1 Thessalonians 5:6

So then, we must not sleep like the rest, but must be on the alert and be self-controlled.

Luke 22:46

and he said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up [and] pray that you will not enter into temptation!"

1 Peter 1:13

Therefore, {when you have prepared your minds for action} [by] being self-controlled, put your hope completely in the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Matthew 24:42

Therefore be on the alert, because you do not know what day your Lord is coming!

Romans 13:11-14

And [do] this [because you] know the time, that [it is] already the hour for you to wake up from sleep. For our salvation [is] nearer now than when we believed.

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness will bring on a deep sleep, and a person of idleness will suffer hunger.

Isaiah 56:10

His watchmen [are] blind, none of them know. They [are] all dumb dogs; they are unable to bark, panting, lying down, loving to slumber.

Jonah 1:6

And the captain of the ship approached him and said to him, "Why are you {sound asleep}? Get up! Call on your god! Perhaps [your] god will take notice of us and we won't perish!"

Matthew 13:25

But while his people were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed darnel in the midst of the wheat and went away.

Matthew 25:5

And [when] the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

Matthew 25:13

Therefore be on the alert, because you do not know the day or the hour!

Matthew 26:38

Then he said to them, "My soul is deeply grieved, to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with me."

Matthew 26:40-41

And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, "So, were you not able to stay awake with me one hour?

Mark 13:34-35

It is like a man away on a journey, who left his house and gave his slaves authority--to each one his work--and to the doorkeeper he gave orders that he should be on the alert.

Mark 13:37

And what I say to you, I say to everyone: Be on the alert!"

Mark 14:37-38

And he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, "Simon, are you sleeping? Were you not able to stay awake one hour?

Luke 12:37

Blessed [are] those slaves whom the master will find on the alert [when he] returns! Truly I say to you that he will dress himself for service and have them recline at the table and will come by [and] serve them.

Luke 12:39

But understand this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief was coming, he would not have left his house to be broken into.

Luke 21:36

But be alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these [things] [that] are going to happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."

Acts 20:31

Therefore be on the alert, remembering that night and day [for] three years I did not stop warning each one [of you] with tears.

1 Corinthians 15:34

Sober up correctly and {stop sinning}, for some have no knowledge of God--I say [this] to your shame.

1 Corinthians 16:13

Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act courageously, be strong.

Ephesians 5:14

for everything made visible is light. Therefore it says, Wake up, sleeper, and rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.

Ephesians 6:18

with all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and to this [end] being alert with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,

Philippians 4:5

Let your gentleness be made known to all people. The Lord [is] near.

Colossians 4:2

Be devoted to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving,

1 Thessalonians 5:8

But [because] we are of the day, we must be sober, [by] putting on the breastplate of faith and love and [as] a helmet the hope of salvation,

1 Timothy 2:9

Likewise also the women should adorn themselves in appropriate clothing, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold jewelry or pearls or expensive clothing,

1 Timothy 2:15

But she will be saved through the bearing of children, if she continues in faith and love and holiness with self-control.

1 Timothy 3:2

Therefore the overseer must be irreproachable, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, skillful in teaching,

1 Timothy 3:11

The wives likewise [must be] dignified, not slanderous, temperate, faithful in all [things].

2 Timothy 4:5

But you, be self-controlled in all [things], bear hardship patiently, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

Titus 2:6

Likewise, exhort the young men to be self-controlled,

Titus 2:12

training us in order that, denying impiety and worldly desires, we may live self-controlled and righteously and godly in the present age,

1 Peter 4:7

Now the end of all [things] draws near. Therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for [your] prayers.

1 Peter 5:8

Be sober; be on the alert. Your adversary the devil walks around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.

Revelation 3:2

Be on the alert and strengthen the remaining [things] that are about to die, for I have not found your works completed before my God.

Revelation 16:15

(Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed [is] the one who is on the alert and who keeps his clothing, so that he does not walk around naked and they see his shamefulness!)

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Bible References

Let us not

Proverbs 19:15
Laziness will bring on a deep sleep, and a person of idleness will suffer hunger.
Isaiah 56:10
His watchmen [are] blind, none of them know. They [are] all dumb dogs; they are unable to bark, panting, lying down, loving to slumber.
Jonah 1:6
And the captain of the ship approached him and said to him, "Why are you {sound asleep}? Get up! Call on your god! Perhaps [your] god will take notice of us and we won't perish!"
Matthew 13:25
But while his people were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed darnel in the midst of the wheat and went away.
Matthew 25:5
And [when] the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
Mark 14:37
And he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, "Simon, are you sleeping? Were you not able to stay awake one hour?
Luke 22:46
and he said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up [and] pray that you will not enter into temptation!"
Romans 13:11
And [do] this [because you] know the time, that [it is] already the hour for you to wake up from sleep. For our salvation [is] nearer now than when we believed.
1 Corinthians 15:34
Sober up correctly and {stop sinning}, for some have no knowledge of God--I say [this] to your shame.
Ephesians 5:14
for everything made visible is light. Therefore it says, Wake up, sleeper, and rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.

Watch

Matthew 24:42
Therefore be on the alert, because you do not know what day your Lord is coming!
Matthew 25:13
Therefore be on the alert, because you do not know the day or the hour!
Matthew 26:38
Then he said to them, "My soul is deeply grieved, to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with me."
Mark 13:34
It is like a man away on a journey, who left his house and gave his slaves authority--to each one his work--and to the doorkeeper he gave orders that he should be on the alert.
Mark 14:38
Stay awake and pray that you will not enter into temptation. The spirit [is] willing, but the flesh [is] weak!"
Luke 12:37
Blessed [are] those slaves whom the master will find on the alert [when he] returns! Truly I say to you that he will dress himself for service and have them recline at the table and will come by [and] serve them.
Luke 21:36
But be alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these [things] [that] are going to happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."
Luke 22:46
and he said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up [and] pray that you will not enter into temptation!"
Acts 20:31
Therefore be on the alert, remembering that night and day [for] three years I did not stop warning each one [of you] with tears.
1 Corinthians 16:13
Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act courageously, be strong.
Ephesians 6:18
with all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and to this [end] being alert with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,
Colossians 4:2
Be devoted to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving,
2 Timothy 4:5
But you, be self-controlled in all [things], bear hardship patiently, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
1 Peter 4:7
Now the end of all [things] draws near. Therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for [your] prayers.
Revelation 3:2
Be on the alert and strengthen the remaining [things] that are about to die, for I have not found your works completed before my God.
Revelation 16:15
(Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed [is] the one who is on the alert and who keeps his clothing, so that he does not walk around naked and they see his shamefulness!)

General references

Leviticus 11:16
and {the ostrich} and the short-eared owl and the seagull and the hawk according to its kind,
Proverbs 24:33
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands for rest,
Matthew 25:13
Therefore be on the alert, because you do not know the day or the hour!
Mark 13:33
Watch out! Be alert, because you do not know when the time is!
Luke 12:40
You also must be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not think [he will come]."