WATCHFULNESS

Passages on this topic · 151

• Exodus 23:13

  “Be careful to do all things that I have said to you; and don’t invoke the name of other gods or even let them be heard out of your mouth.

• Exodus 34:12

  Be careful, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be for a snare in the middle of you:

• Deuteronomy 4:9

  Only be careful, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children’s children;

• Deuteronomy 4:23

  Be careful, lest you forget the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he made with you, and make yourselves an engraved image in the form of anything which Yahweh your God has forbidden you.

• Deuteronomy 6:17

  You shall diligently keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded you.

• Deuteronomy 11:16

  Be careful, lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;

• Deuteronomy 12:13

  Be careful that you don’t offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see;

• Deuteronomy 27:9

  Moses and the priests the Levites spoke to all Israel, saying, “Be silence, and listen, Israel! Today you have become the people of Yahweh your God.

• Joshua 22:5

  Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commandments, to hold fast to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.”

• Joshua 23:11

  Take good heed therefore to yourselves, that you love Yahweh your God.

• 1 Kings 2:3

  and keep the instruction of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, his commandments, his ordinances, and his testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do, and wherever you turn yourself.

• 1 Kings 2:4

  Then Yahweh may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your children are careful of their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you,’ he said, ‘a man on the throne of Israel.’

• 1 Kings 8:25

  Now therefore, may Yahweh, the God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father that which you have promised him, saying, ‘There shall not fail from you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children take heed to their way, to walk before me as you have walked before me.’

• 2 Chronicles 19:7

  Now therefore let the fear of Yahweh be on you. Take heed and do it; for there is no iniquity with Yahweh our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes.”

• Nehemiah 4:9

  But we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

• Job 36:18

  Don’t let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.

• Job 36:19

  Would your wealth sustain you in distress, or all the might of your strength?

• Job 36:20

  Don’t desire the night, when people are cut off in their place.

• Job 36:21

  Take heed, don’t regard iniquity; for you have chosen this rather than affliction.

• Psalms 39:1

  For the Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A Psalm by David. I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.”

• Psalms 102:7

  I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.

• Psalms 119:9

  How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.

• Psalms 141:3

  Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.

• Proverbs 4:23

  Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

• Proverbs 4:25

  Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.

• Proverbs 4:26

  Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.

• Proverbs 8:34

  Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts.

• Proverbs 16:17

  The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

• Proverbs 28:26

  One who trusts in himself is a fool; but one who walks in wisdom is kept safe.

• Nahum 2:1

  He who dashes in pieces has come up against you. Keep the fortress! Watch the way! Strengthen your waist! Fortify your power mightily!

• Habakkuk 2:1

  I will stand at my watch, and set myself on the ramparts, and will look out to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint.

• Malachi 2:15

  Did he not make you one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? Why one? He sought godly offspring. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

• Matthew 6:1

  “Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

• Matthew 16:6

  Jesus said to them, “Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

• Matthew 18:10

  See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

• Matthew 24:4

  Jesus answered them, “Be careful that no one leads you astray.

• Matthew 24:42

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

• Matthew 24:43

  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.

• Matthew 24:44

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

• Matthew 24:45

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

• Matthew 24:46

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

• Matthew 24:47

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

• Matthew 24:48

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

• Matthew 24:49

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

• Matthew 24:50

  the 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,

• Matthew 24:51

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

• Matthew 25:13

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

• Matthew 26:40

  He came to the disciples, and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “What, couldn’t you watch with me for one hour?

• Matthew 26:41

  Watch and pray, that you don’t enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

• Mark 4:24

  He said to them, “Take heed what you hear. With whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you, and more will be given to you who hear.

• Mark 13:9

  But watch yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils. You will be beaten in synagogues. You will stand before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them.

• Mark 13:10

  The Good News must first be preached to all the nations.

• Mark 13:11

  When they lead you away and deliver you up, don’t be anxious beforehand, or premeditate what you will say, but say whatever will be given you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.

• Mark 13:12

  “Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

• Mark 13:13

  You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.

• Mark 13:14

  But when you see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains,

• Mark 13:15

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

• Mark 13:16

  Let him who is in the field not return back to take his cloak.

• Mark 13:17

  But woe to those who are with child and to those who nurse babies in those days!

• Mark 13:18

  Pray that your flight won’t be in the winter.

• Mark 13:19

  For in those days there will be oppression, such as there has not been the like from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will be.

• Mark 13:20

  Unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen ones, whom he picked out, he shortened the days.

• Mark 13:21

  Then if anyone tells you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or, ‘Look, there!’ don’t believe it.

• Mark 13:22

  For there will arise false christs and false prophets, and will show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.

• Mark 13:23

  But you watch. “Behold, I have told you all things beforehand.

• Mark 13:32

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

• Mark 13:33

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

• Mark 13:34

  “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.

• Mark 13:35

  Watch 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;

• Mark 13:36

  lest coming suddenly he might find you sleeping.

• Mark 13:37

  What I tell you, I tell all: Watch.”

