15 Bible Verses about Sleep, Spiritual
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but this you conceive, that if a man knew at what hour of the night the thief would come, he would set a watch, and not suffer his house to be broke open. therefore be ye also prepar'd: for the son of man may come at an hour you least expect.
if the master of a house knew at what hour the thief would come, no doubt he would be on his guard, and not suffer him to break into his house. be ye therefore likewise prepar'd; for the son of man will come, when you least expect him.
watch ye therefore (for you don't know when the master of the house will return; whether at evening, or at midnight, or at the cock-crowing, or in the morning) for fear by his sudden return he should surprize you sleeping.
so not being able to agree, they retir'd, upon Paul's having told them, that the holy spirit had very justly said to our fathers by the prophet Esaias, "go to this people and say, hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive. for the heart of this people is become gross, their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted and I should heal them."
as it is written, "God hath given them up to a state of insensibility, so that their eyes could not see, and their ears could not hear."
Consider likewise the present season, that now it is high time to rouse out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we first believed. the night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore throw off the habits of darkness, and be invested with the ornaments of light.
wherefore 'tis said, " awake thou that sleepest, arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light."
be watchful, and fortify the rest that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
"I shall come with surprize, happy he that is upon the watch, and keepeth his garments pure, that his vices may not put him to shame."
watch and pray that ye may not sink under the trial: the mind indeed is vigorous, but the flesh is weak.
as to the day and hour, that no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor even the son; but the father only. be circumspect, be vigilant, and devout: because you are uncertain when that time will be. when a man travels into foreign parts, he leaves his goods in charge to his servants, he appoints to every one his task, and orders the porter to be vigilant,
Pour out your souls unto God upon all occasions, watching in prayer with all perseverance and supplication for all christians:
therefore let us not sleep away our time like others, but be vigilant and temperate. they that are sober take their rest in the night, whilst they that are sots, are drunk in the night: but let us, who enjoy the light, be temperate; let us be arm'd with the breast-plate of faith and charity, and for an helmet, with the hope of salvation.
Be temperate, be vigilant: for your adversary the Devil goes about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
