Bible Cross References
Why sleep ye
Luke 22:40
When he arrived at the place, he said to them, "Pray that you will not fall into temptation."
Luke 21:34-36
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"Be careful not to let yourselves become occupied with too much feasting and drinking and with the worries of this life, or that Day may suddenly catch you
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like a trap. For it will come upon all people everywhere on earth.
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Be on watch and pray always that you will have the strength to go safely through all those things that will happen and to stand before the Son of Man."
Proverbs 6:4-11
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Don't let yourself go to sleep or even stop to rest.
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Get out of the trap like a bird or a deer escaping from a hunter.
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Lazy people should learn a lesson from the way ants live.
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They have no leader, chief, or ruler,
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but they store up their food during the summer, getting ready for winter.
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How long is the lazy man going to lie around? When is he ever going to get up?
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"I'll just take a short nap," he says; "I'll fold my hands and rest a while."
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But while he sleeps, poverty will attack him like an armed robber.
Jonah 1:6
The captain found him there and said to him, "What are you doing asleep? Get up and pray to your god for help. Maybe he will feel sorry for us and spare our lives."