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 owner of the house,
Proverbs 7:19
For my husband is not at home, he has gone on a long journey:
Had
Luke 12:39
And this know, that if the owner of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have allowed his house to be broken through.
1 Thessalonians 5:2
For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes 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 shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Would not
Exodus 22:2
If a thief be found breaking in, and be smitten that he dies, there shall no blood be shed for him.
General references
Matthew 25:13
Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of man comes.
Mark 13:33
Take you heed, watch and pray: for you know not when the time is.
Luke 12:39
And this know, that if the owner of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have allowed his house to be broken through.