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Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
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TIME

(See also Acceptable Time; Atomic Clocks; Chronology; Clocks; Dates [Calendar]; Punctuality; Schedule; Time, Times, and Half a Time; Time Indefinite; Time of the End; Times and Seasons)

(Note centered headings below: List by Unit; Quotations)

“acceptable time” (2Co 6:2): it-1 37; w10 12/15 12-13; w98 12/15 18-19

“time of goodwill” (Isa 49:8): ip-2 143-146

a.m. and p.m.: it-1 592; g95 3/8 20

“an appointed time for everything” (Ec 3): w09 3/1 4-6; w99 10/1 5-6

‘for war, for peace’ (Ec 3:8): w99 10/1 10-12

‘to be silent, to speak’ (Ec 3:7): w20.03 18-23; w15 12/15 19-20; w99 10/1 12-14

‘to embrace, to keep away’ (Ec 3:5): w99 10/1 8-10

‘to love, to hate’ (Ec 3:8): w11 12/1 23-24

‘to weep, to laugh’ (Ec 3:4): w99 10/1 6-8

attitude when things take more time than expected: w06 6/1 13-14

balanced view of: g90 6/8 15-16

banking time instead of money: g05 8/22 28

Bible usage: w18.09 22; w91 8/1 20-23; si 278-284

time of day: it-1 592-593, 1152-1153; w11 5/1 15; w91 8/1 21-22

time of night: w18.09 22; it-2 499; w11 5/1 15; w91 8/1 22-23

charts:

“Ways to Overcome Waiting Until the Last Minute”: g89 6/8 23

“Ways to Save Time”: g87 12/8 27

creation reflects precise timing: w12 5/15 17-18

daylight saving time: g01 3/8 30; g00 7/8 31

divisions:

natural and arbitrary: it-1 389

field ministry:

reporting: od 81-82; km 6/11 3; km 10/02 8; om 103-104

wise use: km 4/15 1; km 1/08 1; km 6/99 4

for entertainment and recreation: w18.11 10; w13 1/15 15; w11 10/15 9-11

video What Controls Your Time?: lff lesson 53

for fellow Christians: w10 10/15 19-20; w09 11/15 22

for marriage mate: ijwhf article 18; w23.05 22-24; w23.06 27, 30; w11 10/15 16-17

for offspring: w19.12 26-27; g 2/14 7; w13 5/15 19-21; g 10/11 13; w07 5/15 16; w06 6/15 32; w06 11/1 4, 6; w05 4/1 9, 11; g05 2/8 13; g05 4/8 29; g04 10/22 8-9; w01 5/15 22; w99 5/15 3-6; w94 10/1 28-29; w89 7/1 13-14; w88 3/1 23-25; w88 8/1 11-12; g88 9/8 6-12; g87 5/22 10-11

children of working mothers: g90 9/8 5

fathers with children: g 3/13 5

fathers with sons: w11 11/1 18-19

quality time: w05 4/1 11; g92 9/22 7-9

quantity time: w98 4/1 7; g93 5/22 16-17; g92 9/22 9-10

top executive quits job for more time with children: g04 8/22 4, 6-7; yb98 127-129; w88 8/1 11

youths: g 9/09 8; g05 10/8 31

for personal study: w23.07 32; w19.05 26-27; jl lesson 9; g 2/12 20; w11 4/15 20; w08 8/15 25; w08 9/15 14-15; w02 6/15 14; w02 9/15 14; w02 12/1 18-19; km 11/01 1; w00 10/1 18-23; g98 10/22 14; km 12/98 3; g90 9/22 23; w89 12/1 16-17; w86 5/15 18

for prayer: w23.05 2-3; w22.01 29; lff lesson 9

for reading the Bible: lff lesson 11

for spiritual pursuits: w18.11 4-5; w13 12/15 14; w11 11/1 14-15; g 4/10 9; yp2 294; km 1/04 4; w02 5/15 26; km 10/96 1; km 4/88 3

avoiding distractions: w09 8/15 29

for worship: km 11/12 3

Greek word: re 157

Greenwich Mean Time: g95 3/8 20

how people spend time: g 2/14 7; g96 3/22 29; g93 7/8 29

human nap times: g87 4/22 29; g87 7/22 29

international date line: yb09 73, 118; g01 12/22 13-14; g97 9/22 29

Jehovah:

“decreed the appointed times” (Ac 17:26): it-2 885

definite times for accomplishment of purpose: w99 10/1 5, 13; w98 11/15 15-17; w86 4/15 11-15; w86 10/1 16-17

