Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
Good-man
Would not
General references
Bible References
Good-man
Matthew 20:11
And when they had received it, they murmured against the husband of the house,
Proverbs 7:19
For the husband is not at home; he is gone a long journey:
Had
Luke 12:39
And know this: that if the husband of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not have suffered his house to be broken through.
1 Thessalonians 5:2
For ye know well that the day of the Lord shall come as a thief in the night.
2 Peter 3:10
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements, burning, shall be dissolved, and the earth and the works that are in it shall be burned up.
Would not
Exodus 22:2
If a thief is found breaking into a house and is smitten so he dies, he that killed him shall not be guilty of his blood.
General references
Matthew 25:13
Watch, therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man comes.
Mark 13:33
Take ye heed, watch and pray; for ye know not when the time shall be.
Luke 12:39
And know this: that if the husband of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not have suffered his house to be broken through.