us and you; it would be better for you to go to the traders and get oil for yourselves. And while they went to get oil, the master came; and those who were ready went in with him to the feast: and the door was shut. After that the other virgins came, saying, Lord, Lord, let us in. But he made answer and said, Truly I say to you, I have no knowledge of you.
And he said to another, Come after me. But he said, Lord, let me first go and give the last honours to my father. But he said to him, Let the dead take care of their dead; it is for you to go and give news of the kingdom of God. And another man said, I will come with you, Lord, but first let me say a last good-day to those who are at my house.read more.
But Jesus said, No man, having put his hand to the plough and looking back, is good enough for the kingdom of God.
And one came to him and said, Master, what good thing have I to do, so that I may have eternal life? And he said to him, Why are you questioning me about what is good? One there is who is good: but if you have a desire to go into life, keep the rules of the law. He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, Do not put anyone to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness,read more.
Give honour to your father and your mother: and, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself. The young man says to him, All these things have I done: what more is there? Jesus said to him, If you have a desire to be complete, go, get money for your property, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come after me. But hearing these words the young man went away sorrowing: for he had much property.
And in this I give my opinion: for it is to your profit, who were the first to make a start a year before, not only to do this, but to make clear that your minds were more than ready to do it. Then make the doing of it complete; so that as you had a ready mind, you may give effect to it as you are able. For if there is a ready mind, a man will have God's approval in the measure of what he has, and not of what he has not.read more.
And I am not saying this so that others may get off free, while the weight comes on you: But so that things may be equal; that from those things of which you have more than enough at the present time their need may be helped, and that if you are in any need they may be a help to you in the same way, making things equal.
A man hating sharp words and making his heart hard, will suddenly be broken and will not be made well again.
We then, working together with God, make our request to you not to take the grace of God to no purpose.
Give glory to the Lord your God, before he makes it dark, and before your feet are slipping on the dark mountains, and, while you are looking for a light, he makes it into deep dark, into black night.
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Procrastination » To be avoided in » Performance of vows
When you take an oath before God, put it quickly into effect, because he has no pleasure in the foolish; keep the oath you have taken.
When you take an oath to the Lord, do not be slow to give effect to it: for without doubt the Lord your God will make you responsible, and will put it to your account as sin
Procrastination » Danger of, illustrated
Come to an agreement quickly with him who has a cause against you at law, while you are with him on the way, for fear that he may give you up to the judge and the judge may give you to the police and you may be put into prison.
When the master of the house has got up, and the door has been shut, and you, still outside, give blows on the door, saying, Lord, let us in; he will make answer and say, I have no knowledge of where you come from.
Procrastination » Saints avoid
When you said, Make search for my face, my heart said to you, For your face will I make my search.
Procrastination » Causes of » Family cares
And another of the disciples said to him, Lord, let me first go and give the last honours to my father.
And another man said, I will come with you, Lord, but first let me say a last good-day to those who are at my house.
Procrastination » Motives for avoiding » The present the accepted time
(For he says, I have given ear to you at a good time, and I have been your helper in a day of salvation: see, now is the good time; now is the day of salvation):
Procrastination » Motives for avoiding » The present the best time
Let your mind be turned to your Maker in the days of your strength, while the evil days come not, and the years are far away when you will say, I have no pleasure in them;
Procrastination » To be avoided in » Glorifying God
Give glory to the Lord your God, before he makes it dark, and before your feet are slipping on the dark mountains, and, while you are looking for a light, he makes it into deep dark, into black night.
Procrastination » Motives for avoiding » The uncertainty of life
Do not make a noise about tomorrow, for you are not certain what a day's outcome may be.
Procrastination » Causes of » Worldly entanglements
But while he was waiting, the men took him and his wife and his daughters by the hand, for the Lord had mercy on them, and put them outside the town.
Procrastination » Exemplified
But while he was waiting, the men took him and his wife and his daughters by the hand, for the Lord had mercy on them, and put them outside the town.
Procrastination » To be avoided in » Keeping God's commandments
Procrastination » To be avoided in » Making offerings to God
Do not keep back your offerings from the wealth of your grain and your vines. The first of your sons you are to give to me.
Procrastination » To be avoided in » Hearkening to God
For he is our God; and we are the people to whom he gives food, and the sheep of his flock. Today, if you would only give ear to his voice! Let not your hearts be hard, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the waste land;
Procrastination » Instances of » Elisha
And letting the oxen be where they were, he came running after Elijah, and said, Only let me give a kiss to my father and mother, and then I will come after you. But he said to him, Go back again; for what have I done to you? And he went back, and took the oxen and put them to death, and cooking their flesh with the yokes of the oxen, he gave the people a feast. Then he got up and went after Elijah and became his servant.
Procrastination » Condemned by Christ
And he said to another, Come after me. But he said, Lord, let me first go and give the last honours to my father. But he said to him, Let the dead take care of their dead; it is for you to go and give news of the kingdom of God. And another man said, I will come with you, Lord, but first let me say a last good-day to those who are at my house. read more.
But Jesus said, No man, having put his hand to the plough and looking back, is good enough for the kingdom of God.
Procrastination » To be avoided in » Seeking God
Make search for the Lord while he is there, make prayer to him while he is near:
Procrastination » Exemplified » Felix
And while he was talking about righteousness and self-control and the judging which was to come, Felix had great fear and said, Go away for the present, and when the right time comes I will send for you.
Procrastination » Causes of » Personal convenience
And while he was talking about righteousness and self-control and the judging which was to come, Felix had great fear and said, Go away for the present, and when the right time comes I will send for you.
Procrastination » Causes of » Unbelief
Now on hearing about the coming back from death, some of them made sport of it, but others said, Let us go more fully into this another time.
Procrastination » Instances of » Pharaoh
And he said, By tomorrow. And he said, Let it be as you say: so that you may see that there is no other like the Lord our God.
Procrastination » Instances of » Esther
If I have the king's approval, and if it is the king's pleasure to give me my prayer and do my request, let the king and Haman come to the feast which I will make ready for them, and tomorrow I will do as the king has said.
Salvation » Neglect of » Procrastination
And while he was talking about righteousness and self-control and the judging which was to come, Felix had great fear and said, Go away for the present, and when the right time comes I will send for you.
