Mark 13:36
For fear that, coming suddenly, he sees you sleeping.
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- Matt 24:48-51 : 48 But if that evil servant says in his heart, My lord is a long time in coming; 49 And is cruel to the other servants, taking his pleasure with those who are overcome with wine; 50 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he is not looking for him, and in an hour of which he has no knowledge, 51 And will have him cut in two, and will give him a part in the fate of the false ones: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.
- Mark 14:40 : 40 And again he came and saw them sleeping, because their eyes were very tired; and they had nothing to say in answer.
- Luke 21:34 : 34 But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net:
- Rom 13:11-14 : 11 See then that the time has come for you to be awake from sleep: for now is your salvation nearer than when you first had faith. 12 The night is far gone, and the day is near: so let us put off the works of the dark, arming ourselves with light, 13 With right behaviour as in the day; not in pleasure-making and drinking, not in bad company and unclean behaviour, not in fighting and envy. 14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not give thought to the flesh to do its desires.
- 1 Thess 5:6-7 : 6 So then, let us not take our rest as the others do, but let us be self-controlled and awake. 7 For those who are sleeping do so in the night; and those who are the worse for drink are so in the night;
- Eph 5:14 : 14 For this reason he says, Be awake, you who are sleeping, and come up from among the dead, and Christ will be your light.
- Luke 22:45 : 45 And, getting up from prayer, he came to the disciples, and saw that they were sleeping for sorrow.
- Matt 25:5 : 5 Now the husband was a long time in coming, and they all went to sleep.
- Mark 14:37 : 37 And he came, and saw them sleeping, and said to Peter, Simon, are you sleeping? were you not able to keep watch one hour?
- Prov 6:9-9 : 9 How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep? 10 A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep: 11 Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man
- Prov 24:33-34 : 33 A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep: 34 So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man.
- Song 3:1 : 1 By night on my bed I was looking for him who is the love of my soul: I was looking for him, but I did not see him.
- Song 5:2 : 2 I am sleeping, but my heart is awake; it is the sound of my loved one at the door, saying, Be open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my very beautiful one; my head is wet with dew, and my hair with the drops of the night.
- Isa 56:10 : 10 His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dogs without tongues, unable to make a sound; stretched out dreaming, loving sleep.
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- Mark 13:33-353 verses90%
33 Take care, keep watch with prayer: for you are not certain when the time will be.
34 It is as when a man who is in another country for a time, having gone away from his house, and given authority to his servants and to everyone his work, gives the porter an order to keep watch.
35 So you are to keep watch: because you are not certain when the master of the house is coming, in the evening, or in the middle of the night, or at the cock's cry, or in the morning;
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37 And what I say to you, I say to all, Keep watch.
- Luke 12:35-406 verses83%
35 Be ready, dressed as for a journey, with your lights burning.
36 And be like men who are looking for their lord, when he comes back from the bride-feast; so that when he comes to the door, it will be open to him quickly.
37 Happy are those servants who are watching when the lord comes; truly I say to you, he will make himself their servant and, placing them at the table, he will come out and give them food.
38 And if he comes in the second division of the night or in the third, and they are watching for him, happy are those servants.
39 But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.
40 So be ready: for the Son of man is coming at a time when you are not looking for him.
- Matt 24:42-443 verses83%
42 Be watching, then! for you have no knowledge on what day your Lord will come.
43 But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.
44 Be ready then; for at a time which you have no thought of the Son of man will come.
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13 Keep watch, then, because you are not certain of the day or of the hour.
- Mark 14:37-382 verses81%
37 And he came, and saw them sleeping, and said to Peter, Simon, are you sleeping? were you not able to keep watch one hour?
38 Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test; the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.
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50 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he is not looking for him, and in an hour of which he has no knowledge,
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6 So then, let us not take our rest as the others do, but let us be self-controlled and awake.
- Matt 26:40-412 verses77%
40 And he comes to the disciples, and sees that they are sleeping, and says to Peter, What, were you not able to keep watch with me one hour?
41 Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test: the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.
- Luke 21:34-363 verses77%
34 But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net:
35 For so it will come on all those who are living on the face of all the earth.
36 But keep watch at all times with prayer, that you may be strong enough to come through all these things and take your place before the Son of man.
- Luke 12:45-462 verses77%
45 But if that servant says to himself, My lord is a long time coming; and goes about giving blows to the men-servants and the women-servants, feasting and taking overmuch wine;
46 The lord of that servant will come at a time when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not ready for him, and he will have him cut in two and will give him his part in the fate of those who have no faith;
- Luke 22:45-462 verses77%
45 And, getting up from prayer, he came to the disciples, and saw that they were sleeping for sorrow.
46 And he said, Why are you sleeping? Get up, and give yourselves to prayer, so that you may not be put to the test.
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15 (See, I come as a thief. Happy is he who is watching and keeps his robes, so that he may not go unclothed, and his shame be seen.)
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2 For you yourselves have the knowledge that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
- Matt 25:5-62 verses75%
5 Now the husband was a long time in coming, and they all went to sleep.
6 But in the middle of the night there is a cry, The husband comes! Go out to him.
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33 A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:
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3 Keep in mind, then, the teaching which was given to you, and be ruled by it and have a change of heart. If then you do not keep watch, I will come like a thief, and you will have no knowledge of the hour when I will come on you.
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4 But you, my brothers, are not in the dark, for that day to overtake you like a thief:
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40 So take care that these words of the prophets do not come true for you;
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48 But if that evil servant says in his heart, My lord is a long time in coming;
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43 And he came again and saw them sleeping, for their eyes were tired.
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45 Then he comes to the disciples; and says to them, Go on sleeping now, and take your rest: for the hour is come, and the Son of man is given into the hands of evil men.
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46 A blessing on that servant, who will be doing so when his lord comes.
- Mark 14:40-412 verses74%
40 And again he came and saw them sleeping, because their eyes were very tired; and they had nothing to say in answer.
41 And he came the third time, and said to them, Go on sleeping now and take your rest: it is enough; the hour has come; see, the Son of man is given up into the hands of evil men.
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29 Even so, when you see these things taking place, you may be certain that he is near, even at the doors.
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25 When the master of the house has got up, and the door has been shut, and you, still outside, give blows on the door, saying, Lord, let us in; he will make answer and say, I have no knowledge of where you come from.
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39 And they had no care till the waters came and took them all away; so will be the coming of the Son of man.
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11 See then that the time has come for you to be awake from sleep: for now is your salvation nearer than when you first had faith.
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4 Give no sleep to your eyes, or rest to them;
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10 A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:
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25 But while men were sleeping, one who had hate for him came and put evil seeds among the grain, and went away.
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31 On that day, if anyone is on the roof of the house, and his goods are in the house, let him not go down to take them away; and let him who is in the field not go back to his house.
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26 If, then, they say to you, See, he is in the waste land; go not out: See, he is in the inner rooms; put no faith in it.