Bible Verses about Time

Time is a concept that affects every part of our lives, and the Bible has a lot to say about it. From understanding the right moments to act, to trusting in God’s perfect timing, scripture offers valuable insights into how we should view and use our time. In this blog post, we’ll explore Bible verses about time that help us appreciate its importance and guide us in making the most of it. These verses remind us that time is a gift from God, and how we spend it can reflect our faith and values.

Bible Verses about Time

Genesis 1:14 – And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years,

Ecclesiastes 3:1 – For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:

Ecclesiastes 3:11 – He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.

Ecclesiastes 3:17 – I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time for every matter and for every work.

Ecclesiastes 8:6 – For there is a time and a way for everything, although man’s trouble lies heavy on him.

Psalm 31:15 – My times are in your hand; rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors!

Psalm 90:12 – So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.

Psalm 104:19 – He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows its time for setting.

Proverbs 16:9 – The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.

Proverbs 19:21 – Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.

Isaiah 40:31 – But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

Isaiah 60:22 – The least one shall become a clan, and the smallest one a mighty nation; I am the Lord; in its time I will hasten it.

Daniel 2:21 – He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding;

Hosea 10:12 – Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the Lord, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.

Micah 7:7 – But as for me, I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me.

Matthew 6:34 – “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

Matthew 24:36 – “But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.

Mark 1:15 – “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

Luke 4:13 – And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time.

Luke 12:40 – You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”

John 7:6 – So Jesus said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always here.

John 7:30 – So they were seeking to arrest him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.

John 16:32 – Behold, the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.

Acts 1:7 – He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.

Acts 3:19 – Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out,

Romans 13:11 – Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.

1 Corinthians 7:29 – This is what I mean, brothers: the appointed time has grown very short. From now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none,

1 Corinthians 15:23 – But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.

Galatians 6:9 – And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

Ephesians 5:16 – Making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.

Philippians 4:5 – Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand;

Colossians 4:5 – Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time.

1 Thessalonians 5:1 – Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you.

1 Thessalonians 5:2 – For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

2 Timothy 4:2 – Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.

Hebrews 4:16 – Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

James 5:7 – Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains.

James 5:8 – You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

1 Peter 1:5 – Who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

1 Peter 5:6 – Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,

Revelation 10:6 – And swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, that there would be no more delay,

Revelation 11:18 – The nations raged, but your wrath came, and the time for the dead to be judged, and for rewarding your servants, the prophets and saints, and those who fear your name, both small and great, and for destroying the destroyers of the earth.”

Revelation 22:10 – And he said to me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near.

Revelation 22:12 – “Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay everyone for what he has done.

Genesis 8:22 – “While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.”

Exodus 12:2 – “This month shall be for you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year for you.

Joshua 1:8 – This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

1 Samuel 3:19 – And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground.

2 Samuel 22:29 – “For you are my lamp, O Lord, and my God lightens my darkness.

Psalm 31:14 – But I trust in you, O Lord; I say, “You are my God.”

Isaiah 49:8 – Thus says the Lord: “In a time of favor I have answered you; in a day of salvation I have helped you; I will keep you and give you as a covenant to the people, to establish the land, to apportion the desolate heritages,

Daniel 7:25 – He shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and shall think to change the times and the law; and they shall be given into his hand for a time, times, and half a time.

Zechariah 8:10 – For before those days there was no wage for man or any wage for beast; neither was there any safety from the foe for him who went out or came in, for I set every man against his neighbor.

Mark 13:33 – Be on guard, keep awake. For you do not know when the time will come.

John 9:4 – We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.

Acts 14:27 – And when they arrived and gathered the church together, they declared all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.

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