1 Thessalonians 5:6

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Therefore let vs not sleepe, as do other: but let vs watche and be sober.

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  • 1 Pet 1:13 : 13 Wherfore girde vp the loynes of your mynde, be sober, and trust perfectly on the grace that is brought vnto you, by the reuelation of Iesus Christe:
  • Luke 22:46 : 46 And sayde vnto them, why slepe ye? Rise, & pray lest ye fall into temptation.
  • Rom 13:11-14 : 11 And chiefely consideryng the season, howe that it is tyme that we shoulde nowe awake out of slepe: For nowe is our saluation nearer, then when we beleued. 12 The nyght is passed, the day is come nye. Let vs therfore caste away the deedes of darknesse, & let vs put on the armour of lyght. 13 Let vs walke honestly as in the day, not in riotyng & dronkennesse, neither in chaumberyng & wantonnesse, neither in strife and enuying. 14 But put ye on ye Lorde Iesus Christe. And make not prouision for the fleshe, to the lustes therof.
  • Matt 24:42 : 42 Watch therfore, for ye knowe not what houre your Lorde doth come.
  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober, & watche, for your aduersarie the deuyll, as a roaryng Lion walketh about seking who he may deuour:
  • Rev 16:15 : 15 Beholde, I come as a theefe. Happie is he that watcheth and kepeth his garmentes, lest he walke naked, and men see his fylthynesse.
  • Rev 3:2 : 2 Be awake, and strength the thynges which remayne, that are redie to dye: For I haue not founde thy workes perfect before God.
  • Acts 20:31 : 31 Therfore watch, and remember that by the space of three yeres I ceassed not to warne euery one night and day with teares.
  • 1 Pet 4:7 : 7 The ende of all thynges is at hande. Be ye therefore sober, and watche vnto prayer.
  • Prov 19:15 : 15 Slouthfulnesse bryngeth sleepe, and a soule accustomed with craft, shall suffer hunger.
  • Isa 56:10 : 10 For his watchmen are all blynde, they haue altogether no vnderstanding, they are all dumbe dogges not beyng able to barke, they are sleepy, sluggishe are they and lye snortyng.
  • Jonah 1:6 : 6 And the shippe maister came to him, and saide: What meanest thou sleeper? Up, and call vpon thy God, if so be that God wyl shine vnto vs, that we perishe not.
  • Matt 13:25 : 25 But whyle men slept, his enemye came & sowed tares among the wheate, and went his way.
  • Matt 25:5 : 5 Whyle the brydegrome taryed, they all slumbred and slept.
  • Matt 25:13 : 13 Watch therfore, for ye knowe neither the day, nor yet the houre, wherin the sonne of man shall come.
  • Matt 26:38 : 38 Then sayde Iesus vnto them: My soule is heauy, euen vnto the death, tary ye here, and watche with me.
  • Matt 26:40-41 : 40 And he came vnto the disciples, and founde them a slepe, and sayth vnto Peter: What, coulde ye not watche with me one houre? 41 Watche, and praye, that ye enter not into temptation: The spirite in deede is wyllyng, but the fleshe is weake.
  • Mark 13:34-35 : 34 As a man which is gone into a straunge countrey, and hath left his house, and geuen auctoritie to his seruauntes, and to euery man his worke, and commaunded the porter to watche: 35 Watche ye therfore, (for ye knowe not whe the maister of the house wyl come, at euen, or at mydnyght, whether at the cocke crowyng, or in the dawnyng.)
  • Mark 13:37 : 37 And that I say vnto you, I say vnto all, watche.
  • Mark 14:37-38 : 37 And he came & founde them slepyng, and sayth vnto Peter: Simon, slepest thou? Couldest not thou watche one houre? 38 Watche ye, and pray, lest ye enter into temptation: the spirite truely is redy, but the fleshe is weake.
  • Luke 12:37 : 37 Happy are those seruauntes, who the Lorde, when he commeth, shall fynde wakyng. Ueryly I say vnto you, that he shall girde him selfe, and make them to syt downe to meate, and wyll come foorth, and minister vnto them.
  • Luke 12:39 : 39 This vnderstande, that yf the good man of the house knew what houre the thiefe woulde come, he woulde surely watche, and not suffer his house to be dygged through.
  • Luke 21:36 : 36 Watche ye therfore, and pray continually, that ye may be accompted worthy to escape all these thinges yt shall come, & that ye may stand before ye sonne of man.
  • 1 Cor 15:34 : 34 Awake truely out of slepe, and sinne not: For some haue not the knowledge of God. I speake this to your shame.
  • 1 Cor 16:13 : 13 Watche ye, stande fast in the fayth, quyte you lyke men, be strong.
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 Wherefore he sayth: Awake thou that sleepest, and stande vp from the dead, and Christe shall geue thee lyght.
  • Eph 6:18 : 18 Praying alwayes in all prayer and supplication in the spirite, and watche thervnto with all instaunce and supplication, for all saintes,
  • Phil 4:5 : 5 Let your pacient mynde be knowen vnto all men: The Lorde is at hande.
  • Col 4:2 : 2 Continue in prayer, and watche in the same with thankes geuyng:
  • 1 Thess 5:8 : 8 But let vs which are of the day, be sober, puttyng on the brest plate of fayth and loue, and a helmet, the hope of saluation.
  • 1 Tim 2:9 : 9 Lykewyse also the women, that they araye them selues in comely apparell, with shamefastnesse, and discrete behauiour, not in brayded heere, either golde or pearles, or costly aray:
  • 1 Tim 2:15 : 15 Notwithstandyng through bearyng of chyldren she shalbe saued, yf they continue in fayth and loue, and holynesse, with modestie.
  • 1 Tim 3:2 : 2 A bishop therfore must be blamelesse, the husband of one wyfe, watchyng, sober, comely apparelled, a louer of hospitalitie, apt to teache,
  • 1 Tim 3:11 : 11 Euen so must their wyues be graue, not euyll speakers, sober, faythfull in all thynges.
  • 2 Tim 4:5 : 5 But watche thou in all thynges, suffer afflictions, do the worke of an Euangelist, fulfyll thy ministerie:
  • Titus 2:6 : 6 Young men lykewyse exhort, to be sober mynded.
  • Titus 2:12 : 12 Teachyng vs, that denying vngodlynesse and worldly lustes, we shoulde lyue soberlie and ryghteouslie, and godlie in this present worlde:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Thess 5:7-11
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    7For they that sleepe, sleepe in the night: and they that be druncken, are druncken in the nyght.

