What Does the Bible Say About Urgency?

Romans 13:11 ESV / 38 helpful votes

Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.

John 9:4 ESV / 35 helpful votes

We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.

Revelation 3:11 ESV / 27 helpful votes

I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown.

Romans 9:28 ESV / 21 helpful votes

For the Lord will carry out his sentence upon the earth fully and without delay.”

Matthew 24:42-44 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

2 Corinthians 6:1-2 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain. For he says, “In a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you.” Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.

Isaiah 55:6 ESV / 18 helpful votes

“Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near;

Proverbs 1:32 ESV / 16 helpful votes

For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacency of fools destroys them;

2 Timothy 3:1-5 ESV / 13 helpful votes

But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.

1 Corinthians 7:29-31 ESV / 12 helpful votes

This is what I mean, brothers: the appointed time has grown very short. From now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none, and those who mourn as though they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy as though they had no goods, and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the present form of this world is passing away.

Acts 20:24 ESV / 12 helpful votes

But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

Romans 12:11 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.

Revelation 1:3 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near.

Titus 2:14 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.

Matthew 24:45-51 ESV / 7 helpful votes

“Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes. Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions. But if that wicked servant says to himself, ‘My master is delayed,’ and begins to beat his fellow servants and eats and drinks with drunkards, ...

Matthew 3:2 ESV / 7 helpful votes

“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

Galatians 6:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes

So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.

2 Corinthians 5:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died;

Acts 22:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name.’

John 3:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

20 Bible Verses about Urgency

Romans 13:11 ESV / 38 helpful votes

John 9:4 ESV / 35 helpful votes

Revelation 3:11 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Romans 9:28 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Matthew 24:42-44 ESV / 20 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 6:1-2 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Isaiah 55:6 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Proverbs 1:32 ESV / 16 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:1-5 ESV / 13 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 7:29-31 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Acts 20:24 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Romans 12:11 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Revelation 1:3 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Titus 2:14 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Matthew 24:45-51 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Matthew 3:2 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Galatians 6:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Acts 22:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 3:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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20 Bible Verses about Urgency

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John 9:4 ESV / 35 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 3:11 ESV / 27 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Romans 13:11 ESV / 38 helpful votes

John 9:4 ESV / 35 helpful votes

Revelation 3:11 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Romans 9:28 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Matthew 24:42-44 ESV / 20 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 6:1-2 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Isaiah 55:6 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Proverbs 1:32 ESV / 16 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:1-5 ESV / 13 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 7:29-31 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Acts 20:24 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Romans 12:11 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Revelation 1:3 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Titus 2:14 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Matthew 24:45-51 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Matthew 3:2 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Galatians 6:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Acts 22:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 3:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes