Matthew 24:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

let him that is on the housetop not go down to take out things that are in his house:

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Matt 10:27 : 27 What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light; and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the house-tops.
Luke 17:31-33 : 31 In that day, he that shall be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away: and let him that is in the field likewise not return {G1519} back. 32 Remember Lot's wife. 33 {G3739} Whosoever shall seek to gain his life shall lose it: but whosoever shall lose [his life] shall preserve it.
Acts 10:9 : 9 Now on the morrow, as they were on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray, about the sixth hour:
Mark 13:15-16 : 15 and let him that is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house: 16 and let him that is in the field not return back to take his cloak.
Luke 5:19 : 19 And not finding by what [way] they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went up to the housetop, and let him down through the tiles with his couch into the midst before Jesus.
Luke 12:3 : 3 Wherefore {G3739} whatsoever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light; and what ye have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
Deut 22:8 : 8 When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thy house, if any man fall from thence.
1 Sam 9:25 : 25 And when they were come down from the high place into the city, he communed with Saul upon the housetop.
Prov 6:4-5 : 4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids; 5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Matt 6:25 : 25 Therefore I say unto you, be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the raiment?
Job 2:4 : 4 And Satan answered Jehovah, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Mark 13:14-18
5 verses
94%
14But when ye see the abomination of desolation standing where he ought not (let him that readeth understand), then let them that are in Judaea flee unto the mountains:
15and let him that is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house:
16and let him that is in the field not return back to take his cloak.
17But woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days!
18And pray ye that it be not in the winter.
Luke 17:30-34
5 verses
90%
30after the same manner shall it be in the day that the Son of man is revealed.
31In that day, he that shall be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away: and let him that is in the field likewise not return {G1519} back.
32Remember Lot's wife.
33{G3739} Whosoever shall seek to gain his life shall lose it: but whosoever shall lose [his life] shall preserve it.
34I say unto you, In that night there shall be two men on one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
Matt 24:18-20
3 verses
87%
18and let him that is in the field not return back to take his cloak.
19But woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days!
20And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on a sabbath:
Matt 24:15-16
2 verses
81%
15When therefore ye see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him that readeth understand),
16then let them that are in Judaea flee unto the mountains:
Luke 21:21
77%
21Then let them that are in Judaea flee unto the mountains; and let them that are in the midst of her depart out; and let not them that are in the country enter {G1519} therein.
Matt 24:42-44
3 verses
74%
42Watch therefore: for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh.
43But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through.
44Therefore be ye also ready; for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.
Prov 24:27
73%
27Prepare thy work without, And make it ready for thee in the field; And afterwards build thy house.
Matt 24:26-27
2 verses
72%
26If therefore they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the wilderness; go not forth: Behold, he is in the inner chambers; believe [it] not.
27For as the lightning cometh forth from the east, and is seen even unto the west; so shall be the coming of the Son of man.
Luke 21:35
71%
35for [so] {G3803} shall it come upon all them that dwell on the face of all the earth.
Matt 24:39-40
2 verses
71%
39and they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall be the coming of the Son of man.
40Then shall two men be in the field; one is taken, and one is left:
Luke 12:39-40
2 verses
71%
39But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have left his house to be broken through.
40Be ye {G3767} also ready: for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.
Mark 13:35-36
2 verses
71%
35Watch therefore: for ye know not when the lord of the house cometh, whether at even, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or in the morning;
36lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
Matt 10:27
70%
27What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light; and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the house-tops.
Deut 22:8
70%
8When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thy house, if any man fall from thence.
Rev 16:15
70%
15(Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.)
Isa 24:17-18
2 verses
70%
17Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.
Matt 7:25
70%
25and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and if fell not: for it was founded upon the rock.
Matt 24:37
69%
37And as [were] the days of Noah, so shall be the coming of the Son of man.
Matt 6:19
69%
19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal:
Luke 9:4
69%
4And into whatsoever {G302} house ye enter, there abide, and thence depart.
Mark 6:10
69%
10And he said unto them, Wheresoever {G1437} ye enter into a house, there abide till {G302} ye depart thence.
Matt 7:27
69%
27and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall thereof.
Matt 10:13-14
2 verses
69%
13And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.
14And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, as ye go forth out of that house or that city, shake off the dust of your feet.
Lev 14:46-47
2 verses
68%
46Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut up shall be unclean until the even.
47And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.
Isa 24:10
68%
10The waste city is broken down; every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
Luke 12:35
68%
35Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning;
Matt 24:2
68%
2But he answered and said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Mark 13:33
68%
33Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
Deut 24:11
68%
11Thou shalt stand without, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring forth the pledge without unto thee.