Verse 36

Otherwise, when he comes suddenly, he may find you sleeping.

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  • Matt 24:48-51 : 48 But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, 'My master is staying away a long time,' 49 and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. 50 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. 51 He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  • Mark 14:40 : 40 When he came back, he again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy. They did not know what to say to him.
  • Luke 21:34 : 34 Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with indulgence, drunkenness, and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap.
  • Rom 13:11-14 : 11 And do this, knowing the time, that the hour has already come for you to wake from sleep. For our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. 12 The night is far gone, and the day is near. So let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. 13 Let us walk properly, as in the daytime, not in revelries and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy. 14 But clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not make provision for the desires of the flesh.
  • 1 Thess 5:6-7 : 6 So then, let us not sleep like the rest, but let us be alert and sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 Therefore it says, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
  • Luke 22:45 : 45 When he rose from prayer and came to his disciples, he found them asleep, overwhelmed with sorrow.
  • Matt 25:5 : 5 When the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
  • Mark 14:37 : 37 Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. "Simon," he said to Peter, "are you asleep? Couldn't you keep watch for one hour?
  • Prov 6:9-9 : 9 How long will you lie there, sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep? 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest— 11 and poverty will come upon you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.
  • Prov 24:33-34 : 33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, 34 and poverty will come upon you like a robber and need like an armed man.
  • Song 3:1 : 1 On my bed at night, I sought the one my soul loves; I sought him, but I did not find him.
  • Song 5:2 : 2 I was sleeping, but my heart was awake. I heard the sound of my beloved knocking: "Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my perfect one, for my head is drenched with dew and my hair with the dampness of the night."
  • Isa 56:10 : 10 Israel's watchmen are blind; they all lack knowledge. They are all mute dogs; they cannot bark. They lie around dreaming, loving to sleep.