Wake up

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• Romans 13:11

  And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

• Ephesians 5:14

  Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

• Isaiah 60:1

  Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.

• 1 Corinthians 15:34

  Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.

• Revelation 3:2–3

  Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God. Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.

• 1 Thessalonians 5:6

  Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

• 1 Thessalonians 5:5–6

  Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

• Luke 21:36

  Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

• Isaiah 51:17

  Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.

• Psalms 57:8

  Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.

• Mark 13:35–37

  Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

• Revelation 3:2

  Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.

• Proverbs 20:13

  Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

• Jonah 1:6

  So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.

• Isaiah 52:1

  Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.

• Revelation 16:15

  Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

• 1 Peter 5:8

  Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

• Proverbs 6:9–11

  How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

• Isaiah 26:19

  Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

• Romans 13:11–14

  And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. …

• Isaiah 35:3–6

  Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. …

• Matthew 24:42

  Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

• Judges 5:12

  Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.

• 2 Peter 3:9

  The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

• Romans 13:8–14

  Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. …

• Mark 13:37

  And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

• John 14:6

  Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

• 1 Corinthians 15:51–54

  Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. …

• 2 Chronicles 7:14

  If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

• Matthew 25:13

  Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

• Proverbs 6:9

  How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

• Revelation 22:12

  And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

• Proverbs 1:32

  For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

• Psalms 118:24

  This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

• Romans 13:14

  But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

• John 11:11–14

  These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well. Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep. …

• John 5:28–29

  Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

• Romans 13:11–12

  And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

• Luke 21:34–36

  And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

• Philippians 4:13

  I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.