Bible verses about "busyness" | Wycliffe

¹ Alle that thirsten, come ye to watris, and ye han not siluer, haaste, bie ye, and ete ye; come ye, bie ye, with out siluer and with outen ony chaungyng, wyn and mylk. ² Whi peisen ye siluer, and not in looues, and youre trauel, not in fulnesse? Ye herynge here me, and ete ye good, and youre soule schal delite in fatnesse.

⁵ Haue thou trist in the Lord, of al thin herte; and triste thou not to thi prudence.

²⁸ Alle ye that traueilen, and ben chargid, come to me, and Y schal fulfille you. ²⁹ Take ye my yok on you, and lerne ye of me, for Y am mylde and meke in herte; and ye schulen fynde reste to youre soulis. ³⁰ `For my yok is softe, and my charge liyt.

³¹ Therfor whether ye eten, or drynken, or don ony other thing, do ye alle thingis `in to the glorie of God.

³³ Therfor seke ye first the kyngdom of God, and his riytfulnesse, and alle these thingis shulen be cast to you.

⁵ And now the Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Putte ye youre hertis on youre weies. ⁶ Ye han sowe myche, and brouyte in litil; ye han etun, and ben not fillid; ye han drunke, and ye ben not ful of drynk; ye hiliden you, and ye ben not maad hoote; and he that gaderide hiris, sente tho in to a sak holid, ether brokun. ⁷ The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Putte ye youre hertis on youre weies. ⁸ Stie ye vp in to the munteyn, bere ye trees, and bilde ye an hous; and it schal be acceptable to me, and Y schal be glorified, seith the Lord. ⁹ Ye bihelden to more, and lo! it is maad lesse; and ye brouyten in to the hous, and Y blew it out. For what cause, seith the Lord of oostis? for myn hous is desert, and ye hasten ech man in to his hous.

¹⁵ Therfor, britheren, se ye, hou warli ye schulen go; ¹⁶ not as vnwise men, but as wise men, ayenbiynge tyme, for the daies ben yuele. ¹⁷ Therfor nyle ye be maad vnwise, but vndurstondynge which is the wille of God.

³⁸ And it was don, while thei wenten, he entride in to a castel; and a womman, Martha bi name, resseyuede hym in to hir hous. ³⁹ And to this was a sistir, Marie bi name, which also sat bisidis the feet of the Lord, and herde his word. ⁴⁰ But Martha bisiede aboute the ofte seruyce. And sche stood, and seide, Lord, takist thou no kepe, that my sistir hath left me aloone to serue? therfor seie thou to hir, that sche helpe me. ⁴¹ And the Lord answerde, and seide to hir, Martha, Martha, thou art bysi, and art troublid aboute ful many thingis; ⁴² but o thing is necessarie.