Ephesians 5:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Making good use of the time, because the days are evil.

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Referenced Verses

  • Col 4:5 : 5 Be wise in your behaviour to those who are outside, making good use of the time.
  • Amos 5:13 : 13 So the wise will say nothing in that time; for it is an evil time.
  • Eccl 12:1 : 1 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;
  • Gal 6:10 : 10 So then, as we have the chance, let us do good to all men, and specially to those who are of the family of the faith.
  • Eph 6:13 : 13 For this reason take up all the arms of God, so that you may be able to be strong in the evil day, and, having done all, to keep your place.
  • Gal 1:4 : 4 Who gave himself for our sins, so that he might make us free from this present evil world, after the purpose of our God and Father:
  • Rom 13:11 : 11 See then that the time has come for you to be awake from sleep: for now is your salvation nearer than when you first had faith.
  • John 12:35 : 35 Jesus said to them, For a little time longer the light will be among you; while you have the light go on walking in it, so that the dark may not overtake you: one walking in the dark has no knowledge of where he is going.
  • Ps 37:19 : 19 They will not be shamed in the evil time, and in the days when all are in need of food they will have enough.
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever comes to your hand to do with all your power, do it because there is no work, or thought, or knowledge, or wisdom in the place of the dead to which you are going.
  • Eccl 11:2 : 2 Give a part to seven or even to eight, because you have no knowledge of the evil which will be on the earth.
  • Acts 11:28-29 : 28 And one of them, named Agabus, said publicly through the Spirit that there would be serious need of food all over the earth: which came about in the time of Claudius. 29 And the disciples, everyone as he was able, made a decision to send help to the brothers living in Judaea:
  • 1 Cor 7:26 : 26 In my opinion then, because of the present trouble, it is good for a man to keep as he is.
  • 1 Cor 7:29-31 : 29 But I say this, my brothers, the time is short; and from now it will be wise for those who have wives to be as if they had them not; 30 And for those who are in sorrow, to give no signs of it; and for those who are glad, to give no signs of joy; and for those who are getting property, to be as if they had nothing; 31 And for those who make use of the world, not to be using it fully; for this world's way of life will quickly come to an end.
  • Eph 6:15 : 15 Be ready with the good news of peace as shoes on your feet;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Col 4:5
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    5Be wise in your behaviour to those who are outside, making good use of the time.

  • Eph 5:14-15
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    82%

    14For this reason he says, Be awake, you who are sleeping, and come up from among the dead, and Christ will be your light.

    15Take care then how you are living, not as unwise, but as wise;

  • Eph 5:17-18
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    81%

    17For this reason, then, do not be foolish, but be conscious of the Lord's pleasure.

    18And do not take overmuch wine by which one may be overcome, but be full of the Spirit;

  • Rom 13:11-13
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    72%

    11See then that the time has come for you to be awake from sleep: for now is your salvation nearer than when you first had faith.

    12The night is far gone, and the day is near: so let us put off the works of the dark, arming ourselves with light,

    13With right behaviour as in the day; not in pleasure-making and drinking, not in bad company and unclean behaviour, not in fighting and envy.

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

    4But you, my brothers, are not in the dark, for that day to overtake you like a thief:

    5For you are all sons of light and of the day: we are not of the night or of the dark.

    6So then, let us not take our rest as the others do, but let us be self-controlled and awake.

    7For those who are sleeping do so in the night; and those who are the worse for drink are so in the night;

  • Eph 5:6-11
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    6Do not be turned from the right way by foolish words; for because of these things the punishment of God comes on those who do not put themselves under him.

    7Have no part with such men;

    8For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light

    9(Because the fruit of the light is in all righteousness and in everything which is good and true),

    10Testing by experience what is well-pleasing to the Lord;

    11And have no company with the works of the dark, which give no fruit, but make their true quality clear;

  • 1 Thess 5:22
    70%

    22Keep from every form of evil.

  • Mark 13:33
    70%

    33Take care, keep watch with prayer: for you are not certain when the time will be.

  • 1 Thess 5:1-2
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    69%

    1But about the times and their order, my brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you.

    2For you yourselves have the knowledge that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

  • Eph 6:13
    69%

    13For this reason take up all the arms of God, so that you may be able to be strong in the evil day, and, having done all, to keep your place.

  • Prov 1:16
    69%

    16For their feet are running after evil, and they are quick to take a man's life.

  • Amos 5:13
    69%

    13So the wise will say nothing in that time; for it is an evil time.

  • Eph 6:11
    69%

    11Take up God's instruments of war, so that you may be able to keep your position against all the deceits of the Evil One.

  • Eccl 8:5
    69%

    5Whoever keeps the law will come to no evil: and a wise man's heart has knowledge of time and of decision.

  • Eph 4:17
    69%

    17This I say, then, and give witness in the Lord, that you are to go no longer in the way of the Gentiles whose minds are turned to that which has no profit,

  • Ps 90:12
    68%

    12So give us knowledge of the number of our days, that we may get a heart of wisdom.

  • Eph 4:26-27
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    26Be angry without doing wrong; let not the sun go down on your wrath;

    27And do not give way to the Evil One.

  • Gal 4:10
    68%

    10You keep days, and months, and fixed times, and years.

  • 1 Pet 4:4
    68%

    4And they are wondering that you no longer go with them in this violent wasting of life, and are saying evil things of you:

  • 1 Thess 4:5
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    5Not in the passion of evil desires, like the Gentiles, who have no knowledge of God;

  • 1 Pet 1:18
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    18Being conscious that you have been made free from that foolish way of life which was your heritage from your fathers, not through a payment of things like silver or gold which come to destruction,

  • 2 Cor 6:2
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    2(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):

  • 2 Tim 3:1
    68%

    1But be certain of this, that in the last days times of trouble will come.

  • Col 3:7
    68%

    7Among whom you were living in the past, when you did such things.

  • 1 Cor 15:33
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    33Do not be tricked by false words: evil company does damage to good behaviour.

  • 1 Thess 5:15
    68%

    15Let no one give evil for evil; but ever go after what is good, for one another and for all.

  • Jas 4:13
    68%

    13How foolish it is to say, Today or tomorrow we will go into this town, and be there for a year and do business there and get wealth:

  • Jas 4:16
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    16But now you go on glorying in your pride: and all such glorying is evil.

  • Titus 2:12
    67%

    12Training us so that, turning away from evil and the desires of this world, we may be living wisely and uprightly in the knowledge of God in this present life;

  • Mark 13:36
    67%

    36For fear that, coming suddenly, he sees you sleeping.

  • Prov 2:12
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    12Giving you salvation from the evil man, from those whose words are false;

  • Eph 4:30
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    30And do not give grief to the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were marked for the day of salvation.

  • Eccl 12:1
    67%

    1Let 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;

  • Col 2:4
    67%

    4I say this so that you may not be turned away by any deceit of words.

  • 1 Pet 5:8
    67%

    8Be serious and keep watch; the Evil One, who is against you, goes about like a lion with open mouth in search of food;

  • Eph 3:10
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    10So that now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavens might be made clear through the church the wide-shining wisdom of God,