1 Thessalonians 5:6

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

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  • 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;
  • Luke 22:46 : 46 And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
  • Rom 13:11-14 : 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. 12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. 13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. 14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not pvision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
  • Matt 24:42 : 42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
  • Rev 16:15 : 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.
  • Rev 3:2 : 2 Be watchful, and stngthen the things which main, that a ady to die: for I have not found thy works perfect befo God.
  • Acts 20:31 : 31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the spe of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.
  • 1 Pet 4:7 : 7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
  • Prov 19:15 : 15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
  • Isa 56:10 : 10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
  • Jonah 1:6 : 6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
  • Matt 13:25 : 25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
  • Matt 25:5 : 5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
  • Matt 25:13 : 13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
  • Matt 26:38 : 38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
  • Matt 26:40-41 : 40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? 41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
  • Mark 13:34-35 : 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:
  • Mark 13:37 : 37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
  • Mark 14:37-38 : 37 And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour? 38 Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.
  • Luke 12:37 : 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.
  • Luke 12:39 : 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.
  • Luke 21:36 : 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.
  • 1 Cor 15:34 : 34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
  • 1 Cor 16:13 : 13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
  • Eph 6:18 : 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
  • Phil 4:5 : 5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
  • Col 4:2 : 2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
  • 1 Thess 5:8 : 8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
  • 1 Tim 2:9 : 9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
  • 1 Tim 2:15 : 15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
  • 1 Tim 3:2 : 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
  • 1 Tim 3:11 : 11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
  • 2 Tim 4:5 : 5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
  • Titus 2:6 : 6 Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.
  • Titus 2:12 : 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

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    7For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.

    8But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.

    9For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

    10Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

    11Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

  • 1 Thess 5:4-5
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    4But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

    5Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

  • Mark 13:35-37
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    35Watch 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:

    36Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.

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

  • Eph 5:14-18
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    14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

    15See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

    16Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

    17Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

    18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

  • Rom 13:11-13
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    11And 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.

    12The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

    13Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

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    13But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

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    4Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

  • 1 Pet 4:7
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    7But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

  • 1 Cor 15:34
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    34Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.

  • Eph 5:6-8
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    6Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

    7Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

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  • 1 Thess 5:1-2
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    1But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.

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

  • 1 Thess 4:15
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    15For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.

  • 1 Pet 5:8
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    8Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

  • Prov 6:9-10
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    9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

    10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

  • Titus 2:6
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    6Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.

  • Gal 6:9-10
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    9And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

    10As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

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    30For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.

  • Matt 25:5-6
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    5While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

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

  • Luke 22:46
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  • Mark 13:33
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    33Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

  • Joel 1:5
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    5Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

  • 1 Thess 4:5-6
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    5Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

    6That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

  • 1 Cor 16:13
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    13Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

  • 1 Cor 15:51
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    51Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

  • Heb 4:11
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    11Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

  • Prov 4:16
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    16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

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    33Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

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    11And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

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    35Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;