Here are 13 Bible verses about being busy, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.
Philippians 4:6-7 KJV
6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
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1 Peter 5:7 KJV
7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
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Romans 8:6 KJV
6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
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Colossians 2:8 KJV
8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
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Haggai 1:6 KJV
6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
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James 1:2-4 KJV
2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
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Ecclesiastes 3:11 KJV
11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
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Proverbs 12:25 KJV
25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
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Matthew 11:28 KJV
28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
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Isaiah 60:22 KJV
22 A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the Lord will hasten it in his time.
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Luke 10:38-42 KJV
38 Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. 39 And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word. 40 But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she …
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Jeremiah 10:23 KJV
23 O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
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Leviticus 1:1-17 KJV
1 And the Lord called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the Lord, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock. 3 If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it …
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