Procrastination
28 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
18 sections
- Condemned by Christ
- Danger of Illustrated
- Elisha
- Esther
- Felix
- General Scriptures Concerning
- Lot
- Motives for Avoiding: The Present the Accepted Time
- Motives for Avoiding: The Present the Best Time
- Motives for Avoiding: The Uncertainty of Life
- Pharaoh
- Saints Avoid
- To be Avoided in Glorifying God
- To be Avoided in Hearkening to God
- To be Avoided in Keeping God's Commandments
- To be Avoided in Making offerings to God
- To be Avoided in Performance of Vows
- To be Avoided in Seeking God
Condemned by Christ
- Luke 9:59–62 Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” …
Danger of Illustrated
- Matthew 5:25 Reconcile quickly with your adversary, while you are still on the way to court. Otherwise, he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.
- Luke 13:25 After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’
Elisha
- 1 Kings 19:20–21 So Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.” “Go on back,” Elijah replied, “for what have I done to you?” …
Esther
- Esther 5:8 If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, may the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.”
Felix
- Acts 24:25 As Paul expounded on righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, “You may go for now. When I find the time, I will call for you.”
General Scriptures Concerning
- Exodus 22:29 You must not hold back offerings from your granaries or vats. You are to give Me the firstborn of your sons.
- Proverbs 27:1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
- Ezekiel 11:2–3 And the LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked counsel in this city. …
- Ezekiel 12:22 “Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by, and every vision fails’?
- Ezekiel 12:27–28 “Son of man, take note that the house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that he sees is for many years from now; he prophesies about the distant future.’ …
- Matthew 8:21 Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
- Matthew 24:48–51 But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’ …
- Matthew 25:2–13 Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. …
- Luke 9:59–62 Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” …
- Acts 24:25 As Paul expounded on righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, “You may go for now. When I find the time, I will call for you.”
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2–3 For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. …
- Hebrews 3:7–19 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice, …
- Hebrews 4:1–7 Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it. …
Lot
- Genesis 19:16 But when Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters. And they led them safely out of the city, because of the LORD’s compassion for them.
Motives for Avoiding: The Present the Accepted Time
- 2 Corinthians 6:2 For He says: “In the time of favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the time of favor; now is the day of salvation!
Motives for Avoiding: The Present the Best Time
- Ecclesiastes 12:1 Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,”
Motives for Avoiding: The Uncertainty of Life
- Proverbs 27:1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
Pharaoh
- Exodus 8:10 “Tomorrow,” Pharaoh answered. “May it be as you say,” Moses replied, “so that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God.
Saints Avoid
- Psalm 27:8 My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.
- Psalm 119:60 I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.
To be Avoided in Glorifying God
- Jeremiah 13:16 Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.
To be Avoided in Hearkening to God
- Psalm 95:7–8 For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice, …
- Hebrews 3:7–8 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice, …
To be Avoided in Keeping God's Commandments
- Psalm 119:60 I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.
To be Avoided in Making offerings to God
- Exodus 22:29 You must not hold back offerings from your granaries or vats. You are to give Me the firstborn of your sons.
To be Avoided in Performance of Vows
- Deuteronomy 23:21 If you make a vow to the LORD your God, do not be slow to keep it, because He will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin.
- Ecclesiastes 5:4 When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.
To be Avoided in Seeking God
- Isaiah 55:6 Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.