Verse 16

Make the most of the time, because the days are evil.

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Referenced Verses

  • Col 4:5 : 5 Conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity.
  • Amos 5:13 : 13 Therefore, the prudent person will keep silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.
  • Eccl 12:1 : 1 Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years arrive when you say, 'I find no pleasure in them.'
  • Gal 6:10 : 10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, especially to those who belong to the household of faith.
  • Eph 6:13 : 13 Therefore, take up the full armor of God so that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.
  • Gal 1:4 : 4 who gave Himself for our sins to deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
  • Rom 13:11 : 11 And do this, knowing the time, that the hour has already come for you to wake from sleep. For our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
  • John 12:35 : 35 Then Jesus said to them, "The light will be with you only a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that darkness does not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
  • Ps 37:19 : 19 They will not be ashamed in the time of disaster, and in days of famine they will be satisfied.
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
  • Eccl 11:2 : 2 Give a portion to seven, or even to eight, for you do not know what disaster may come upon the earth.
  • Acts 11:28-29 : 28 One of them, named Agabus, stood up and, through the Spirit, predicted that a severe famine would spread across the entire world. This happened during the reign of Claudius. 29 The disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers and sisters living in Judea.
  • 1 Cor 7:26 : 26 Because of the present distress, I think it is good for a person to remain as they are.
  • 1 Cor 7:29-31 : 29 This is what I mean, brothers and sisters: The time is short. From now on, those who have wives should live as if they do not. 30 Those who weep, as if they did not weep; those who rejoice, as if they did not rejoice; those who buy, as if they did not possess. 31 And those who use the things of this world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.
  • Eph 6:15 : 15 And as shoes for your feet, put on the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.