46 Then He said to them, “Why (A)do you sleep? Rise and (B)pray, lest you enter into temptation.”

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40 (A)When He came to the place, He said to them, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.”

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The Importance of Watching(A)

34 “But (B)take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with [a]carousing, drunkenness, and (C)cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly. 35 For (D)it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth. 36 (E)Watch therefore, and (F)pray always that you may [b]be counted (G)worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and (H)to stand before the Son of Man.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 21:34 dissipation
  2. Luke 21:36 NU have strength to

So the captain came to him, and said to him, “What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, (A)call on your God; (B)perhaps your God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”

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(A)Give no sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids.
Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
And like a bird from the hand of the [a]fowler.

The Folly of Indolence

(B)Go to the ant, you sluggard!
Consider her ways and be wise,
Which, having no [b]captain,
Overseer or ruler,
Provides her [c]supplies in the summer,
And gathers her food in the harvest.
(C)How long will you [d]slumber, O sluggard?
When will you rise from your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to sleep—
11 (D)So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler,
And your need like an armed man.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:5 One who catches birds in a trap or snare
  2. Proverbs 6:7 Lit. leader
  3. Proverbs 6:8 Lit. bread
  4. Proverbs 6:9 Lit. lie down

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