Ephesians 5:16

Wise living makes the most of every opportunity because the days are evil. Time is precious and should be used well for good.

Cross-references · 15

• Col 4:5Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.
• Amos 5:13Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.
• John 12:35Jesus therefore said to them, “Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn’t overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn’t know where he is going.
• Eccl 12:1Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;
• Eph 6:13Therefore put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.
• Gal 6:10So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.
• Rom 13:11Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.
• Eccl 9:10Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.
• Ps 37:19They shall not be disappointed in the time of evil. In the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
• 1 Cor 7:26I think that it is good therefore, because of the distress that is on us, that it is good for a man to be as he is.
• Gal 1:4who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father —
• 1 Cor 7:29–31But I say this, brothers: the time is short, that from now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;
• Acts 11:28–29One of them named Agabus stood up, and indicated by the Spirit that there should be a great famine all over the world, which also happened in the days of Claudius.
• Eph 6:15and having fitted your feet with the preparation of the Good News of peace;
• Eccl 11:2Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; for you don’t know what evil will be on the earth.

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