1 Peter 5:8

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1 Peter 5:8

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

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Luke 22:31

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2 Timothy 4:17

Revelation 12:12

General references

Ephesians 4:27

Bible References

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Therefore concentrate your minds, with the strictest self-control, and fix your hopes on the blessing that is coming for you at the Appearing of Jesus Christ.

But the end of all things is near. Therefore exercise self-restraint and be calm, that you may be able to pray.

But, should he be a bad servant, and say to himself 'My master is a long time in coming,'

But should that servant say to himself 'My master is a long time coming,' and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk,

Be on your guard lest your minds should ever be dulled by debauches or drunkenness or the anxieties of life, and lest 'That Day' should come suddenly upon you, like a snare.

This I say, because you know the crisis that we have reached, for the time has already come for you to rouse yourselves from sleep; our Salvation is nearer now than when we accepted the Faith.

Therefore let us not sleep as others do. No, let us be watchful and self-controlled.

I also desire that women should adorn themselves with appropriate dress, worn quietly and modestly, and not with wreaths or gold ornaments for the hair, or pearls, or costly clothing,

The Presiding-Officer should be a man of blameless character; a faithful husband; living a temperate, discreet, and well-ordered life; hospitable, and a skillful teacher,

On the contrary, he should be hospitable, eager for the right discreet, upright, a man of holy life and capable of self-restraint,

Teach that the older men should be temperate, serious, and discreet; strong in faith, love, and endurance.

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Simon! Simon! listen. Satan demanded leave to sift you all like wheat,

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But the Lord came to my help and strengthened me, in order that, through me, the proclamation should be made so widely that all the Gentiles should hear it; and I was rescued 'out of the Lion's mouth.'

Therefore, be glad, O Heaven, and all who live in Heaven! Alas for the earth and for the sea, for the Devil has gone down to you in great fury, knowing that he has but little time.'

General references

Therefore watch, since you know neither the Day nor the Hour.

And the spirits begged Jesus: "Send us into the pigs, that we may take possession of them."

See that you are on the watch; for you do not know when the time will be.

So as to prevent Satan from taking advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.

And give no opportunity to the Devil.