1 Thessalonians 5:7

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Summary

1 Thessalonians 5:7

For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.

They that sleep

And they

General references

Leviticus 11:16

Proverbs 24:33

Mark 13:33

Bible References

They that sleep

In thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men: --

In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;

But take heed to yourselves lest possibly your hearts be laden with surfeiting and drinking and cares of life, and that day come upon you suddenly unawares;

As in the day, let us walk becomingly; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and lasciviousness, not in strife and emulation.

Awake up righteously, and sin not; for some are ignorant of God: I speak to you as a matter of shame.

Wherefore he says, Wake up, thou that sleepest, and arise up from among the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.

And they

And Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was drunken to excess; so she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.

Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who contentions? Who complaining? Who wounds without cause? Who redness of eyes?

My heart panteth, horror affrighteth me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into trembling unto me.

They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

for these are not full of wine, as ye suppose, for it is the third hour of the day;

receiving the reward of unrighteousness; accounting ephemeral indulgence pleasure; spots and blemishes, rioting in their own deceits, feasting with you;

General references

and the female ostrich and the male ostrich, and the sea-gull, and the hawk, after its kind;

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!

Take heed, watch and pray, for ye do not know when the time is: