Bible verses about "priorities" | NSB

¹² Teach us to number each of our days so that we may present to you a heart of wisdom.

³⁶ »What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? ³⁷ »What should a man give in exchange for his life?

¹⁵ »If you love me, you will keep (obey) my commandments!

⁵ »You must love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with your entire mind and with all your strength.

³⁸ Along the way he entered a village. A woman named Martha received him into her house. ³⁹ Her sister Mary sat at the Lord’s feet and heard his word. ⁴⁰ Martha was worried about the housework. She approached Jesus and said: »Lord do you not care that my sister does not help me? Tell her to help me.« ⁴¹ The Lord answered: »Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things. ⁴² »However one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the proper way and it shall not be taken away from her.«

³ »Do not have any other god.

²² He told his disciples: »Therefore I say to you, do not be anxious for your life, what you eat or what you wear on your body. ²³ »Life is more than food and clothing. ²⁴ »Consider the ravens for they do not sow or reap. They have no storehouse or barn. Yet God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than the birds! ²⁵ »Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to your life? ²⁶ »If you are not able to do even that which is least why worry about the rest? ²⁷ »Consider the way the lilies grow. They do not toil and neither do they spin. Yet I tell you even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. ²⁸ »If God clothes the grasses in the field, which is here today and is cast into the oven tomorrow, how much more will he clothe you? You have little faith. ²⁹ »Do not seek food and drink and do not worry. ³⁰ »For the people of the nations seek after these things. Your Father knows that you need them. ³¹ »Seek first his kingdom and these things will be added to you. ³² »Do not fear little flock for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. ³³ »Sell your possessions and give to charity. Make yourselves purses that do not get old, a treasure in heaven where moth and rest cannot corrupt and thieves cannot steal. ³⁴ »Your heart will be where your treasure is.

⁵ if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the congregation of God?

³⁴ »Your heart will be where your treasure is.

² Do not be conformed to this world (religious, social, political, and economic arrangement). But be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Prove what is the good, acceptable, and perfect will of God.

³³ »Seek (desire) (require) (serve) first the kingdom of God and his righteousness [continuously] and all these things will be added to you.