Bible Cross References
watchful
Revelation 16:15
"Listen! I am coming like a thief ! Happy is he who stays awake and guards his clothes, so that he will not walk around naked and be ashamed in public!"
Isaiah 56:10
He says, "All the leaders, who are supposed to warn my people, are blind! They know nothing. They are like watch dogs that don't bark---they only lie around and dream. How they love to sleep!
Isaiah 62:6
On your walls, Jerusalem, I have placed sentries; They must never be silent day or night. They must remind the LORD of his promises And never let him forget them.
Isaiah 62:7
They must give him no rest until he restores Jerusalem And makes it a city the whole world praises.
Ezekiel 34:8-10
8
As surely as I am the living God, you had better listen to me. My sheep have been attacked by wild animals that killed and ate them because there was no shepherd. My shepherds did not try to find the sheep. They were taking care of themselves and not the sheep.
9
So listen to me, you shepherds.
10
I, the Sovereign LORD, declare that I am your enemy. I will take my sheep away from you and never again let you be their shepherds; never again will I let you take care only of yourselves. I will rescue my sheep from you and not let you eat them.
Ezekiel 34:16-10
Zechariah 11:16
I have put a shepherd in charge of my flock, but he does not help the sheep that are threatened by destruction; nor does he look for the lost, or heal those that are hurt, or feed the healthy. Instead, he eats the meat of the fattest sheep and tears off their hoofs.
Matthew 24:42-51
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Watch out, then, because you do not know what day your Lord will come.
43
If the owner of a house knew the time when the thief would come, you can be sure that he would stay awake and not let the thief break into his house.
44
So then, you also must always be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you are not expecting him.
45
"Who, then, is a faithful and wise servant? It is the one that his master has placed in charge of the other servants to give them their food at the proper time.
46
How happy that servant is if his master finds him doing this when he comes home!
47
Indeed, I tell you, the master will put that servant in charge of all his property.
48
But if he is a bad servant, he will tell himself that his master will not come back for a long time,
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and he will begin to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.
50
Then that servant's master will come back one day when the servant does not expect him and at a time he does not know.
51
The master will cut him in pieces and make him share the fate of the hypocrites. There he will cry and gnash his teeth.
Matthew 25:13
And Jesus concluded, "Watch out, then, because you do not know the day or the hour.
Mark 13:33-37
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Be on watch, be alert, for you do not know when the time will come.
34
It will be like a man who goes away from home on a trip and leaves his servants in charge, after giving to each one his own work to do and after telling the doorkeeper to keep watch.
35
Watch, then, because you do not know when the master of the house is coming---it might be in the evening or at midnight or before dawn or at sunrise.
36
If he comes suddenly, he must not find you asleep.
37
What I say to you, then, I say to all: Watch!"
Acts 20:28-31
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So keep watch over yourselves and over all the flock which the Holy Spirit has placed in your care. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he made his own through the blood of his Son.
29
I know that after I leave, fierce wolves will come among you, and they will not spare the flock.
30
The time will come when some men from your own group will tell lies to lead the believers away after them.
31
Watch, then, and remember that with many tears, day and night, I taught every one of you for three years.
2 Timothy 4:1-4
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In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and because he is coming to rule as King, I solemnly urge you
2
to preach the message, to insist upon proclaiming it (whether the time is right or not), to convince, reproach, and encourage, as you teach with all patience.
3
The time will come when people will not listen to sound doctrine, but will follow their own desires and will collect for themselves more and more teachers who will tell them what they are itching to hear.
4
They will turn away from listening to the truth and give their attention to legends.
1 Peter 4:7
The end of all things is near. You must be self-controlled and alert, to be able to pray.
1 Peter 5:8
Be alert, be on watch! Your enemy, the Devil, roams around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.
strengthen
Revelation 2:4
But this is what I have against you: you do not love me now as you did at first.
Deuteronomy 3:28
Give Joshua his instructions. Strengthen his determination, because he will lead the people across to occupy the land that you see.'
Job 4:4-5
4
When someone stumbled, weak and tired, your words encouraged him to stand.
5
Now it's your turn to be in trouble, and you are too stunned to face it.
Job 16:5
I could strengthen you with advice and keep talking to comfort you.
Isaiah 35:3
Give strength to hands that are tired and to knees that tremble with weakness.
Luke 22:31
"Simon, Simon! Listen! Satan has received permission to test all of you, to separate the good from the bad, as a farmer separates the wheat from the chaff.
Luke 22:32
But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you turn back to me, you must strengthen your brothers."
Acts 18:23
After spending some time there, he left and went through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the believers.
thy works
1 Kings 11:4
and by the time he was old they had led him into the worship of foreign gods. He was not faithful to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.
1 Kings 15:3
He committed the same sins as his father and was not completely loyal to the LORD his God, as his great-grandfather David had been.
2 Chronicles 25:2
He did what was pleasing to the LORD, but did it reluctantly.
Isaiah 57:12
You think that what you do is right, but I will expose your conduct, and your idols will not be able to help you.
Daniel 5:27
weight, you have been weighed on the scales and found to be too light;
Matthew 6:2-4
2
"So when you give something to a needy person, do not make a big show of it, as the hypocrites do in the houses of worship and on the streets. They do it so that people will praise them. I assure you, they have already been paid in full.
3
But when you help a needy person, do it in such a way that even your closest friend will not know about it.
4
Then it will be a private matter. And your Father, who sees what you do in private, will reward you.
Matthew 23:5
They do everything so that people will see them. Look at the straps with scripture verses on them which they wear on their foreheads and arms, and notice how large they are! Notice also how long are the tassels on their cloaks!
Matthew 23:28-38
28
In the same way, on the outside you appear good to everybody, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and sins.
29
"How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You make fine tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of those who lived good lives;
30
and you claim that if you had lived during the time of your ancestors, you would not have done what they did and killed the prophets.
31
So you actually admit that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets!
32
Go on, then, and finish up what your ancestors started!
33
You snakes and children of snakes! How do you expect to escape from being condemned to hell?
34
And so I tell you that I will send you prophets and wise men and teachers; you will kill some of them, crucify others, and whip others in the synagogues and chase them from town to town.
35
As a result, the punishment for the murder of all innocent people will fall on you, from the murder of innocent Abel to the murder of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the Temple and the altar.
36
I tell you indeed: the punishment for all these murders will fall on the people of this day!
37
"Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets and stone the messengers God has sent you! How many times I wanted to put my arms around all your people, just as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would not let me!
38
And so your Temple will be abandoned and empty.