Luke 12:35

KJV1611 – Modern English

Let your loins be girded, and your lamps 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 delayed, they all slumbered and slept. 6 And at midnight a cry was made: Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him. 7 Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said to the wise, Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out. 9 But the wise answered, saying, No, lest there not be enough for us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves. 10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding, and the door was shut.
  • Eph 6:14 : 14 Stand therefore, having your waist girded with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
  • 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;
  • Matt 25:1 : 1 Then the kingdom of heaven shall be compared to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
  • Prov 31:17 : 17 She girds herself with strength and strengthens her arms.
  • Isa 5:27 : 27 None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the belt of their waists be loosed, nor the strap 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 who 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 belt of his loins, and faithfulness the belt of his waist.
  • Phil 2:15 : 15 That you may be blameless and harmless, children of God, without fault, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 83%

    36 And you yourselves be like men who wait for their master, when he will return from the wedding; that when he comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately.

    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.

    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 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.

    40 Therefore be ready also: for the Son of Man comes at an hour you do not expect.

  • Matt 25:3-8
    6 verses
    76%

    3 Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them.

    4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

    5 While the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.

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

    7 Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps.

    8 And the foolish said to the wise, Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.

  • 75%

    33 No one, when he has lit a candle, puts it in a secret place or under a basket, but on a candlestick, that those who come in may see the light.

    34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is full of light; but when your eye is bad, your body also is full of darkness.

    35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in you is not darkness.

    36 If your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle gives you light.

  • 75%

    33 Sell what you have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags that do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches, nor moth destroys.

    34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

  • Matt 5:14-16
    3 verses
    75%

    14 You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.

    15 Neither do men light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.

    16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

  • 74%

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

    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:

    36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.

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

  • 1 Then the kingdom of heaven shall be compared to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

  • 73%

    42 Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming.

    43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.

    44 Therefore you also be ready, for in an hour you do not expect the Son of Man will come.

  • 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.

  • 16 And let him who is in the field not turn back again to take up his garment.

  • 35 Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; for he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going.

  • 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;

  • Eph 6:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14 Stand therefore, having your waist girded with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;

    15 And your feet fitted with the readiness of the gospel of peace;

  • 10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding, and the door was shut.

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    45 But if that servant says in his heart, My lord delays his coming; and begins to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and be drunk;

    46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he does not expect him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in two, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.

  • 16 No man, when he has lit a candle, covers it with a vessel, or puts it under a bed; but sets it on a candlestick, that those who enter in may see the light.

  • 18 And let him who is in the field not turn back to take his clothes.

  • 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.

  • 21 And he said to them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel or under a bed? Is it not to be set on a candlestick?

  • 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.

  • 11 And thus you shall eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD's Passover.

  • 22 The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.

  • 34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be burdened with surfeiting, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day comes upon you unexpectedly.

  • 31 In that day, he who is on the housetop, with his goods in the house, let him not come down to take them away: and he who is in the field, let him likewise not turn back.

  • 3 Therefore, whatever you have spoken in darkness will be heard in the light; and what you have spoken in the ear in closets will be proclaimed upon the housetops.

  • 36 Then he said to them, But now, he who has a money bag, let him take it, and likewise his knapsack; and he who has no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one.

  • 13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the feet, and wrapped around the chest with a golden sash.