Matthew 25:3

Geneva Bible (1560)

The foolish tooke their lampes, but tooke none oyle with them.

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  • Isa 48:1-2 : 1 Heare yee this, O house of Iaakob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come out of the waters of Iudah: which sweare by the Name of the Lord, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousnesse. 2 For they are called of the holy citie, & staie themselues vpon the God of Israel, whose Name is the Lord of hostes.
  • Isa 58:2 : 2 Yet they seeke me dayly, and will knowe my wayes, euen as a nation that did righteously, and had not forsaken the statutes of their God: they aske of me the ordinances of iustice: they wil drawe neere vnto God, saying,
  • Ezek 33:3 : 3 If when hee seeth the sworde come vpon ye land, he blow the trumpet, & warne the people,
  • Matt 23:25-26 : 25 Wo be to you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye make cleane the vtter side of the cup, and of the platter: but within they are ful of briberie and excesse. 26 Thou blinde Pharise, cleanse first the inside of the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be cleane also.
  • 2 Tim 3:5 : 5 Hauing a shewe of godlinesse, but haue denied the power thereof: turne away therefore from such.
  • Heb 12:15 : 15 Take heede, that no man fall away from the grace of God: let no roote of bitternes spring vp and trouble you, lest thereby many be defiled.
  • Rev 3:1 : 1 And write vnto the Angel of the Church which is at Sardis, These things saith he that hath the seuen Spirits of God, and the seuen starres, I knowe thy workes: for thou hast a name that thou liuest, but thou art dead.
  • Rev 3:15-16 : 15 I knowe thy woorkes, that thou art neither colde nor hote: I woulde thou werest colde or hote. 16 Therefore, because thou art Luke warme, and neither colde nor hote, it will come to passe, that I shall spewe thee out of my mouth.

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    4But the wise tooke oyle in their vessels with their lampes.

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