Timekeeper: it-1 447; w12 5/15 17-21

view of time: mwb24.09 9; it-1 594; w06 2/1 17-18; re 15-16; w01 11/15 11-12; w99 6/1 3-5; ct 175

lack of time: g00 4/22 28; w99 10/1 3-4

“making the best use of your time” (Eph 5:16): w24.03 24-25; w22.01 26-31; w06 8/1 9; w02 11/15 22-23; w01 5/1 32; w00 10/1 18-19; w96 11/15 21; w89 12/1 17; w87 10/1 13

management of: g20.1 12; w19.11 30; g 2/14 6-9; g 4/10 3-9; w06 8/1 8-10; g05 1/22 30; g04 1/22 13-15; g04 4/8 24-25; km 1/04 4; g03 7/22 29; g01 2/8 10-11; km 10/96 1; km 6/95 3; g89 6/8 21-23; g88 5/8 28; g88 11/8 28; g87 2/22 6-7; g87 12/8 24-27

avoiding being too busy: g17.4 3-7; g01 2/8 7-8; km 5/96 7

avoiding clutter: w06 8/1 9-10

avoiding procrastination: mwb22.11 16; wp18.1 11; g 2/14 7; g 9/14 2; g 11/13 2; w06 8/1 8-9; g95 4/8 20-22

electronic organizers: g 4/10 6

entertainment: lff lesson 53; w19.10 30-31; lvs 80, 82; lv 69; w13 1/15 15

getting more done in less time: g90 6/8 14-16

personal peak periods: g90 6/8 15-16

planning: g 2/14 6; yp1 150-153; g 6/09 19-21; g95 4/8 22

playing electronic games: ijwyp article 31

using Internet: w11 8/15 4-5

watching TV: g 10/06 8-9

while waiting: w00 9/1 5; g90 6/8 15; g89 6/8 22; g88 10/22 30

youths: ijwyp article 82; w19.12 32; yp1 150-155; w10 11/15 16; g 6/09 19-21

meaning of term: w12 5/15 17; w99 6/1 3; si 278

never to end: it-2 1103-1104

night:

keeping time (ancient): w11 8/1 23

watches during (ancient): w18.09 22; it-2 499; w12 8/1 29-30; w91 8/1 21-23

prophetic time:

“appointed time” (Da 8:19): dp 165; g90 10/8 12

“appointed time is near” (Re 1:3): re 17

a “time”: it-2 1215; dp 95-96; si 282

“during that time” (Da 12:1): dp 288-290; w87 7/1 19

“full limit of the appointed times” (Eph 1:10): w06 2/15 21-22

“immediately after the tribulation” (Mt 24:29): it-2 1127; w94 2/15 18-20

“shortly take place” (Re 1:1): re 15-16

“time appointed” (Da 11:27): dp 259-260; w87 7/1 13

“time appointed” (Da 11:29): dp 261; w93 11/1 13-14

“time appointed” (Da 11:35): dp 275

“time of distress” (Da 12:1): w20.05 16; dp 289; w87 7/1 19-20

years: it-2 1215

spent—

communicating by phone and e-mail: w09 8/15 29

in traffic tie-ups: g98 6/22 28; g88 5/22 30

listening to music: yp2 260-262

waiting: g90 6/8 15; g88 10/22 30

watching TV: g 2/14 7; g 10/06 3-4; g90 6/8 15; g87 8/22 22

with Jehovah: w22.01 27-31

standard: g86 3/22 29

leap second (1987): g88 5/22 29

leap second (1995): g96 6/22 28

Middle East: g98 6/22 28

theory of relativity: g05 9/8 21

“time left is reduced” (1Co 7:29): w88 3/1 20-21

time zones: g95 3/8 18-20

timing of talks and meeting parts: w18.09 30-31; be 34, 45, 176, 263-264; sg 177-181

view of time:

tropical areas: yb01 254

wasting by employees: w88 2/15 3-4

why passes faster with age: si 283

wise use of: scl 31; w08 10/15 28-29; km 11/07 1; km 9/05 1; w02 11/15 22-23; si 283

during last days: w12 5/15 19-20; w97 8/15 21-22

for Kingdom interests: w13 12/15 14

Internet: km 11/99 5

pioneering: km 4/99 3-4

social networking: g 2/12 7

List by Unit

(Where no references appear, see main heading)

days:

eras:

hours:

minutes: si 279

months:

seconds:

weeks:

years:

Quotations

before you buy, convert monetary value into time to earn it: g 2/14 8

you pay for things with time: g 2/14 7

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