I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,

As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became food to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;

For lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who shall not visit those that are cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.

Watch therefore; for ye know not what hour your Lord cometh.

Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of man cometh.

Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock over which the Holy Spirit hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;

But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch to prayer.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Strengthen

Nevertheless, I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.

But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see.

Thy words have upheld him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.

But I would strengthen you with my mouth and the moving of my lips should assuage your grief.

Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.

And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:

And after he had spent some time there, he departed and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.

Thy works

For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.

And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.

I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.

TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

Therefore, when thou doest thy alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Verily, I say to you, they have their reward.

But all their works they do to be seen by men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,

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Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.