Thematic Bible: Watchfulness


Thematic Bible















Become watchful, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die; for I have not found your works 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 of your oil, because our lamps are going out.' Verse ConceptsOil For LampsExtinguishingFoolish People

But, if that evil servant shall say in his heart, 'My lord is delaying,' and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken; the lord of that servant will come in a day when he is not expecting him, and in an hour when he knows not, read more.
and will cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. There will be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth!"

But he, answering, said, 'Verily I say to you, I know you not.' Verse ConceptsNot Knowing PeopleChrist Telling The TruthTelling The Truth

Now, the bridegroom tarrying, they all became drowsy, and were sleeping; Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceWaiting Till Marriage



Watch, therefore, for ye know not when the master of the house is coming, at evening, or at midnight, or at cock-crowing, or in the morning; lest, coming suddenly, he find you sleeping.

It is as when a man away from home, having left his house, and having given authority to his servants, to each his work, commanded also the porter to watch. Verse ConceptsDoorkeepersHuman Authority, Nature OfMan Appointing







And He cometh to the disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and saith to Peter, "Were ye thus unable to watch with Me one hour? Verse ConceptsHourPainPrayerlessnessSleep, PhysicalUnreliabilityOverconfidenceOne HourChrist With His DisciplesStress And Hard Times

Then saith He to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful even unto death! Abide ye here, and watch with Me." Verse ConceptsAgony, In HeartPainSorrowSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfUnhappinessWeakness, PhysicalAnxiety, Examples OfStaying PutAfflicted To DeathSuicidal Thoughts


Happy are those servants, whom their lord, when coming, shall find watching! Verily I say to you, that he will gird himself, and make them recline; and, coming near, he will serve them. Verse ConceptsTablesCharacter Of SaintsClothing OneselfReclining To EatChrist Telling The TruthWaiting Till Marriageluck



Become watchful, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die; for I have not found your works 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.'"





for ye are all sons of light, and sons of day; we are not of night, nor of darkness. So, then, let us not sleep as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober.



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


"Who, then, is the faithful and wise servant whom his lord set over his household, to give them their food in season? Happy is that servant whom his lord, when he comes, shall find so doing.







"Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning; and yourselves like men waiting for their lord, when he shall return from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks, they may straightway open to him.






Happy are those servants, whom their lord, when coming, shall find watching! Verily I say to you, that he will gird himself, and make them recline; and, coming near, he will serve them. Verse ConceptsTablesCharacter Of SaintsClothing OneselfReclining To EatChrist Telling The TruthWaiting Till Marriageluck