Quotes about Priorities
So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it to go down to you?”
— Nehemiah 6:3
For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?
— Job 21:21
Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
— Psalm 119:37
Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil.
— Proverbs 15:16
Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.
— Proverbs 15:17
Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
— Proverbs 23:4
Do not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings.
— Proverbs 31:3
Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.
— Ecclesiastes 4:6
Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.
— Isaiah 55:2
Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteousness, and so it went well with him.
— Jeremiah 22:15
“Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?”
— Haggai 1:4
You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.
— Haggai 1:9