Matthew 24:39

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and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

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  • Prov 24:12 : 12 If you say, 'We did not know about this,' won't the one who examines hearts perceive it? Won't the one who guards your soul know? He will repay everyone according to their deeds.
  • Isa 44:18-19 : 18 They have no knowledge or understanding; their eyes are plastered over so they cannot see, and their hearts so they cannot understand. 19 No one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, 'Half of it I burned in the fire; I also baked bread on its coals, roasted meat, and ate. Now, should I make an abomination of the rest? Should I bow down to a block of wood?'
  • Matt 24:37 : 37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.
  • John 3:20 : 20 For everyone who does evil hates the light and does not come to the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.
  • Acts 13:41 : 41 'Look, you scoffers! Be amazed and perish, for I am doing a work in your days, a work you will never believe, even if someone tells you about it.'
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
  • 2 Pet 3:5 : 5 For they deliberately ignore this fact: that the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God.
  • Luke 19:44 : 44 They will crush you and your children within you to the ground. They will not leave one stone on another in you, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.
  • Matt 13:13-15 : 13 That is why I speak to them in parables, because although they see, they do not see; and although they hear, they do not hear or understand. 14 In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah that says: 'You will indeed hear but never understand; you will indeed see but never perceive.' 15 For the heart of this people has grown dull; they can barely hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, turn back to me, and I would heal them.
  • Prov 29:7 : 7 The righteous care about the justice of the poor, but the wicked have no understanding of it.
  • Isa 42:25 : 25 So He poured out on them His burning anger and the violence of war. It enveloped them in flames, yet they did not understand; it consumed them, yet they did not take it to heart.
  • Judg 20:34 : 34 Ten thousand of Israel's finest men advanced against Gibeah, and the battle was fierce. But the Benjaminites did not realize that disaster was closing in on them.
  • Prov 23:35 : 35 'They struck me,' you will say, 'but I was not hurt; they beat me, but I did not feel it. When will I wake up so I can look for another drink?'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 24:33-38
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    86%

    33In the same way, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door.

    34Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place.

    35Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

    36But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

    37As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

    38For in the days before the flood, people were eating, drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark;

  • Luke 17:26-31
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    81%

    26Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man.

    27People were eating, drinking, marrying, and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.

    28It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building,

    29But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.

    30It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed.

    31On that day, no one who is on the housetop with possessions inside should go down to get them. Likewise, no one in the field should turn back for anything.

  • Matt 24:40-44
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    81%

    40Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left.

    41Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.

    42Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.

    43But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.

    44So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

  • Luke 12:39-40
    2 verses
    78%

    39But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

    40You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.

  • Matt 24:48-50
    3 verses
    76%

    48But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, 'My master is staying away a long time,'

    49and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.

    50The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of.

  • Matt 25:12-13
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    76%

    12But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I do not know you.’

    13Therefore, watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.

  • Luke 17:36
    74%

    36Two people will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left.

  • Luke 21:34-35
    2 verses
    74%

    34Be 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.

    35For it will come upon all who live on the face of the earth as a snare.

  • Mark 13:32-36
    5 verses
    74%

    32But about that day or hour no one knows—not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

    33Be on guard! Stay alert and pray, because you do not know when the time will come.

    34It is like a man going on a journey, who leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with their task, and tells the doorkeeper to stay alert.

    35Therefore, stay alert, because you do not know when the master of the house will come—whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or at dawn.

    36Otherwise, when he comes suddenly, he may find you sleeping.

  • Matt 24:26-27
    2 verses
    74%

    26So if anyone tells you, 'He is in the wilderness,' do not go out; or 'He is in the inner rooms,' do not believe it.

    27For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

  • Matt 24:30
    73%

    30Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the peoples of the earth will mourn as they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

  • Luke 12:46
    73%

    46the master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not know. He will cut him in pieces and assign him a place with the unfaithful.

  • Mark 13:26
    72%

    26Then they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

  • 1 Thess 5:2
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    2For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

  • Matt 24:17-19
    3 verses
    71%

    17'Let no one on the housetop come down to take anything out of their house.'

    18And let the one who is in the field not turn back to get their cloak.

    19Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days!

  • Luke 21:27
    71%

    27Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

  • Luke 17:24
    71%

    24For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day.

  • Matt 25:10
    70%

    10While they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom came. Those who were ready went with him to the wedding banquet, and the door was shut.

  • Luke 17:34
    70%

    34I say to you, on that night two people will be in one bed; one will be taken and the other left.

  • Eccl 9:12
    70%

    12For no one knows their time. Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so are people ensnared by an evil time when it suddenly falls upon them.

  • Mark 13:29
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    29In the same way, when you see these things happening, know that it is near—right at the door.

  • Matt 7:27
    69%

    27The rain came down, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and struck against that house, and it collapsed with a great crash.

  • Matt 24:21
    69%

    21For at that time there will be great tribulation, unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the world until now, and never will happen again.

  • Job 14:12
    69%

    12so man lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, people will not awake or be roused from their sleep.