Matthew 25:3

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For when the foolish took their lamps, they did not take any [extra] oil with them;

Cross References

Proverbs 31:18

She tastes and sees that her gain from work [with and for God] is good; her lamp goes not out, but it burns on continually through the night [of trouble, privation, or sorrow, warning away fear, doubt, and distrust].

Isaiah 58:2

Yet they seek, inquire for, and require Me daily and delight [externally] to know My ways, as [if they were in reality] a nation that did righteousness and forsook not the ordinance of their God. They ask of Me righteous judgments, they delight to draw near to God [in visible ways].

Ezekiel 33:3

If when he sees the sword coming upon the land, he blows the trumpet and warns the people,

Matthew 25:1

THEN THE kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.

Matthew 25:2

Five of them were foolish (thoughtless, without forethought) and five were wise (sensible, intelligent, and prudent).

Matthew 25:4

But the wise took flasks of oil along with them [also] with their lamps.

2 Timothy 3:5

For [although] they hold a form of piety (true religion), they deny and reject and are strangers to the power of it [their conduct belies the genuineness of their profession]. Avoid [all] such people [turn away from them].

Hebrews 12:15

Exercise foresight and be on the watch to look [after one another], to see that no one falls back from and fails to secure God's grace (His unmerited favor and spiritual blessing), in order that no root of resentment (rancor, bitterness, or hatred) shoots forth and causes trouble and bitter torment, and the many become contaminated and defiled by it–

Revelation 3:1

AND TO the angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Sardis write: These are the words of Him Who has the seven Spirits of God [the sevenfold Holy Spirit] and the seven stars: I know your record and what you are doing; you are supposed to be alive, but [in reality] you are dead.