Matthew 25:6

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At midnight, there was a cry: ‘Look, the bridegroom is coming! Go out to meet him!’

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  • Ps 50:3-6 : 3 Our God will come and will not be silent; before Him is a consuming fire, and a mighty storm surrounds Him. 4 He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that He may judge His people. 5 Gather to me my faithful ones, those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice. 6 The heavens declare His righteousness, for God Himself is judge. Selah.
  • Ps 96:13 : 13 Let all this happen before the LORD, for he is coming—he is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in his faithfulness.
  • Ps 98:9 : 9 Before the LORD, for He is coming to judge the earth; He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.
  • Isa 25:9 : 9 In that day it will be said: ‘Surely this is our God; we trusted in him, and he saved us. This is the LORD; we trusted in him. Let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.’
  • Amos 4:12 : 12 Therefore, this is what I will do to you, Israel, and because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel.
  • Mal 3:1-2 : 1 Behold, I am sending my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Suddenly, the Lord whom you are seeking will come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—behold, he is coming, 2
  • Matt 24:31 : 31 And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
  • Matt 24:44 : 44 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.
  • Matt 25:1 : 1 Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
  • Matt 25:31 : 31 When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels are with him, he will sit on his glorious throne.
  • Mark 13:33-37 : 33 Be on guard! Stay alert and pray, because you do not know when the time will come. 34 It 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. 35 Therefore, 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. 36 Otherwise, when he comes suddenly, he may find you sleeping. 37 What I say to you, I say to everyone: Stay alert!
  • Luke 12:20 : 20 But God said to him, 'Fool! This very night your soul will be required of you, and the things you have prepared—who will they belong to?'
  • Luke 12:38-40 : 38 Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them prepared, those servants will be blessed. 39 But 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. 40 You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.
  • Luke 12:46 : 46 the 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.
  • John 5:28-29 : 28 Do not be amazed at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice. 29 And they will come out: those who have done good will rise to live, and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned.
  • 1 Thess 4:16 : 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
  • 1 Thess 5:1-3 : 1 Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need for anything to be written to you. 2 For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 3 While people are saying, "Peace and safety," sudden destruction will come upon them like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
  • 2 Thess 1:7-9 : 7 and to give relief to you who are troubled, along with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his powerful angels. 8 In flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 They will be punished with eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His might. 10 On that day, when He comes to be glorified among His saints and marveled at by all who have believed—because our testimony to you was believed.
  • 2 Pet 3:10 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; on that day the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare.
  • Jude 1:14-15 : 14 Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them, saying, 'Behold, the Lord comes with countless thousands of His holy ones,' 15 to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds they have committed, and of all the harsh words that ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.
  • Rev 16:15 : 15 Look, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake and keeps their clothes with them, so they will not walk around naked and be shamefully exposed.
  • Rev 19:7-9 : 7 Let us rejoice and be glad, and give Him glory, because the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has prepared herself. 8 It was granted to her to be clothed in fine linen, bright and clean. For the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints. 9 Then the angel said to me, 'Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb.' And he added, 'These are the true words of God.'

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  • Matt 25:1-5
    5 verses
    86%

    1 Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

    2 Five of them were wise, and five were foolish.

    3 The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them.

    4 But the wise ones took oil in their flasks along with their lamps.

    5 When the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

  • Matt 25:7-13
    7 verses
    84%

    7 Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps.

    8 The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’

    9 But the wise ones replied, ‘No, there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’

    10 While 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.

    11 Later, the other virgins also came and said, ‘Lord, lord, open the door for us.’

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

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

  • Luke 12:35-38
    4 verses
    78%

    35 Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning.

    36 Be like people waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks, they can immediately open the door for him.

    37 Blessed are those servants whom the master finds watching when he comes. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, have them recline at the table, and will come to wait on them.

    38 Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them prepared, those servants will be blessed.

  • Mark 13:35-36
    2 verses
    77%

    35 Therefore, 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.

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

  • Matt 24:42-44
    3 verses
    75%

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

    43 But 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.

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

  • Luke 12:40
    74%

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

  • Matt 24:50
    73%

    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.

  • Matt 22:2-4
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    2 The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.

    3 He sent his servants to call those who had been invited to the wedding, but they refused to come.

    4 Again, he sent other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited: Look, I have prepared my banquet; my oxen and fattened animals have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.'

  • Matt 25:19
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    19 After a long time, the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them.

  • Matt 22:8-13
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    8 Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding banquet is ready, but those invited were not worthy.'

    9 Go therefore to the main roads, and invite everyone you find to the wedding feast.

    10 So those servants went out into the roads and gathered all they found, both good and bad. The wedding hall was filled with guests.

    11 But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.

    12 He said to him, 'Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?' The man was speechless.

    13 Then the king told the attendants, 'Tie him hand and foot, and throw him out into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

  • Luke 5:34-35
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    34 Jesus replied, "Can you make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?

    35 But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them; then they will fast in those days.

  • Luke 12:45-46
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    71%

    45 But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk,

    46 the 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.

  • Luke 13:25
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    25 Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, 'Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will answer, 'I don’t know you or where you come from.'

  • 1 Thess 5:6
    70%

    6 So then, let us not sleep like the rest, but let us be alert and sober.

  • Matt 20:6
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    6 About the eleventh hour, he went out and found others standing idle. He asked them, 'Why have you been standing here all day doing nothing?'

  • Rev 16:15
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    15 Look, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake and keeps their clothes with them, so they will not walk around naked and be shamefully exposed.

  • Luke 14:17
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    17 At the time of the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’

  • Mark 13:33
    70%

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

  • Joel 2:16
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    16 Gather the people, consecrate the assembly; bring together the elders, gather the children, even nursing infants. Let the bridegroom come out from his chamber and the bride from her wedding canopy.

  • Matt 24:26
    69%

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

  • Rev 19:7
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    7 Let us rejoice and be glad, and give Him glory, because the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has prepared herself.

  • Matt 26:46
    69%

    46 Get up, let us go. Look, the one who is betraying Me is near.

  • Matt 24:48
    69%

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

  • Mark 2:20
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    20 'But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day.'

  • Matt 24:46
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    46 Blessed is that servant whom the master finds doing so when he returns.