1 Thessalonians 5:6
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6 So then (A)let us not sleep, as others do, but let us (B)keep awake and (C)be sober.
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1 Peter 1:13
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13 Therefore, (A)preparing your minds for action,[a] and (B)being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
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- 1 Peter 1:13 Greek girding up the loins of your mind
Matthew 24:42
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42 Therefore, (A)stay awake, for you do not know on what day (B)your Lord is coming.
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Romans 13:11-14
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11 Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you (A)to wake from sleep. (B)For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. 12 (C)The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us (D)cast off (E)the works of darkness and (F)put on the armor of light. 13 (G)Let us walk properly as in the daytime, (H)not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, (I)not in quarreling and jealousy. 14 But (J)put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, (K)to gratify its desires.
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Luke 22:46
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46 and he said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Rise and (A)pray that you may not enter into temptation.”
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Revelation 16:15
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15 (“Behold, (A)I am coming like a thief! (B)Blessed is the one who stays awake, keeping his garments on, (C)that he may not go about naked and be seen exposed!”)
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Titus 2:12
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12 training us to renounce ungodliness and (A)worldly passions, and (B)to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in (C)the present age,
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Ephesians 5:14
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14 for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says,
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Revelation 3:2
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2 Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works (A)complete in the sight of my God.
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1 Peter 4:7
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7 (A)The end of all things is at hand; therefore (B)be self-controlled and sober-minded (C)for the sake of your prayers.
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Mark 13:34-35
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34 (A)It is like a man (B)going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his servants[a] in charge, (C)each with his work, and commands (D)the doorkeeper to stay awake. 35 (E)Therefore stay awake—for you do not know when the master of the house will come, (F)in the evening, or (G)at midnight, or (H)when the rooster crows,[b] or (I)in the morning—
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- Mark 13:34 Or bondservants
- Mark 13:35 That is, the third watch of the night, between midnight and 3 a.m.
1 Timothy 2:9
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9 likewise also (A)that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire,
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1 Corinthians 16:13
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13 (A)Be watchful, (B)stand firm in the faith, (C)act like men, (D)be strong.
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Proverbs 19:15
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Titus 2:6
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6 Likewise, urge (A)the younger men to be self-controlled.
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1 Timothy 3:2
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2 Therefore (A)an overseer[a] must be above reproach, (B)the husband of one wife,[b] (C)sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, (D)hospitable, (E)able to teach,
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- 1 Timothy 3:2 Or bishop; Greek episkopos; a similar term occurs in verse 1
- 1 Timothy 3:2 Or a man of one woman; also verse 12
Colossians 4:2
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2 (A)Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it (B)with thanksgiving.
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Luke 21:36
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36 But (A)stay awake at all times, (B)praying that you may (C)have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and (D)to stand before the Son of Man.”
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Luke 12:39
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39 (A)But know this, that if the master of the house had known at what hour (B)the thief was coming, he[a] would not have left his house to be broken into.
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- Luke 12:39 Some manuscripts add would have stayed awake and
Mark 14:37-38
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37 And he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not watch one hour? 38 (A)Watch and (B)pray that you may not (C)enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
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Matthew 25:13
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13 (A)Watch therefore, for you (B)know neither the day nor the hour.
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Matthew 25:5
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5 As the bridegroom (A)was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept.
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Matthew 13:25
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25 but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds[a] among the wheat and went away.
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- Matthew 13:25 Probably darnel, a wheat-like weed
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