Matthew 25:3

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹They that› [were] ‹foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:›

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  • Isa 48:1-2 : 1 ¶ Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, [but] not in truth, nor in righteousness. 2 For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts [is] his name.
  • Isa 58:2 : 2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.
  • Ezek 33:3 : 3 If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
  • Matt 23:25-26 : 25 ‹Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.› 26 [Thou] ‹blind Pharisee, cleanse first that› [which is] ‹within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.›
  • 2 Tim 3:5 : 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
  • Heb 12:15 : 15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and thereby many be defiled;
  • Rev 3:1 : 1 ¶ ‹And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.›
  • Rev 3:15-16 : 15 ‹I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.› 16 ‹So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.›

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