Don’t Neglect Your Responsibilities

Did you know that to neglect something is to not give attention to something that is your responsibility? I have a friend who went to buy a house recently. The house had never been lived in and was beautiful. The problem was that it had been built ten years early. The couple who built it went through a divorce during the building process and could never agree on selling it. When they finally did, the years of neglect had taken its toll and made it unlivable. The same thing happens to all things we neglect. The Bible is very specific on many things that God says we should never neglect so that they don’t become unusable. These things the Bible mentions are our responsibility to care for and maintain on a regular basis.

Here are some Bible verses on things we shouldn’t neglect.

1. Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you.

1 Timothy 4:14 ESV

2. So be careful to obey and do everything that is written in the book of the Law of Moses. Do not neglect any part of it.

Joshua 23:6 GNT

3. Give respect to your father and mother, for without them you wouldn’t even be here. And don’t neglect them when they grow old.

Proverbs 23:22 TPT

4. Do not neglect to extend hospitality to strangers [especially among the family of believers—being friendly, cordial, and gracious, sharing the comforts of your home and doing your part generously], for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it.

Hebrews 13:2 AMP

5. And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.

Hebrews 10:25 NLT

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