Bible Thesaurus: Being Busy

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Greek

4231. pragmateuomai -- to busy oneself
... Jn 15:2f), ie the opposite of being because refusing to make trades by ... Word Origin
from pragma Definition to busy oneself NASB Word Usage do business (1). ...
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Topical Bible Verses

2 Thessalonians 3:11
For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
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1 Timothy 5:13
And with they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
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Luke 10:40
But Martha was encumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.
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1 Peter 4:15
But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.
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James 3:8
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
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Library

Ears and no Ears
... What is it that keeps men from hearing? Being busy with other things is
one hindrance. There is an old story of St. Bernard riding ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/ears and no ears.htm

Sunday Next Before Easter.
... We know how often we have failed to do so, either sleeping in carelessness,
or being busy and wakeful, but not with him or for him. ...
/.../arnold/the christian life/lecture xxiii sunday next before.htm

The British Collapse, 1760-1801.
... As it happened, however, to be "Children's Prayer-Day" as well, the minister, being
busy with many meetings, was not able to ask Wesley to dinner; and ...
/.../hutton/history of the moravian church/chapter iv the british collapse.htm

Reclaiming a Church to Meet a New Age
... movements. Mr. Nelson's mind, being busy with the stars, was concerned with
the moral and spiritual movement which outlasts the stars. He ...
/.../herrick/frank h nelson of cincinnati/reclaiming a church to meet.htm

First Then we Ought to Demonstrate that the Blessed Apostle Paul ...
... him not eat. For we have heard that certain among you walk unquietly, working
not at all, but being busy-bodies. Now them that are ...
/.../augustine/of the work of monks /section 4 first then we.htm

Now, if this be not the Case, all Hope of Help is Taken Away...
... And thus it is brought about, that either the god helps none at all, if being busy
with something he has been unable to hasten to give ear to their cries, or ...
/.../arnobius/the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/5 now if this be.htm

The Secret of Well-Being
... all well-being. Ease-loving Orientals, especially when living in warlike times,
naturally used the phrase as a shorthand expression for all good. Busy Westerns ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/the secret of well-being.htm

Consecration.
... And she seldom let them go from home to visit unaccompanied by her; but one day,
being very busy, she let them go alone to their grandmother's. ...
/.../byrum/the value of a praying mother/chapter v consecration.htm

Again, on the Words of the Gospel, Luke x. 38, Etc. , About Martha ...
... and hearing His Word. The one was busy, the other was still; one was giving
out, the other was being filled. Yet Martha, all busy ...
/.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon liv again on the.htm

Noah's Flood
... Let us look at the matter in that way, instead of (like too many men now, and too
many men in all ages) being so busy in picking to pieces the shell of the ...
/.../kingsley/the gospel of the pentateuch/sermon iv noahs flood.htm