Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
Bible References
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Matthew 25:19
After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.
Matthew 24:48
But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
Habakkuk 2:3
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
Luke 12:45
But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
Luke 20:9
Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.
Hebrews 10:36
For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
2 Peter 3:4
And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
Revelation 2:25
But that which ye have already hold fast till I come.