Thematic Bible: Watchfulness


Thematic Bible



Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. Verse ConceptsDaily DutyUnceasingAlways Being ActiveWaiting At GatesBlessed In ServiceRejoicing In WisdomSchoolWaiting On The Lordmistress

Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. Verse ConceptsDaily DutyUnceasingAlways Being ActiveWaiting At GatesBlessed In ServiceRejoicing In WisdomSchoolWaiting On The Lordmistress











Become thou watchful, and strengthen the remaining things that thou were going to throw away, for I have not found thy works made complete before my God. Verse ConceptsSleep, SpiritualLukewarmnessHuman ImperfectionVigilanceStrength Of PeopleNearness Of DeathDeath Looms NearWake Up!Be Strong!Incomplete Worksrevelationdeeds

And the foolish said to the wise, Give us from your olive oil, because our lamps are going out. Verse ConceptsOil For LampsExtinguishingFoolish People

But if that evil bondman should say in his heart, My lord is late coming, and should begin to beat the fellow bondmen, and to eat and drink with the drunken, the lord of that bondman will come in a day that he does not expect, and in an hour that he is not aware, read more.
and he will cut him in two, and place his share with the hypocrites. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

But having answered, he said, Truly I say to you, I know you not. Verse ConceptsNot Knowing PeopleChrist Telling The TruthTelling The Truth

Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept. Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceWaiting Till Marriage

Watch therefore, because ye know not the day nor the hour in which the son of man comes. Verse ConceptsHourKingdom Of God, Entry IntoNightMan Keeping WatchIgnorance Of Christ’s ReturnThe Time UnknownWaiting Till Marriage


Watch therefore, for ye know not when the lord of the house comes, at evening, or at midnight, or at cock crowing, or in the morning, lest having come suddenly, he may find you sleeping.

like a man abroad, having left his house, and having given authority to his bondmen, and to each man his work, and commanded the doorkeeper that he should watch. Verse ConceptsDoorkeepersHuman Authority, Nature OfMan Appointing

I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem. They shall never keep silent day nor night. Ye who are LORD's reminders, take ye no rest, Verse ConceptsWorship Day And NightSleeplessnessWatchmanAnticipation

Son of man, I have made thee a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. Verse ConceptsWatchfulness, Of LeadersWatchmanvocation





And he comes to the disciples, and finds them sleeping. And he says to Peter, So ye could not watch with me one hour. Verse ConceptsHourPainPrayerlessnessSleep, PhysicalUnreliabilityOverconfidenceOne HourChrist With His DisciplesStress And Hard Times



Blessed are those bondmen whom the lord when he comes will find watching. Truly I say to you, that he will gird himself, and will cause them to sit down, and having come, will serve them. Verse ConceptsTablesCharacter Of SaintsClothing OneselfReclining To EatChrist Telling The TruthWaiting Till Marriageluck



Become thou watchful, and strengthen the remaining things that thou were going to throw away, for I have not found thy works made complete before my God. Verse ConceptsSleep, SpiritualLukewarmnessHuman ImperfectionVigilanceStrength Of PeopleNearness Of DeathDeath Looms NearWake Up!Be Strong!Incomplete Worksrevelationdeeds

And what I say to you I say to all, watch!

Watch therefore, because ye know not the day nor the hour in which the son of man comes. Verse ConceptsHourKingdom Of God, Entry IntoNightMan Keeping WatchIgnorance Of Christ’s ReturnThe Time UnknownWaiting Till Marriage




Ye are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. So then let us not sleep, as also the others, but let us watch and be sober.



For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who are intoxicated get drunk at night. Verse ConceptsNightSleep, PhysicalSecret SinsSpiritual NightDo Not Get DrunkDrunkennessPositive Thinkingdrunkards


Who then is the faithful and wise bondman, whom his lord appointed over his service, to give them the provision on time? Blessed is that bondman, whom his lord when he comes will find so doing.




Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. Verse ConceptsDaily DutyUnceasingAlways Being ActiveWaiting At GatesBlessed In ServiceRejoicing In WisdomSchoolWaiting On The Lordmistress



Let your loins be girded about, and the lights burning, and be ye like men waiting for their lord, when he may return from the wedding festivities, so that when he comes and knocks, they may straightaway open to him.

I will stand upon my watch, and set myself upon the tower, and will look forth to see what he will speak with me, and what I shall answer concerning my complaint. Verse ConceptsMan Keeping WatchWaitingWatchmanAnswering Godanswersmyself

His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge. They are all mute dogs. They cannot bark, dreaming, laying down, loving to slumber. Verse ConceptsDumbnessDaydreamingOccupationsSleep, SpiritualSleep, PhysicalWatchmanSloth Examples OfSleep, Warnings AgainstBarking And HowlingDumbThose Who Were IgnorantPetsawakening

I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone upon the house-top. Verse ConceptsFriendlessnessLonelinessBirds, Figurative UseHousetopsSparrowsIsolated PersonsRooftoplonliness



Blessed are those bondmen whom the lord when he comes will find watching. Truly I say to you, that he will gird himself, and will cause them to sit down, and having come, will serve them. Verse ConceptsTablesCharacter Of SaintsClothing OneselfReclining To EatChrist Telling The TruthWaiting Till Marriageluck