Thematic Bible: Watchfulness


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Therefore be on the alert; and remember that, night and day, for three years, I never ceased admonishing every one, even with tears. Verse ConceptsBeing Earnest For The ChurchCareCare, HumanLeaders, SpiritualWatchfulness, Of LeadersAdmonition, WarningVigilanceTearsThree YearsUnceasingAlways Being ActiveLabour Day And Nightspace




Rouse yourself and keep awake, and strengthen those things which remain but have well-nigh perished; for I have found no doings of yours free from imperfection in the sight of My God. Verse ConceptsSleep, SpiritualLukewarmnessHuman ImperfectionVigilanceStrength Of PeopleNearness Of DeathDeath Looms NearWake Up!Be Strong!Incomplete Worksrevelationdeeds

"'Give us some of your oil,' said the foolish ones to the wise, 'for our torches are going out.' Verse ConceptsOil For LampsExtinguishingFoolish People

But if the man, being a bad servant, should say in his heart, 'My master is a long time in coming,' and should begin to beat his fellow servants, while he eats and drinks with drunkards; the master of that servant will arrive on a day when he is not expecting him and at an hour of which he has not been informed; read more.
he will treat him with the utmost severity and assign him a place among the hypocrites: there will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

"'In solemn truth I tell you,' he replied, 'I do not know you.' Verse ConceptsNot Knowing PeopleChrist Telling The TruthTelling The Truth

The bridegroom was a long time in coming, so that meanwhile they all became drowsy and fell asleep. Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceWaiting Till Marriage


Be on the alert therefore, for you do not know the day on which your Lord is coming. Verse ConceptsSecond Coming Of ChristIgnorance Of Christ’s ReturnThe Time UnknownThe Timing Of His ComingThe Second Coming

Be wakeful therefore, for you know not when the master of the house is coming--in the evening, at midnight, at cock-crow, or at dawn. Beware lest He should arrive unexpectedly and find you asleep.

It is like a man living abroad who has left his house, and given the management to his servants--to each one his special duty--and has ordered the porter to keep awake. Verse ConceptsDoorkeepersHuman Authority, Nature OfMan Appointing







Then He came to the disciples and found them asleep, and He said to Peter, "Alas, none of you could keep awake with me for even a single hour! Verse ConceptsHourPainPrayerlessnessSleep, PhysicalUnreliabilityOverconfidenceOne HourChrist With His DisciplesStress And Hard Times

and He said to them, "My soul is crushed with anguish to the very point of death; wait here, and keep awake with me." Verse ConceptsAgony, In HeartPainSorrowSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfUnhappinessWeakness, PhysicalAnxiety, Examples OfStaying PutAfflicted To DeathSuicidal Thoughts


Blessed are those servants, whom their Master when He comes shall find on the watch. I tell you in solemn truth, that He will tie an apron round Him, and will bid them recline at table while He comes and waits on them. Verse ConceptsTablesCharacter Of SaintsClothing OneselfReclining To EatChrist Telling The TruthWaiting Till Marriageluck



Rouse yourself and keep awake, and strengthen those things which remain but have well-nigh perished; for I have found no doings of yours free from imperfection in the sight of My God. Verse ConceptsSleep, SpiritualLukewarmnessHuman ImperfectionVigilanceStrength Of PeopleNearness Of DeathDeath Looms NearWake Up!Be Strong!Incomplete Worksrevelationdeeds

Moreover, what I say to you I say to all--Be wakeful!"


Take care, be on the alert, and pray; for you do not know when it will happen. Verse ConceptsWatchfulness, Of BelieversIgnorance Of Christ’s ReturnTaking HeedThe Time UnknownPersistence


Therefore be on the alert; and remember that, night and day, for three years, I never ceased admonishing every one, even with tears. Verse ConceptsBeing Earnest For The ChurchCareCare, HumanLeaders, SpiritualWatchfulness, Of LeadersAdmonition, WarningVigilanceTearsThree YearsUnceasingAlways Being ActiveLabour Day And Nightspace

for all of you are sons of Light and sons of the day. We belong neither to the night nor to darkness. So then let us not sleep, like the rest of the world, but let us keep awake and be sober.



For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who drink freely, drink at night. Verse ConceptsNightSleep, PhysicalSecret SinsSpiritual NightDo Not Get DrunkDrunkennessPositive Thinkingdrunkards


"Who therefore is the loyal and intelligent servant to whom his master has entrusted the control of his household to give them their rations at the appointed time? Blessed is that servant whom his master when he comes shall find so doing!

I am coming quickly: cling to that which you already possess, so that your wreath of victory be not taken away from you. Verse ConceptsAthleticsPerseverancePrizesReadinessSelf DisciplineUrgencyPersevering To The EndGod Not DelayingCrowns For God's PeopleThe Timing Of His ComingImminencecrowns






"Have your girdles on, and let your lamps be alight; and be yourselves like men waiting for their master--on the look-out till he shall return from the wedding feast--that, when he comes and knocks, they may open the door instantly.






Blessed are those servants, whom their Master when He comes shall find on the watch. I tell you in solemn truth, that He will tie an apron round Him, and will bid them recline at table while He comes and waits on them. Verse ConceptsTablesCharacter Of SaintsClothing OneselfReclining To EatChrist Telling The TruthWaiting Till Marriageluck

Take care, be on the alert, and pray; for you do not know when it will happen. Verse ConceptsWatchfulness, Of BelieversIgnorance Of Christ’s ReturnTaking HeedThe Time UnknownPersistence