• Luke 8:18

  Be careful therefore how you hear. For whoever has, to him will be given; and whoever doesn’t have, from him will be taken away even that which he thinks he has.”

• Luke 11:35

  Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn’t darkness.

• Luke 12:15

  He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”

• Luke 12:35

  “Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.

• Luke 12:36

  Be 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.

• Luke 12:37

  Blessed 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.

• Luke 12:38

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

• Luke 12:39

  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.

• Luke 12:40

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

• Luke 21:8

  He said, “Watch out that you don’t get led astray, for many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is at hand.’ Therefore don’t follow them.

• Luke 21:9

  When you hear of wars and disturbances, don’t be terrified, for these things must happen first, but the end won’t come immediately.”

• Luke 21:10

  Then he said to them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

• Luke 21:11

  There will be great earthquakes, famines, and plagues in various places. There will be terrors and great signs from heaven.

• Luke 21:12

  But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name’s sake.

• Luke 21:13

  It will turn out as a testimony for you.

• Luke 21:14

  Settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand how to answer,

• Luke 21:15

  for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict.

• Luke 21:16

  You will be handed over even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. They will cause some of you to be put to death.

• Luke 21:17

  You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake.

• Luke 21:18

  And not a hair of your head will perish.

• Luke 21:19

  “By your endurance you will win your lives.

• Luke 21:20

  “But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is at hand.

• Luke 21:21

  Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let those who are in the middle of her depart. Let those who are in the country not enter therein.

• Luke 21:22

  For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

• Luke 21:23

  Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who nurse infants in those days! For there will be great distress in the land, and wrath to this people.

• Luke 21:24

  They will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

• Luke 21:25

  There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth anxiety of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the waves;

• Luke 21:26

  men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

• Luke 21:27

  Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

• Luke 21:28

  But when these things begin to happen, look up, and lift up your heads, because your redemption is near.”

• Luke 21:29

  He told them a parable. “See the fig tree, and all the trees.

• Luke 21:30

  When they are already budding, you see it and know by your own selves that the summer is already near.

• Luke 21:31

  Even so you also, when you see these things happening, know that God’s Kingdom is near.

• Luke 21:32

  Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all things are accomplished.

• Luke 21:33

  Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away.

• Luke 21:34

  “So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.

• Luke 21:35

  For it will come like a snare on all those who dwell on the surface of all the earth.

• Luke 21:36

  Therefore 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.”

• Acts 20:28

  Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.

• Acts 20:29

  For I know that after my departure, vicious wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

• Acts 20:30

  Men will arise from among your own selves, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.

• Acts 20:31

  Therefore watch, remembering that for a period of three years I didn’t cease to admonish everyone night and day with tears.

• Romans 11:21

  for if God didn’t spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.

• Romans 13:11

  Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.

• 1 Corinthians 7:29

  But I say this, brothers: the time is short, that from now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;

• 1 Corinthians 7:30

  and those who weep, as though they didn’t weep; and those who rejoice, as though they didn’t rejoice; and those who buy, as though they didn’t possess;

• 1 Corinthians 7:31

  and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes away.

• 1 Corinthians 9:27

  but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

• 1 Corinthians 10:12

  Therefore let him who thinks he stands be careful that he doesn’t fall.

• 1 Corinthians 11:28

  But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.

• 1 Corinthians 16:13

  Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

• Galatians 6:1

  Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.

• Ephesians 5:15

  Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise;

• Ephesians 6:18

  with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints:

• Philippians 3:2

  Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false circumcision.

• Philippians 4:5

  Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.

• Colossians 4:2

  Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;

• Colossians 4:17

  Tell Archippus, “Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you fulfill it.”

• 1 Thessalonians 5:4

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

• 1 Thessalonians 5:6

  so then let’s not sleep, as the rest do, but let’s watch and be sober.

• 1 Thessalonians 5:21

  Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.

• 1 Timothy 4:16

  Pay attention to yourself, and to your teaching. Continue in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

• 2 Timothy 4:5

  But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.

• Hebrews 2:1

  Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away.

• Hebrews 3:12

  Beware, brothers, lest perhaps there be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God;

• Hebrews 12:15

  looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it;

• 1 Peter 1:13

  Therefore prepare your minds for action, be sober, and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ —

• 1 Peter 1:17

  If you call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each man’s work, pass the time of your living as foreigners here in reverent fear:

• 1 Peter 4:7

  But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.

• 1 Peter 5:8

  Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

• 2 Peter 1:19

  We have the more sure word of prophecy; and you do well that you heed it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the morning star arises in your hearts:

• 2 Peter 3:17

  You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.

• 1 John 5:18

  We know that whoever is born of God doesn’t sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn’t touch him.

• 2 John 1:8

  Watch yourselves, that we don’t lose the things which we have accomplished, but that we receive a full reward.

• 2 John 1:20
• 2 John 1:21
• Revelation 3:2

  Wake up, and keep the things that remain, which you were about to throw away, for I have found no works of yours perfected before my God.

• Revelation 3:3

  Remember 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.

• Revelation 3:11

  I am coming quickly! Hold firmly that which you have, so that no one takes your crown.

• Revelation 16:15

  “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.”