'Alert' in the Bible
When he sees chariots, teams of horses, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, he must be alert, very alert."
The sovereign Lord has given me the capacity to be his spokesman, so that I know how to help the weary. He wakes me up every morning; he makes me alert so I can listen attentively as disciples do.
Their horses are faster than leopards and more alert than wolves in the desert. Their horses gallop, their horses come a great distance; like a vulture they swoop down quickly to devour their prey.
"Therefore stay alert, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.
But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have been alert and would not have let his house be broken into.
Therefore stay alert, because you do not know the day or the hour.
Watch out! Stay alert! For you do not know when the time will come.
It is like a man going on a journey. He left his house and put his slaves in charge, assigning to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to stay alert.
Stay alert, then, because you do not know when the owner of the house will return -- whether during evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or at dawn --
He said to them, "My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay alert."
Blessed are those slaves whom their master finds alert when he returns! I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, have them take their place at the table, and will come and wait on them!
Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them alert, blessed are those slaves!
But stay alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that must happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."
Therefore be alert, remembering that night and day for three years I did not stop warning each one of you with tears.
Stay alert, stand firm in the faith, show courage, be strong.
With every prayer and petition, pray at all times in the Spirit, and to this end be alert, with all perseverance and requests for all the saints.
Be devoted to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving.
So then we must not sleep as the rest, but must stay alert and sober.
He died for us so that whether we are alert or asleep we will come to life together with him.
Be sober and alert. Your enemy the devil, like a roaring lion, is on the prowl looking for someone to devour.
(Look! I will come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays alert and does not lose his clothes so that he will not have to walk around naked and his shameful condition be seen.)