Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
Your lights
General references
Bible References
Your loins
1 Kings 18:46
Then the hand of the Lord came upon Elijah [giving him supernatural strength]. He girded up his loins and outran Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel [nearly twenty miles].
Proverbs 31:17
She equips herself with strength [spiritual, mental, and physical fitness for her God-given task]
And makes her arms strong.
She equips herself with strength [spiritual, mental, and physical fitness for her God-given task]
And makes her arms strong.
Isaiah 5:27
No one among them is weary or stumbles,
No one slumbers or sleeps;
Nor is the belt at their waist undone [as if unprepared for action],
Nor is the strap of their sandal broken.
No one among them is weary or stumbles,
No one slumbers or sleeps;
Nor is the belt at their waist undone [as if unprepared for action],
Nor is the strap of their sandal broken.
Isaiah 11:5
And righteousness will be the belt around His loins,
And faithfulness the belt around His waist.
And righteousness will be the belt around His loins,
And faithfulness the belt around His waist.
Ephesians 6:14
So stand firm and hold your ground, having tightened the wide band of truth (personal integrity, moral courage) around your waist and having put on the breastplate of righteousness (an upright heart),
1 Peter 1:13
So prepare your minds for action, be completely sober [in spirit—steadfast, self-disciplined, spiritually and morally alert], fix your hope completely on the grace [of God] that is coming to you when Jesus Christ is revealed.
Your lights
Matthew 5:16 Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good deeds and moral excellence, and [recognize and honor and] glorify your Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 25:1 “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.
Philippians 2:15
so that you may prove yourselves to be blameless and guileless, innocent and uncontaminated, children of God without blemish in the midst of a [morally] crooked and [spiritually] perverted generation, among whom you are seen as bright lights [beacons shining out clearly] in the world [of darkness],
General references
Matthew 25:7 Then all those virgins got up and put their own lamps in order [trimmed the wicks and added oil and lit them].