Bible Verses About Procrastination: General references

`Thy fulness and thy liquids thou dost not delay; the first-born of thy sons thou dost give to Me;

Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth.

And He saith unto me, `Son of man, these are the men who are devising iniquity, and who are giving evil counsel in this city;

who are saying, It is not near--to build houses, it is the pot, and we the flesh.

`Son of man, what is this simile to you, concerning the land of Israel, saying, Prolonged are the days, and perished hath every vision?

`Son of man, lo, the house of Israel are saying, The vision that he is seeing is for many days, and of times far off he is prophesying,

therefore say unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: None of my words are prolonged any more, When I speak a word--it is done, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!'

And another of his disciples said to him, `Sir, permit me first to depart and to bury my father;'

`And, if that evil servant may say in his heart, My Lord doth delay to come,

and may begin to beat the fellow-servants, and to eat and to drink with the drunken,

the lord of that servant will arrive in a day when he doth not expect, and in an hour of which he doth not know,

and will cut him off, and his portion with the hypocrites will appoint; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.

and five of them were prudent, and five foolish;

they who were foolish having taken their lamps, did not take with themselves oil;

and the prudent took oil in their vessels, with their lamps.

`And the bridegroom tarrying, they all nodded and were sleeping,

and in the middle of the night a cry was made, Lo, the bridegroom doth come; go ye forth to meet him.

`Then rose all those virgins, and trimmed their lamps,

and the foolish said to the prudent, Give us of your oil, because our lamps are going out;

and the prudent answered, saying--Lest there may not be sufficient for us and you, go ye rather unto those selling, and buy for yourselves.

`And while they are going away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those ready went in with him to the marriage-feasts, and the door was shut;

and afterwards come also do the rest of the virgins, saying, Sir, sir, open to us;

and he answering said, Verily I say to you, I have not known you.

`Watch therefore, for ye have not known the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man doth come.

And he said unto another, `Be following me;' and he said, `Sir, permit me, having gone away, first to bury my father;'