Luke 12:40

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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  • Matt 24:42 : 42 ‹Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.›
  • Matt 24:44 : 44 ‹Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.›
  • Matt 25:13 : 13 ‹Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.›
  • Mark 13:33-36 : 33 ‹Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.› 34 [For the Son of man is] ‹as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.› 35 ‹Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:› 36 ‹Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.›
  • Luke 21:34-36 : 34 ‹And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and› [so] ‹that day come upon you unawares.› 35 ‹For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.› 36 ‹Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.›
  • Rom 13:11 : 11 ¶ And that, knowing the time, that now [it is] high time to awake out of sleep: for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed.
  • Rom 13:14 : 14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to [fulfil] the lusts [thereof].
  • 1 Thess 5:6 : 6 ¶ Therefore let us not sleep, as [do] others; but let us watch and be sober.
  • 2 Pet 3:12-14 : 12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. 14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
  • Rev 19:7 : 7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 24:42-46
    5 verses
    91%

    42‹Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.›

    43‹But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.›

    44‹Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.›

    45‹Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?›

    46‹Blessed› [is] ‹that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.›

  • Luke 12:35-39
    5 verses
    87%

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

    36‹And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.›

    37‹Blessed› [are] ‹those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.›

    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.›

  • Matt 25:10-13
    4 verses
    85%

    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.›

    11‹Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.›

    12‹But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.›

    13‹Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.›

  • Mark 13:32-37
    6 verses
    84%

    32‹But of that day and› [that] ‹hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.›

    33‹Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.›

    34[For the Son of man is] ‹as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.›

    35‹Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:›

    36‹Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.›

    37‹And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.›

  • Luke 12:45-47
    3 verses
    82%

    45‹But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;›

    46‹The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for› [him], ‹and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.›

    47‹And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not› [himself], ‹neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many› [stripes].

  • Matt 24:50
    82%

    50‹The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for› [him], ‹and in an hour that he is not aware of,›

  • Matt 24:39
    78%

    39‹And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.›

  • Matt 24:37
    77%

    37‹But as the days of Noe› [were], ‹so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.›

  • Mark 13:29
    77%

    29‹So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh,› [even] ‹at the doors.›

  • 1 Thess 5:2
    76%

    2For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

  • Luke 21:35-36
    2 verses
    76%

    35‹For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.›

    36‹Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.›

  • Luke 17:30-31
    2 verses
    75%

    30‹Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.›

    31‹In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.›

  • Luke 12:41-43
    3 verses
    75%

    41¶ Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?

    42And the Lord said, ‹Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom› [his] ‹lord shall make ruler over his household, to give› [them their] ‹portion of meat in due season?›

    43‹Blessed› [is] ‹that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.›

  • Matt 24:33
    75%

    33‹So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near,› [even] ‹at the doors.›

  • Luke 13:25
    75%

    25‹When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:›

  • Rev 16:15
    75%

    15‹Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed› [is] he that watcheth, ‹and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.›

  • Matt 24:26-27
    2 verses
    75%

    26‹Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold,› [he is] ‹in the secret chambers; believe› [it] ‹not.›

    27‹For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.›

  • Matt 24:48
    75%

    48‹But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;›

  • Matt 25:6
    74%

    6‹And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.›

  • Mark 13:26
    74%

    26‹And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.›

  • Acts 13:40
    73%

    40Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;

  • Luke 12:12
    73%

    12‹For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.›

  • Matt 16:27
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    27‹For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.›

  • 1 Thess 5:4
    73%

    4But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

  • Mark 14:37
    72%

    37And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, ‹Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?›

  • Matt 26:40
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    40And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, ‹What, could ye not watch with me one hour?›

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    24‹For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one› [part] ‹under heaven, shineth unto the other› [part] ‹under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.›