Mark 13:36
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36 or else he may find you asleep when he comes suddenly.
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1 Thessalonians 5:6-7
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6 So, then, let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober,(A) 7 for those who sleep sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at night.(B)
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Romans 13:11-14
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An Urgent Appeal
11 Besides this, you know what time it is, how it is already the moment for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we became believers;(A) 12 the night is far gone; the day is near. Let us then throw off[a] the works of darkness and put on the armor of light;(B) 13 let us walk decently as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in illicit sex and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy.(C) 14 Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.(D)
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- 13.12 Other ancient authorities read lay aside
Luke 21:34
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Exhortation to Watch
34 “Be on guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life and that day does not catch you unexpectedly,(A)
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Mark 14:40
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40 And once more he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy, and they did not know what to say to him.
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Matthew 24:48-51
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48 But if that wicked slave says to himself, ‘My master is delayed,’ 49 and begins to beat his fellow slaves and eats and drinks with drunkards, 50 the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour that he does not know. 51 He will cut him in pieces[a] and put him with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.(A)
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- 24.51 Or cut him off
Matthew 25:5
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5 As the bridegroom was delayed, all of them became drowsy and slept.(A)
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Mark 14:37
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37 He came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not keep awake one hour?
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Isaiah 56:10
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10 Israel’s[a] sentinels are blind;
they are all without knowledge;
they are all silent dogs
that cannot bark,
dreaming, lying down,
loving to slumber.(A)
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- 56.10 Heb His
Proverbs 24:33-34
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33 A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest,(A)
34 and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
and want, like an armed warrior.
Proverbs 6:9-11
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9 How long will you lie there, O lazybones?
When will you rise from your sleep?(A)
10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest,
11 and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
and want, like an armed warrior.(B)
Ephesians 5:14
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14 for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says,
“Sleeper, awake!
Rise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you.”(A)
Luke 22:45
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45 When he got up from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping because of grief,
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