a[See ver. 15 above]
bch. 6:13; Eccles. 12:1; Amos 5:13; Gal. 1:4
cSee Eph. 5:15-17
dSee Mark 4:11
ever. 6
f1 Tim. 5:13; 1 Pet. 4:15
h3 John 10 (Gk.)
i2 Thess. 3:11; 1 Pet. 4:15
jTitus 3:9
k1 Tim. 6:20
l1 Tim. 1:20

Ephesians 5:16

16 amaking the best use of the time, because bthe days are evil.

Colossians 4:5

5 cWalk in wisdom toward doutsiders, making the best use of the time.

2 Thessalonians 3:11-12

11For we hear that some among you ewalk in idleness, not busy at work, but fbusybodies. 12Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living. ▼
▼Greek to eat their own bread

1 Timothy 5:13

13Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also hgossips and ibusybodies, saying what they should not.

2 Timothy 2:16-17

16But javoid kirreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness, 17and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are lHymenaeus and Philetus,
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