Revelation 16:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.””
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““Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.”
King James Version · Public Domain“(Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.)”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`lo, I do come as a thief; happy <FI>is<Fi> he who is watching, and keeping his garments, that he may not walk naked, and they may see his unseemliness,' --”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Revelation 16:15 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 32:25Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them run wild and become a laughingstock to their enemies.
- Isaiah 47:3Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.”
- Ezekiel 16:37therefore I will surely gather all the lovers with whom you found pleasure, all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and expose you before them, and they will see you completely naked.
- Hosea 2:3Otherwise, I will strip her naked and expose her like the day of her birth. I will make her like a desert and turn her into a parched land, and I will let her die of thirst.
- Habakkuk 2:15Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin until they are drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness!
- Matthew 24:42Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.
- Matthew 25:13Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.
- Matthew 26:41“Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
- Mark 13:33Be on your guard and stay alert! For you do not know when the appointed time will come.
- Mark 14:38Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
- Luke 12:37Blessed are those servants whom the master finds on watch when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve and will have them recline at the table, and he himself will come and wait on them.
- Luke 21:36So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”
- Acts 20:31Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.
- 2 Corinthians 5:3because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:6So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.
- 1 Peter 4:7The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.
- 2 Peter 3:10But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.
- Revelation 3:3Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.
- Revelation 3:18I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.
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