Bible verses about "opportunities" | Leeser

¹⁹ But thou,—if thou hast warned the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way: he shall indeed die in his iniquity; but thou hast surely delivered thy soul.

³ Know, that the Lord is God indeed: it is he that hath made us, and his are we—his people and the flock of his pasture.

²⁴ Whereas I called, and ye refused; I stretched out my hand, and no man was attentive; ²⁵ And ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would not accept my admonition: ²⁶ Therefore I also will truly laugh at your calamity; I will deride you when your terror cometh; ²⁷ When your terror cometh like the tempest-cloud, and your calamity hasteneth like a whirlwind; when there come upon you distress and affliction. ²⁸ Then will they call me, but I will not answer; they will seek me earnestly, but they shall not find me; ²⁹ For the reason that they hated knowledge, and the fear of the Lord they did not choose; ³⁰ That they would not attend to my counsel: that they rejected all my admonition. ³¹ Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and from their own counsels shall they be satisfied. ³² For the defection of the simple will slay them, and the prosperity of fools will cause them to be lost. ³³ But he that hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be at rest from the dread of evil.

⁵ He that gathereth in summer is an intelligent son; but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

²⁰ “The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not yet helped.”