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 them that are without, redeeming the time.
• Amos 5:13Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
• John 12:35Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
• Eccl 12:1Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
• Eph 6:13Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
• Gal 6:10As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
• Rom 13:11And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
• Eccl 9:10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
• Ps 37:19They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
• 1 Cor 7:26I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.
• Gal 1:4Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
• 1 Cor 7:29–31But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
• Acts 11:28–29And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.
• Eph 6:15And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
• Eccl 11:2Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

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