Verse 16

redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Referenced Verses

  • Col 4:5 : 5 Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
  • Amos 5:13 : 13 Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.
  • Eccl 12:1 : 1 Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
  • Gal 6:10 : 10 So then, as we have opportunity, let us work that which is good toward all men, and especially toward them that are of the household of the faith.
  • Eph 6:13 : 13 Wherefore take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.
  • Gal 1:4 : 4 who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil world, according to the will of our God and Father:
  • Rom 13:11 : 11 And this, knowing the season, that already it is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when we [first] believed.
  • John 12:35 : 35 Jesus therefore said unto them, Yet a little while is the light among you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness overtake you not: and he that walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
  • Ps 37:19 : 19 They shall not be put to shame in the time of evil; And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.
  • Eccl 11:2 : 2 Give a portion to seven, yea, even unto eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
  • Acts 11:28-29 : 28 And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be a great famine over all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius. 29 And the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren that dwelt in Judea:
  • 1 Cor 7:26 : 26 I think therefore that this is good by reason of the distress that is upon us, [namely], that it is good for a man to be as he is.
  • 1 Cor 7:29-31 : 29 But this I say, brethren, the time is shortened, that henceforth both those that have wives may be as though they had none; 30 and those that weep, as though they wept not; and those that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and those that buy, as though they possessed not; 31 and those that use the world, as not using it to the full: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
  • Eph 6:15 : 15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;