Luke 12:35
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning.”
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BSBPD
“Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning;”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“`Let your loins be girded, and the lamps burning,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Luke 12:35 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 18:46And the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah, and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.
- Proverbs 31:17She girds herself with strength and shows that her arms are strong.
- Isaiah 5:27None of them grows weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no sandal strap is broken.
- Isaiah 11:5Righteousness will be the belt around His hips, and faithfulness the sash around His waist.
- Matthew 5:16In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
- Matthew 25:1“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
- Matthew 25:4But the wise ones took oil in flasks along with their lamps.
- Matthew 25:7Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps.
- Ephesians 6:14Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,
- Philippians 2:15so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
- 1 Peter 1:13Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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