Bible Verses About Procrastination: General references

Thine abundance and thy licour shalt thou not keepe backe. The first borne of thy sonnes shalt thou giue me.

Boast not thy selfe of to morowe: for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

Then said he vnto me, Sonne of man, these are the men that imagine mischiefe, and deuise wicked counsell in this citie.

For they say, It is not neere, let vs builde houses: this citie is the caldron, and wee be the flesh.

Sonne of man, what is that prouerbe that you haue in the land of Israel, saying, The dayes are prolonged and all visions faile?

Sonne of man, beholde, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that hee seeth, is for many dayes to come, and he prophecieth of the times that are farre off.

Therefore say vnto them, Thus sayth the Lord God, All my wordes shall no longer be delayed, but that thing which I haue spoken, shall be done, saith the Lord God.

And another of his disciples saide vnto him, Master, suffer me first to goe, and burie my father.

But if that euil seruant shall say in his heart, My master doth deferre his comming,

And begin to smite his fellowes, and to eate, and to drinke with the drunken,

That seruaunts master will come in a day, when he looketh not for him, and in an houre that he is not ware of,

And will cut him off, and giue him his portion with hypocrites: there shalbe weeping, and gnashing of teeth.

And fiue of them were wise, and fiue foolish.

The foolish tooke their lampes, but tooke none oyle with them.

But the wise tooke oyle in their vessels with their lampes.

Nowe while the bridegrome taried long, all slumbred and slept.

And at midnight there was a crie made, Behold, the bridegrome commeth: goe out to meete him.

Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lampes.

And the foolish said to the wise, Giue vs of your oyle, for our lampes are out.

But the wise answered, saying, Not so, lest there will not be ynough for vs and you: but goe ye rather to them that sell, and bye for your selues.

And while they went to bye, the bridegrome came: and they that were readie, went in with him to the wedding, and the gate was shut.

Afterwards came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to vs.

But he answered, and said, Verely I say vnto you, I knowe you not.

Watch therfore: for ye know neither the day, nor the houre, when the sonne of man will come.

But he said vnto another, Followe me. And the same said, Lord, suffer me first to goe and burie my father.