Ephesians 5:16

American Standard Version (1901)

redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

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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;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Col 4:5
    84%

    5Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.

  • Eph 5:14-15
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    82%

    14Wherefore [he] saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.

    15Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise;

  • Eph 5:17-18
    2 verses
    81%

    17Wherefore be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

    18And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;

  • Rom 13:11-13
    3 verses
    72%

    11And 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.

    12The night is far spent, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

    13Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in revelling and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy.

  • 1 Thess 5:4-7
    4 verses
    71%

    4But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief:

    5for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness;

    6so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober.

    7For they that sleep sleep in the night: and they that are drunken are drunken in the night.

  • Eph 5:6-11
    6 verses
    71%

    6Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.

    7Be not ye therefore partakers with them;

    8For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light

    9(for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth),

    10proving what is well-pleasing unto the Lord;

    11and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;

  • 1 Thess 5:22
    70%

    22abstain from every form of evil.

  • Mark 13:33
    70%

    33Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

  • 1 Thess 5:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that aught be written unto you.

    2For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

  • Eph 6:13
    69%

    13Wherefore take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.

  • Prov 1:16
    69%

    16For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.

  • Amos 5:13
    69%

    13Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.

  • Eph 6:11
    69%

    11Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

  • Eccl 8:5
    69%

    5Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; and a wise man's heart discerneth time and judgment:

  • Eph 4:17
    69%

    17This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the Gentiles also walk, in the vanity of their mind,

  • Ps 90:12
    68%

    12So teach us to number our days, That we may get us a heart of wisdom.

  • Eph 4:26-27
    2 verses
    68%

    26Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

    27neither give place to the devil.

  • Gal 4:10
    68%

    10Ye observe days, and months, and seasons, and years.

  • 1 Pet 4:4
    68%

    4wherein they think it strange that ye run not with [them] into the same excess of riot, speaking evil of [you] :

  • 1 Thess 4:5
    68%

    5not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who know not God;

  • 1 Pet 1:18
    68%

    18knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers;

  • 2 Cor 6:2
    68%

    2(for he saith, At an acceptable time I hearkened unto thee, And in a day of salvation did I succor thee: behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation):

  • 2 Tim 3:1
    68%

    1But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come.

  • Col 3:7
    68%

    7wherein ye also once walked, when ye lived in these things;

  • 1 Cor 15:33
    68%

    33Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.

  • 1 Thess 5:15
    68%

    15See that none render unto any one evil for evil; but always follow after that which is good, one toward another, and toward all.

  • Jas 4:13
    68%

    13Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain:

  • Jas 4:16
    68%

    16But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.

  • Titus 2:12
    67%

    12instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present world;

  • Mark 13:36
    67%

    36lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.

  • Prov 2:12
    67%

    12To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things;

  • Eph 4:30
    67%

    30And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in whom ye were sealed unto the day of redemption.

  • Eccl 12:1
    67%

    1Remember 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;

  • Col 2:4
    67%

    4This I say, that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.

  • 1 Pet 5:8
    67%

    8Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour,

  • Eph 3:10
    67%

    10to the intent that now unto the principalities and the powers in the heavenly [places] might be made known through the church the manifold wisdom of God,