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 Domain
ASVPD

“Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`Let your loins be girded, and the lamps burning,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Luke 12:35 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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.
  2. Proverbs 31:17She girds herself with strength and shows that her arms are strong.
  3. Isaiah 5:27None of them grows weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no sandal strap is broken.
  4. Isaiah 11:5Righteousness will be the belt around His hips, and faithfulness the sash around His waist.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Matthew 25:4But the wise ones took oil in flasks along with their lamps.
  8. Matthew 25:7Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps.
  9. Ephesians 6:14Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,
  10. 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
  11. 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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