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Revelation 3:2
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Revelation 3:2

Revelation 3:2

Be alert and strengthen what remains, which is about to die, for I have not found your works complete before My God.

Deuteronomy 3:28

But commission Joshua and encourage and strengthen him, for he will cross over ahead of the people and enable them to inherit this land that you will see.’

1 Kings 11:4

When Solomon was old, his wives seduced him to follow other gods. He was not completely devoted to Yahweh his God, as his father David had been.

1 Kings 15:3

Abijam walked in all the sins his father before him had committed, and he was not completely devoted to the Lord his God as his ancestor David had been.

2 Chronicles 25:2

He did what was right in the Lord’s sight but not wholeheartedly.

Job 4:4-5

Your words have steadied the one who was stumbling
and braced the knees that were buckling.

Job 16:5

Instead, I would encourage you with my mouth,
and the consolation from my lips would bring relief.

Isaiah 35:3

Strengthen the weak hands,
steady the shaking knees!

Isaiah 56:10

Israel’s watchmen are blind, all of them,
they know nothing;
all of them are mute dogs,
they cannot bark;
they dream, lie down,
and love to sleep.

Isaiah 57:12

I will expose your righteousness,
and your works—they will not profit you.

Isaiah 62:6-7

Jerusalem,
I have appointed watchmen on your walls;
they will never be silent, day or night.
There is no rest for you,
who remind the Lord.

Ezekiel 34:8-10

As I live”—the declaration of the Lord God—“because My flock has become prey and food for every wild animal since they lack a shepherd, for My shepherds do not search for My flock, and because the shepherds feed themselves rather than My flock,

Ezekiel 34:16

“I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bandage the injured, and strengthen the weak, but I will destroy the fat and the strong. I will shepherd them with justice.

Daniel 5:27

TEKEL means that you have been weighed in the balance and found deficient.

Zechariah 11:16

I am about to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those who are going astray, and he will not seek the lost or heal the broken. He will not sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the fat sheep and tear off their hooves.

Matthew 6:2-4

So whenever you give to the poor, don’t sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be applauded by people. I assure you: They’ve got their reward!

Matthew 23:5

They do everything to be observed by others: They enlarge their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.

Matthew 23:28-38

In the same way, on the outside you seem righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Matthew 24:42-51

Therefore be alert, since you don’t know what day your Lord is coming.

Matthew 25:13

“Therefore be alert, because you don’t know either the day or the hour.

Mark 13:33-37

Watch! Be alert! For you don’t know when the time is coming.

Luke 22:31-32

“Simon, Simon, look out! Satan has asked to sift you like wheat.

Acts 18:23

And after spending some time there, he set out, traveling through one place after another in the Galatian territory and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

Acts 20:28-31

Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock that the Holy Spirit has appointed you to as overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

2 Timothy 4:1-4

I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus, who is going to judge the living and the dead, and because of His appearing and His kingdom:

1 Peter 4:7

Now the end of all things is near; therefore, be serious and disciplined for prayer.

1 Peter 5:8

Be serious! Be alert! Your adversary the Devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour.

Revelation 2:4

But I have this against you: You have abandoned the love you had at first.

Revelation 16:15

“Look, I am coming like a thief. The one who is alert and remains clothed so that he may not go around naked and people see his shame is blessed.”

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.

Watchful

Strengthen

Thy works

General references

Bible References

Watchful

Revelation 16:15
“Look, I am coming like a thief. The one who is alert and remains clothed so that he may not go around naked and people see his shame is blessed.”
Isaiah 56:10
Israel’s watchmen are blind, all of them,
they know nothing;
all of them are mute dogs,
they cannot bark;
they dream, lie down,
and love to sleep.
Isaiah 62:6
Jerusalem,
I have appointed watchmen on your walls;
they will never be silent, day or night.
There is no rest for you,
who remind the Lord.
Ezekiel 34:8
As I live”—the declaration of the Lord God—“because My flock has become prey and food for every wild animal since they lack a shepherd, for My shepherds do not search for My flock, and because the shepherds feed themselves rather than My flock,
Zechariah 11:16
I am about to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those who are going astray, and he will not seek the lost or heal the broken. He will not sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the fat sheep and tear off their hooves.
Matthew 24:42
Therefore be alert, since you don’t know what day your Lord is coming.
Matthew 25:13
“Therefore be alert, because you don’t know either the day or the hour.
Mark 13:33
Watch! Be alert! For you don’t know when the time is coming.
Acts 20:28
Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock that the Holy Spirit has appointed you to as overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
2 Timothy 4:1
I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus, who is going to judge the living and the dead, and because of His appearing and His kingdom:
1 Peter 4:7
Now the end of all things is near; therefore, be serious and disciplined for prayer.
1 Peter 5:8
Be serious! Be alert! Your adversary the Devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour.

Strengthen

Revelation 2:4
But I have this against you: You have abandoned the love you had at first.
Deuteronomy 3:28
But commission Joshua and encourage and strengthen him, for he will cross over ahead of the people and enable them to inherit this land that you will see.’
Job 4:4
Your words have steadied the one who was stumbling
and braced the knees that were buckling.
Job 16:5
Instead, I would encourage you with my mouth,
and the consolation from my lips would bring relief.
Isaiah 35:3
Strengthen the weak hands,
steady the shaking knees!
Luke 22:31
“Simon, Simon, look out! Satan has asked to sift you like wheat.
Acts 18:23
And after spending some time there, he set out, traveling through one place after another in the Galatian territory and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

Thy works

1 Kings 11:4
When Solomon was old, his wives seduced him to follow other gods. He was not completely devoted to Yahweh his God, as his father David had been.
1 Kings 15:3
Abijam walked in all the sins his father before him had committed, and he was not completely devoted to the Lord his God as his ancestor David had been.
2 Chronicles 25:2
He did what was right in the Lord’s sight but not wholeheartedly.
Isaiah 57:12
I will expose your righteousness,
and your works—they will not profit you.
Daniel 5:27
TEKEL means that you have been weighed in the balance and found deficient.
Matthew 6:2
So whenever you give to the poor, don’t sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be applauded by people. I assure you: They’ve got their reward!
Matthew 23:5
They do everything to be observed by others: They enlarge their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.

General references

Matthew 25:7
“Then all those virgins got up and trimmed their lamps.
Mark 13:33
Watch! Be alert! For you don’t know when the time is coming.
1 Corinthians 11:31
If we were properly evaluating ourselves, we would not be judged,

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