    8But let vs which are of the day, be sober, puttyng on the brest plate of fayth and loue, and a helmet, the hope of saluation.

    9For God hath not appoynted vs to wrath: but to obtayne saluation, by our Lorde Iesus Christe,

    10Whiche dyed for vs, that whether we wake or sleepe, we shoulde lyue together with hym.

    11Wherefore comfort your selues together, and edifie euery one another, euen as ye do.

  • 1 Thess 5:4-5
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    4But ye brethren are not in darknesse, that that day shoulde ouertake you as a theefe.

    5Ye are all the chyldren of lyght, and the chyldren of the daye: We are not of the nyght, neither of darkenesse.

  • Mark 13:35-37
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    35Watche ye therfore, (for ye knowe not whe the maister of the house wyl come, at euen, or at mydnyght, whether at the cocke crowyng, or in the dawnyng.)

    36Lest yf he come sodenly, he fynde you slepyng.

    37And that I say vnto you, I say vnto all, watche.

  • Eph 5:14-18
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    14Wherefore he sayth: Awake thou that sleepest, and stande vp from the dead, and Christe shall geue thee lyght.

    15Take heede therfore howe ye walke circumspectlye: not as vnwyse, but as wyse,

    16Redeemyng the time, because ye dayes are euyll.

    17Wherfore be ye not vnwise, but vnderstandyng what the wyll of the Lord is.

    18And be not drunke with wine, wherin is excesse: but be fylled with the spirite,

  • Rom 13:11-13
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    11And chiefely consideryng the season, howe that it is tyme that we shoulde nowe awake out of slepe: For nowe is our saluation nearer, then when we beleued.

