Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.

Bible References

Why sleep ye

Luke 22:40
When He reached the place, He told them, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.”
Luke 21:34
“Be on your guard, so that your minds are not dulled from carousing, drunkenness, and worries of life, or that day will come on you unexpectedly
Proverbs 6:4
Don’t give sleep to your eyes
or slumber to your eyelids.
Jonah 1:6
The captain approached him and said, “What are you doing sound asleep? Get up! Call to your god. Maybe this god will consider us, and we won’t perish.”

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