Matthew 24:43

World English Bible (2000)

But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

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  • Luke 12:39 : 39 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not allowed his house to be broken into.
  • 1 Thess 5:2-6 : 2 For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night. 3 For when they are saying, "Peace and safety," then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman; and they will in no way escape. 4 But you, brothers, aren't in darkness, that the day should overtake you like a thief. 5 You are all children of light, and children of the day. We don't belong to the night, nor to darkness, 6 so then let's not sleep, as the rest do, but let's watch and be sober.
  • 2 Pet 3:10-11 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. 11 Therefore since all these things will be destroyed like this, what kind of people ought you to be in holy living and godliness,
  • Exod 22:2-3 : 2 If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him. 3 If the sun has risen on him, guilt of bloodshed shall be for him; he shall make restitution. If he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
  • Prov 7:19 : 19 For my husband isn't at home. He has gone on a long journey.
  • Matt 20:11 : 11 When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,
  • Matt 24:44 : 44 Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don't expect, the Son of Man will come.

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  • Luke 12:35-40
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    94%

    35"Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.

    36Be like men watching for their lord, when he returns from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.

    37Blessed are those servants, whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you, that he will dress himself, and make them recline, and will come and serve them.

    38They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch, and finds them so.

    39But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not allowed his house to be broken into.

    40Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don't expect him."

  • Matt 24:44-51
    8 verses
    87%

    44Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don't expect, the Son of Man will come.

    45"Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season?

    46Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes.

    47Most certainly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has.

    48But if that evil servant should say in his heart, 'My lord is delaying his coming,'

    49and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with the drunkards,

    50the lord of that servant will come in a day when he doesn't expect it, and in an hour when he doesn't know it,

    51and will cut him in pieces, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. There is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.

  • Matt 24:42
    87%

    42Watch therefore, for you don't know in what hour your Lord comes.

  • Mark 13:32-37
    6 verses
    83%

    32But of that day or that hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

    33Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don't know when the time is.

    34"It is like a man, traveling to another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, and to each one his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch.

    35Watch therefore, for you don't know when the lord of the house is coming, whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning;

    36lest coming suddenly he might find you sleeping.

    37What I tell you, I tell all: Watch."

  • Matt 25:12-13
    2 verses
    79%

    12But he answered, 'Most certainly I tell you, I don't know you.'

    13Watch therefore, for you don't know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.

  • 1 Thess 5:2
    76%

    2For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.

  • Luke 12:45-47
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    45But if that servant says in his heart, 'My lord delays his coming,' and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken,

    46then the lord of that servant will come in a day when he isn't expecting him, and in an hour that he doesn't know, and will cut him in two, and place his portion with the unfaithful.

    47That servant, who knew his lord's will, and didn't prepare, nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,

  • Matt 24:39
    75%

    39and they didn't know until the flood came, and took them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

  • Matt 24:33
    74%

    33Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

  • Matt 24:17-18
    2 verses
    74%

    17Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out things that are in his house.

    18Let him who is in the field not return back to get his clothes.

  • Rev 16:15
    74%

    15"Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he doesn't walk naked, and they see his shame."

  • Luke 13:25
    74%

    25When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' then he will answer and tell you, 'I don't know you or where you come from.'

  • Luke 17:31
    73%

    31In that day, he who will be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away. Let him who is in the field likewise not turn back.

  • Luke 12:43
    73%

    43Blessed is that servant whom his lord will find doing so when he comes.

  • Matt 24:36-37
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    36But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

    37"As the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

  • Rev 3:3
    72%

    3Remember therefore how you have received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If therefore you won't watch, I will come as a thief, and you won't know what hour I will come upon you.

  • 1 Thess 5:4
    71%

    4But you, brothers, aren't in darkness, that the day should overtake you like a thief.

  • Matt 25:10
    71%

    10While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.

  • Mark 13:15
    71%

    15and let him who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house.

  • Matt 24:26-27
    2 verses
    71%

    26If therefore they tell you, 'Behold, he is in the wilderness,' don't go out; 'Behold, he is in the inner rooms,' don't believe it.

    27For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

  • Mark 13:29
    71%

    29even so you also, when you see these things coming to pass, know that it is near, at the doors.

  • Exod 22:8
    71%

    8If the thief isn't found, then the master of the house shall come near to God, to find out if he hasn't put his hand to his neighbor's goods.

  • Luke 21:36
    70%

    36Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."

  • Prov 24:33-34
    2 verses
    70%

    33a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep;

    34so your poverty will come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.

  • Job 24:16
    70%

    16In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They don't know the light.

  • Matt 25:6
    69%

    6But at midnight there was a cry, 'Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!'