Eph 5:16
Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
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Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it {is} an evil time.
Then 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.
Remember 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;
Wherefore 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. {having...: or, having overcome all}
As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all {men}, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
And 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.
Whatsoever 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.
They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, {I say}, that {it is} good for a man so to be. {distress: or, necessity}
Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
But this I say, brethren, the time {is} short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
And 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.
Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
So teach {us} to number our days, that we may apply {our} hearts unto wisdom. {apply: Heb. cause to come}
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
Whatsoever 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.
Wherefore 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. {having...: or, having overcome all}
As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all {men}, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
And he said, Lo, {it is} yet high day, neither {is it} time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go {and} feed {them}. {it is...: Heb. yet the day is great}
They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
And likewise he that {had received} two, he also gained other two.
(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)
Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, {when} the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time {is} evil.
Know therefore and understand, {that} from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince {shall be} seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. {be built...: Heb. return and be built} {wall: or, breach, or, ditch} {troublous: Heb. strait of}
The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me. {gain: Chaldee, buy}