Matthew 25:5

A Conservative Version

Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.

Cross References

Habakkuk 2:3

For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hastens toward the end, and shall not lay. Though it tarry, wait for it, because it will surely come. It will not delay.

Luke 20:9

And he began to speak this parable to the people. A man planted a vineyard, and leased it to farmers, and went abroad for a considerable time.

Matthew 24:48

But if that evil bondman should say in his heart, My lord is late coming,

Luke 12:45

But if that bondman should say in his heart, My lord is late to come, and should begin to beat the servant boys and the servant girls, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken,

Matthew 25:19

Now after a long time the lord of those bondmen comes, and takes up accounting with them.

1 Peter 5:8

Be sober, be vigilant. Your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about seeking whom to devour.

Ephesians 5:14

Therefore he says, Awake, thou who sleep. And arise from the dead, and the Christ will shine upon thee.

Romans 13:11

And this, knowing the time, that the hour is now for us to awake out of sleep. For our salvation is now nearer than when we believed.

Luke 18:8

I say to you, that he will do their vengeance speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man comes, will he then find faith on the earth?

Matthew 26:43

And having come again, he finds them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.

Matthew 26:40

And he comes to the disciples, and finds them sleeping. And he says to Peter, So ye could not watch with me one hour.

Song of Solomon 5:2

I was asleep, but my heart awoke. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks, [saying], Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled. For my head is filled with dew, my locks with the drops of the night.

Song of Solomon 3:1

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I did not find him.

Revelation 2:25

But hold firm what ye have until I come.

Matthew 25:4

But the wise took olive oil in their vessels with their lamps.

Matthew 25:6

But at midnight a shout occurred, Behold, the bridegroom comes! Go ye forth for his gathering.

Luke 1:21

And the people were waiting for Zacharias, and they wondered during his delay in the temple.

Song of Solomon 5:3

I have put off my garment, how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet, how shall I defile them?