Luke 12:35

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹Let your loins be girded about, and› [your] ‹lights burning;›

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  • Matt 25:4-9 : 4 ‹But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.› 5 ‹While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.› 6 ‹And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.› 7 ‹Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.› 8 ‹And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.› 9 ‹But the wise answered, saying,› [Not so]; ‹lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.› 10 ‹And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.›
  • Eph 6:14 : 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
  • 1 Pet 1:13 : 13 ¶ Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
  • Matt 25:1 : 1 ¶ ‹Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.›
  • Prov 31:17 : 17 She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
  • Isa 5:27 : 27 None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:
  • Matt 5:16 : 16 ‹Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.›
  • 1 Kgs 18:46 : 46 And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
  • Isa 11:5 : 5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
  • Phil 2:15 : 15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

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    38‹And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find› [them] ‹so, blessed are those servants.›

    39‹And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.›

    40‹Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.›

  • Matt 25:3-8
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    3‹They that› [were] ‹foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:›

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    35‹Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.›

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