30 Bible Verses About Opportunity

“…making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.”

“Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity.”

“Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.”

“For he says, ‘In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.’ I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation.”

“…From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.”

“If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.”

“Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.”

“Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act.”

“because a great door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many who oppose me.”

“Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.”

“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.”

“Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.”

“Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.”

“As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work.”

“…Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!”

“For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.”

“Whoever gathers crops in summer is a prudent son, but whoever sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.”

“You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.”

“Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.”

“Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.”

“One who is slack in his work is brother to one who destroys.”

“Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.”

“A sluggard’s appetite is never filled, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.”

“Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”

“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters.”

“A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.”

“All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.”

“Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.”

“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,”

“Sluggards do not plow in season; so at harvest time they look but find nothing.”