Verse 21

Now all the Athenians and the strangers living there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Tim 2:16-17 : 16 But shun empty chatter, for they will proceed further in ungodliness, 17 and their word will consume like gangrene, of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;
• Eph 5:16 : 16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
• Col 4:5 : 5 Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.
• 2 Thess 3:11-12 : 11 For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don't work at all, but are busybodies. 12 Now those who are that way, we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
• 1 Tim 5:13 : 13 Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.