Bible verses about "busyness" | Bishops

Isaiah 55:1-2

1 Come to the waters all ye that be thirstie, and ye that haue no money, come, bye, that ye may haue to eate: Come, bye wine and mylke without any money or money worth 2 Wherfore do ye lay out any money for the thyng that feedeth not, and spende your labour about the thyng that satisfieth you not? But hearken rather vnto me, and ye shal eate of the best, and your soule shall haue her pleasure in plenteousnesse

Proverbs 3:5

5 Put thy trust in God with all thine heart: & leane not vnto thine owne wit

Matthew 11:28-30

28 Come vnto me all ye that labour sore, and are laden, and I wyll ease you 29 Take my yoke vpon you and learne of me, for I am meeke & lowly in heart: and ye shall finde rest vnto your soules 30 For my yoke is easie, and my burthen is lyght

1 Corinthians 10:31

31 Whether therfore ye eate or drynke, or whatsoeuer ye do, do all to the prayse of God

Matthew 6:33

33 But rather, seke ye first the kyngdome of God, and his ryghteousnesse, and all these thynges shalbe ministred vnto you

Haggai 1:5-9

5 Nowe thus sayth the Lord of hoastes, Consider your owne wayes in your heartes 6 Ye haue sowen much, but ye bryng litle in: ye eate, but ye haue not inough: ye drinke, but ye are not filled: ye cloth you, but ye be not warme: and he that earneth wages, putteth the wages into a broken bagge 7 Thus sayth the Lorde of hoastes, Consider your owne wayes in your heartes 8 Get you vp to the mountayne, and fetche wood, and buyld this house, & I wil take pleasure in it, and I wilbe glorified, sayth the Lorde 9 Ye loked for much, and lo it came to litle, and when ye brought it home, I dyd blowe vpon it: and why, sayth the Lord of hoastes? because of my house that is waste, and you run euery man into his his owne house

Ephesians 5:15-17

15 Take heede therfore howe ye walke circumspectlye: not as vnwyse, but as wyse 16 Redeemyng the time, because ye dayes are euyll 17 Wherfore be ye not vnwise, but vnderstandyng what the wyll of the Lord is

Luke 10:38-42

38 Nowe it came to passe, that as they went, he entred into a certayne towne: And a certayne woma, named Martha, receaued hym into her house 39 And this woman had a sister called Marie, whiche also sate at Iesus feete, and hearde his worde 40 But Martha was cumbred about much seruing, and came to hym, & saide: Lorde, doest thou not care that my sister hath lefte me to serue alone? Byd her therfore that she helpe me 41 And Iesus aunswered, and sayde vnto her: Martha, Martha, thou art carefull, and troubled about many thynges 42 Ueryly one is needefull. Mary hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her

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