    12The nyght is passed, the day is come nye. Let vs therfore caste away the deedes of darknesse, & let vs put on the armour of lyght.

    13Let vs walke honestly as in the day, not in riotyng & dronkennesse, neither in chaumberyng & wantonnesse, neither in strife and enuying.

  • 1 Thess 4:13
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    13But I woulde not haue you to be ignoraunt brethren, concernyng them which sleepe, that ye sorowe not euen as other, which haue no hope.

  • Prov 6:4
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    4Let not thyne eyes sleepe, nor thyne eye liddes slumber.

  • 1 Pet 4:7
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    7The ende of all thynges is at hande. Be ye therefore sober, and watche vnto prayer.

  • 1 Cor 15:34
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    34Awake truely out of slepe, and sinne not: For some haue not the knowledge of God. I speake this to your shame.

  • Eph 5:6-8
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    6Let no man deceaue you with vayne wordes: For, because of such thynges commeth the wrath of God vppon the chyldren of disobedience.

    7Be not ye therefore companions of them.

    8For ye were sometimes darknesse: but nowe are ye lyght in the Lorde. Walke as chyldren of lyght.

  • 1 Thess 5:1-2
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    1But of the tymes & seasons brethre, ye haue no neede that I write vnto you.

    2For ye your selues knowe perfectlye that the day of the Lord shall so come euen as a theefe in the nyght.

  • 1 Thess 4:15
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    15For this say we vnto you in the worde of the Lorde, that we whiche lyue, remayning vnto the comyng of the Lord, shall not preuent them which sleepe.

  • 1 Pet 5:8
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    8Be sober, & watche, for your aduersarie the deuyll, as a roaryng Lion walketh about seking who he may deuour:

  • Prov 6:9-10
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    9Howe long wylt thou sleepe thou sluggishe man? When wylt thou aryse out of thy sleepe?

    10Yea, sleepe on still a litle, slumber a litle, folde thyne handes together yet a litle that thou mayest sleepe:

  • Titus 2:6
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    6Young men lykewyse exhort, to be sober mynded.

  • Gal 6:9-10
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    9Let vs not be weery in well doyng: for in due season we shall reape, yf we faynt not.

    10Whyle we haue therefore tyme, let vs do good vnto all men, specially vnto the which are of the housholde of fayth.

  • 1 Cor 11:30
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    30For this cause many are weake and sicke among you, and many slepe.

  • Matt 25:5-6
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    5Whyle the brydegrome taryed, they all slumbred and slept.

    6And euen at mydnyght, there was a crye made: beholde, the brydegrome commeth, go out to meete hym.

  • Luke 22:46
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    46And sayde vnto them, why slepe ye? Rise, & pray lest ye fall into temptation.

  • Mark 13:33
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    33Take heede, watche and pray: for ye knowe not when the tyme is.

  • Joel 1:5
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    5Awake ye drunkardes, & weepe, howle all ye wine bibbers for lacke of newe wine: for it is cleane taken away from your mouth.

  • 1 Thess 4:5-6
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    5Not in the lust of concupiscence, euen as the gentiles, which knowe not God.

    6That no man oppresse and defraude his brother in any matter, because that the Lorde is the auenger of all suche: as we also haue forewarned you, and testified.

  • 1 Cor 16:13
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    13Watche ye, stande fast in the fayth, quyte you lyke men, be strong.

  • 1 Cor 15:51
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    51Beholde, I shewe you a misterie. We shall not all slepe: but we shall all be chaunged.

  • Heb 4:11
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    11Let vs studie therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same ensample of disobedience.

  • Prov 4:16
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    16For they sleepe not except they haue done mischiefe: and sleepe is taken from them, vntyll they haue done harme.

  • Prov 24:33
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    33Yea sleepe on styll I say a litle, slumber a litle, folde thy handes together yet a litle:

  • 2 Cor 5:7
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    7(For we walke by fayth, not after outwarde appearaunce.)

  • 1 Cor 6:11
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    11And such were some of you: but ye are wasshed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are iustified in the name of the Lord Iesus, and by the spirite of our God.

  • Luke 12:35
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    35Let your loynes be girde about, and your lyghtes brennyng,