Bible Verses About Time Management
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for time management, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 9,415 votes, led by Ephesians 5:15-17. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Time Management
Ephesians 5:15-171,306 votes
See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
Psalms 90:12739 votes
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Colossians 4:5531 votes
Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
Matthew 6:33369 votes
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Ecclesiastes 3:8334 votes
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
Luke 14:28334 votes
For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
Proverbs 16:9309 votes
A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.
James 4:13-17271 votes
Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
Psalms 39:4-5244 votes
Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
John 9:4205 votes
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
Psalms 31:14-15199 votes
But I trusted in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God.
Ephesians 5:15-16150 votes
See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
2 Peter 3:8-14133 votes
But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Matthew 25:1-46127 votes
Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
Ecclesiastes 3:11119 votes
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.
Matthew 24:36105 votes
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
Proverbs 10:495 votes
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-891 votes
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
Galatians 4:485 votes
But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
Proverbs 3:983 votes
Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
1 Corinthians 14:4079 votes
Let all things be done decently and in order.
Galatians 6:977 votes
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Proverbs 20:1374 votes
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Matthew 25:14-3073 votes
For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
Habakkuk 2:372 votes
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
What does the Bible say about time management?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 5:15-17 on the subject of time management. Across 9,415 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Psalms 90:12, Colossians 4:5, Matthew 6:33. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.