Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. Treasury of Scripture let us not. Proverbs 19:15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger. Isaiah 56:10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. Jonah 1:6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, What mean you, O sleeper? arise, call on your God, if so be that God will think on us... Matthew 13:25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. Matthew 25:5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. Mark 14:37 And he comes, and finds them sleeping, and said to Peter, Simon, sleep you? could not you watch one hour? Luke 22:46 And said to them, Why sleep you? rise and pray, lest you enter into temptation. Romans 13:11-14 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed... 1 Corinthians 15:34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame. Ephesians 5:14 Why he said, Awake you that sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light. watch. Matthew 24:42 Watch therefore: for you know not what hour your Lord does come. Matthew 25:13 Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man comes. Matthew 26:38,40,41 Then said he to them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even to death: tarry you here, and watch with me... Mark 13:34,35,37 For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work... Mark 14:38 Watch you and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak. Luke 12:37,39 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he comes shall find watching: truly I say to you, that he shall gird himself... Luke 21:36 Watch you therefore, and pray always, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass... Luke 22:46 And said to them, Why sleep you? rise and pray, lest you enter into temptation. Acts 20:31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears. 1 Corinthians 16:13 Watch you, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. Ephesians 6:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit... Colossians 4:2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; 2 Timothy 4:5 But watch you in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of your ministry. 1 Peter 4:7 But the end of all things is at hand: be you therefore sober, and watch to prayer. Revelation 3:2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found your works perfect before God. Revelation 16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. sober. 1 Thessalonians 5:8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. Philippians 4:5 Let your moderation be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. 1 Timothy 2:9,15 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with modesty and sobriety; not with braided hair, or gold... 1 Timothy 3:2,11 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach... Titus 2:6,12 Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded... 1 Peter 1:13 Why gird up the loins of your mind, be sober... 1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour:
Context The Day of the Lord
1But of the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need that I write to you. 2For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. 3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction comes on them, as travail on a woman with child; and they shall not escape. 4But you, brothers, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. 5You are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. 6Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. 7For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. 8But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. 9For God has not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, 10Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. 11Why comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also you do. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore, let us not sleep, as others do; but let us watch, and be sober.
Darby Bible Translation
So then do not let us sleep as the rest do, but let us watch and be sober;
King James Bible
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
Young's Literal Translation
so, then, we may not sleep as also the others, but watch and be sober,
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