Matthew 25:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Isa 48:1-2 : 1 Listen to this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and have come out of the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, and mention the God of Israel, but not in truth or in righteousness. 2 For they call themselves citizens of the holy city and rely on 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 practiced righteousness and did not forsake the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice and take delight in approaching God.
  • Ezek 33:3 : 3 If when he sees the sword coming upon the land, he blows the trumpet, and warns the people;
  • Matt 23:25-26 : 25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you make clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and excess. 26 Blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.
  • 2 Tim 3:5 : 5 Having a form of godliness but denying its power. From such turn away.
  • Heb 12:15 : 15 Looking diligently lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;
  • Rev 3:1 : 1 And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: These things says he who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I know your works, that you have a name that you live, and are dead.
  • Rev 3:15-16 : 15 I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot: I wish you were cold or hot. 16 So then because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spit you out of my mouth.

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    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.

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

    12 But he answered and said, Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.

  • Matt 25:1-2
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    1 Then the kingdom of heaven shall be compared to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

    2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.

  • Prov 21:20
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    20 There is desirable treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man spends it up.

  • Luke 24:25
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    25 Then he said to them, O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:

  • Luke 12:35
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    35 Let your loins be girded, and your lamps burning;

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  • Prov 14:24
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  • Prov 14:7-8
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    7 Leave the presence of a foolish man, when you do not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.

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  • Prov 26:4-5
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    4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

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  • Eph 5:15
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    15 See then that you walk carefully, not as fools, but as wise,

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    20 But God said to him, You fool, this night your soul shall be required of you; then whose shall those things be, which you have provided?

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    37 And you shall make its seven lamps; and they shall arrange its lamps so that they give light in front of it.

  • Eccl 10:15
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    15 The labor of the foolish wearies every one of them, because he does not know how to go to the city.

  • 1 Cor 3:19
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    19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He catches the wise in their own craftiness.

  • Jer 5:4
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    4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they do not know the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.

  • Eccl 10:3
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  • Prov 17:24
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    24 Wisdom is in the sight of him who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

  • Eccl 2:14
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    14 The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I myself perceived that the same event happens to them all.

  • Job 12:5
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    5 He who is ready to slip with his feet is like a lamp despised in the thought of him who is at ease.

  • Prov 15:14
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    14 The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.

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    21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and see not; who have ears, and hear not:

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    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.

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    7 The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but the heart of the foolish does not.

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    23 A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.

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

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    22 For my people are foolish, they have not known me; they are senseless children, and they have no understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

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    3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

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    22 Professing to be wise, they became fools,

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    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.