Bible Verses About Procrastination

But he lingered; and the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters, Jehovah being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.

Thou shalt not delay to offer of thy harvest, and of the outflow of thy presses. The first-born of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

When thou shalt vow a vow unto Jehovah thy God, thou shalt not be slack to pay it: for Jehovah thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.

When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek.

For he is our God, And we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To-day, oh that ye would hear his voice!

Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness;

I made haste, and delayed not, To observe thy commandments.

Boast not thyself of to-morrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest.

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;

Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near:

Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

And he said unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise iniquity, and that give wicked counsel in this city;

that say, The time is not near to build houses: this city is the caldron, and we are the flesh.

Son of man, what is this proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?

Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of times that are far off.

Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: There shall none of my words be deferred any more, but the word which I shall speak shall be performed, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Agree with thine adversary quickly, while thou art with him in the way; lest haply the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

And another of the disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord tarrieth;

and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken;

the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not,

and shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

And five of them were foolish, and five were wise.

For the foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them: