1 Thessalonians 5:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 1 Pet 1:13 : 13 Therefore, gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully on the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
  • Luke 22:46 : 46 And said to them, Why do you sleep? Rise and pray, lest you enter into temptation.
  • Rom 13:11-14 : 11 And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. 12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. 13 Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. 14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.
  • Matt 24:42 : 42 Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming.
  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour:
  • Rev 16:15 : 15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he who watches and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.
  • Rev 3:2 : 2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found your works perfect before God.
  • Acts 20:31 : 31 Therefore watch, and remember that for three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears.
  • 1 Pet 4:7 : 7 But the end of all things is at hand: be therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
  • Prov 19:15 : 15 Slothfulness casts 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 mute dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
  • Jonah 1:6 : 6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, What do you mean, O sleeper? arise, call upon your God, perhaps that God will consider us, that we do not perish.
  • Matt 13:25 : 25 But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.
  • Matt 25:5 : 5 While the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.
  • Matt 25:13 : 13 Watch therefore, for you do not know the day nor the hour when the Son of Man comes.
  • Matt 26:38 : 38 Then he said to them, My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even unto death: stay here, and watch with me.
  • Matt 26:40-41 : 40 And he came to the disciples, and found them asleep, and said to Peter, What, could you not watch with me one hour? 41 Watch and pray, that you do not enter into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
  • Mark 13:34-35 : 34 For the Son of Man is like 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 doorkeeper to watch. 35 Watch therefore: for you do not know when the master of the house comes, in the evening, or at midnight, or at the rooster crowing, or in the morning:
  • Mark 13:37 : 37 And what I say to you I say to all, Watch.
  • Mark 14:37-38 : 37 And he came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, Simon, are you sleeping? Could you not watch one hour? 38 Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
  • Luke 12:37 : 37 Blessed are those servants, whom the master when he comes shall find watching: truly I say to you, that he shall gird himself, and make them sit down to eat, and will come forth and serve them.
  • Luke 12:39 : 39 And know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have allowed his house to be broken into.
  • Luke 21:36 : 36 Watch therefore, and pray always, that you 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 do not sin; for some do not have the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.
  • 1 Cor 16:13 : 13 Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 Therefore he says, Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light.
  • Eph 6:18 : 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints;
  • Phil 4:5 : 5 Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is near.
  • 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 as a helmet, the hope of salvation.
  • 1 Tim 2:9 : 9 In the same way, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing;
  • 1 Tim 2:15 : 15 Nevertheless she will be saved in childbearing if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control.
  • 1 Tim 3:2 : 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
  • 1 Tim 3:11 : 11 In the same way, their wives must be dignified, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
  • 2 Tim 4:5 : 5 But be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
  • Titus 2:6 : 6 Likewise exhort the young men to be sober-minded.
  • Titus 2:12 : 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly desires, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world;

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  • 1 Thess 5:7-11
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    7For those who sleep, sleep in the night; and those who are drunk are drunk in the night.

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

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

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

    11Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also do.

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

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

  • Mark 13:35-37
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    35Watch therefore: for you do not know when the master of the house comes, in the evening, or at midnight, or at the rooster crowing, or in the morning:

    36Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.

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

  • Eph 5:14-18
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    14Therefore he says, Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light.

    15See then that you walk carefully, not as fools, but as wise,

    16Making the most of the time, because the days are evil.

    17Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

    18And do not be drunk with wine, in which is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

  • Rom 13:11-13
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    11And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.

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

    13Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy.

  • 1 Thess 4:13
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    13But I would not have you be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who are asleep, that you sorrow not, even as others who have no hope.

  • Prov 6:4
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    4Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.

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

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

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

    7Therefore do not be partakers with them.

    8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

  • 1 Thess 5:1-2
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    1But concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need that I write to you.

    2For you know perfectly that the day of the Lord comes as a thief in the night.

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

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

  • Prov 6:9-10
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    9How long will you sleep, O sluggard? when will you arise out of your sleep?

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

  • Titus 2:6
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    6Likewise exhort the young men to be sober-minded.

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

    10Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all men, especially to those who are of the household of faith.

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    30For this reason, many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep.

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

    6And at midnight a cry was made: Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him.

  • Luke 22:46
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    46And said to them, Why do you sleep? Rise and pray, lest you enter into temptation.

  • Mark 13:33
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    33Take heed, watch and pray: for you do not know when the time is.

  • Joel 1:5
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    5Awake, you drunkards, and weep; and howl, all you 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 passionate lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God:

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

  • 1 Cor 16:13
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    13Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.

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

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

  • Prov 4:16
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    16For they do not sleep unless they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.

  • Prov 24:33
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    33A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep.

  • 2 Cor 5:7
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    7For we walk by faith, not by sight.

  • 1 Cor 6:11
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    11And such were some of you: but you are washed, but you are sanctified, but you 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, and your lamps burning;