Matthew 25:8
The foolish ones said to the wise,‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’
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Referenced Verses
- Luke 12:35 : 35 Call to Faithful Stewardship“Get dressed for service and keep your lamps burning;
- Luke 16:24 : 24 So he called out,‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in anguish in this fire.’
- Acts 8:24 : 24 But Simon replied,“You pray to the Lord for me so that nothing of what you have said may happen to me.”
- Heb 4:1 : 1 God’s Promised Rest Therefore we must be wary that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it.
- Rev 3:9 : 9 Listen! I am going to make those people from the synagogue of Satan– who say they are Jews yet are not, but are lying– Look, I will make them come and bow down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you.
- Job 8:13-14 : 13 Such is the destiny of all who forget God; the hope of the godless perishes, 14 whose trust is in something futile, whose security is a spider’s web.
- Job 18:5 : 5 “Yes, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; his flame of fire does not shine.
- Job 21:17 : 17 How Often Do the Wicked Suffer?“How often is the lamp of the wicked extinguished? How often does their misfortune come upon them? How often does God apportion pain to them in his anger?
- Prov 4:18-19 : 18 But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light, growing brighter and brighter until full day. 19 The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what they stumble over.
- Prov 13:9 : 9 The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked goes out.
- Prov 20:20 : 20 The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.
- Matt 3:9 : 9 and don’t think you can say to yourselves,‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!
- Matt 13:20-21 : 20 The seed sown on rocky ground is the person who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy. 21 But he has no root in himself and does not endure; when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.
- Luke 8:18 : 18 So listen carefully, for whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him.”
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Matt 25:1-77 verses90%
1 The Parable of the Ten Virgins“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
2 Five of the virgins were foolish, and five were wise.
3 When the foolish ones took their lamps, they did not take extra olive oil with them.
4 But the wise ones took flasks of olive oil with their lamps.
5 When the bridegroom was delayed a long time, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
6 But at midnight there was a shout,‘Look, the bridegroom is here! Come out to meet him.’
7 Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps.
- Matt 25:9-124 verses87%
9 ‘No,’ they replied.‘There won’t be enough for you and for us. Go instead to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’
10 But while they had gone to buy it, the bridegroom arrived, and those who were ready went inside with him to the wedding banquet. Then the door was shut.
11 Later, the other virgins came too, saying,‘Lord, lord! Let us in!’
12 But he replied,‘I tell you the truth, I do not know you!’
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20 There is desirable treasure and olive oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish person devours all he has.
- Prov 14:7-82 verses71%
7 Walk abreast with a foolish person, and you do not understand wise counsel.
8 The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deception.
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35 Call to Faithful Stewardship“Get dressed for service and keep your lamps burning;
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25 So he said to them,“You foolish people– how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
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20 But God said to him,‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’
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5 You who are naive, discern wisdom! And you fools, understand discernment!
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4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you yourself also be like him.
5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own opinion.
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24 The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools is folly.
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7 The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the heart of fools.
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5 But they were indifferent and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.
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15 The toil of a stupid fool wears him out, because he does not even know the way to the city.
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8 Take notice of this, you ignorant people! You fools, when will you ever understand?
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21 The teaching of the righteous feeds many, but fools die for lack of sense.
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9 Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
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14 The discerning mind seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.
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30 And throw that worthless slave into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
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24 Wisdom is directly in front of the discerning person, but the eyes of a fool run to the ends of the earth.
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3 Even when a fool walks along the road he lacks sense, and shows everyone what a fool he is.
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14 The wise man can see where he is going, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that the same fate happens to them both.
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9 Your wise men will be put to shame. They will be dumbfounded and be brought to judgment. Since they have rejected the LORD’s message, what wisdom do they really have?
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9 The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked goes out.
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2 The tongue of the wise treats knowledge correctly, but the mouth of the fool spouts out folly.
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21 The Parable of the Lamp He also said to them,“A lamp isn’t brought to be put under a basket or under a bed, is it? Isn’t it to be placed on a lampstand?
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8 The master commended the dishonest manager because he acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their contemporaries than the people of light.
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8 So what advantage does a wise man have over a fool? And what advantage does a pauper gain by knowing how to survive?
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16 What’s the point of a fool having money in hand to buy wisdom, when his head is empty?
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37 “You are to make its seven lamps, and then set its lamps up on it, so that it will give light to the area in front of it.
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19 For the wisdom of this age is foolishness with God. As it is written,“He catches the wise in their craftiness.”
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6 For like the crackling of quick-burning thorns under a cooking pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This kind of folly also is useless.
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15 The way of a fool is right in his own opinion, but the one who listens to advice is wise.
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8 Then he said to his slaves,‘The wedding is ready, but the ones who had been invited were not worthy.
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22 The LORD answered,“This will happen because my people are foolish. They do not know me. They are like children who have no sense. They have no understanding. They are skilled at doing evil. They do not know how to do good.”
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20 Where is the wise man? Where is the expert in the Mosaic law? Where is the debater of this age? Has God not made the wisdom of the world foolish?
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10 Anticipation of Death“But turn, all of you, and come now! I will not find a wise man among you.
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14 Those who are wise store up knowledge, but foolish speech leads to imminent destruction.
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4 I thought,“Surely it is only the ignorant poor who act this way. They act like fools because they do not know what the LORD demands. They do not know what their God requires of them.
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7 Wisdom is unattainable for a fool; in court he does not open his mouth.