10 Bible Verses about The Lord As A Thief
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for [you] yourselves well know that the day of the Lord is coming in the [same] way as a thief in the night.
But you, brothers, are not in the darkness, so that the day should catch you like a thief,
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will disappear with a rushing noise, and the celestial bodies will be destroyed [by] being burned up, and the earth and the deeds [done] on it will be disclosed.
Therefore remember how you have received and heard, and observe [it], and repent. If therefore you are not on the alert, I will come like a thief, and you will never know [at] what hour I will come against you.
(Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed [is] the one who is on the alert and who keeps his clothing, so that he does not walk around naked and they see his shamefulness!)
But understand this: that if the master of the house had known what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into.
But understand this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief was coming, he would not have left his house to be broken into.
At that time Jesus said to the crowds, "Have you come out with swords and clubs, as against a robber, to arrest me? Every day in the temple [courts] I sat teaching, and you did not arrest me!
And Jesus answered [and] said to them, "Have you come out with swords and clubs, as against a robber, to arrest me?
And Jesus said to the chief priests and officers of the temple and elders who had come out against him, "Have you come out with swords and clubs, as against a robber?
Bible Theasaurus
- Lord (7266 instances)
- Thief (43 instances)