Matthew 25:6

New Century Version

“At midnight someone cried out, ‘The bridegroom is coming! Come and meet him!’

Cross References

Psalm 96:13

before the Lord, because he is coming. He is coming to judge the world; he will judge the world with fairness and the peoples with truth.

Psalm 98:9

Let them sing before the Lord, because he is coming to judge the world. He will judge the world fairly; he will judge the peoples with fairness.

Isaiah 25:9

At that time people will say, “Our God is doing this! We have waited for him, and he has come to save us. This is the Lord. We waited for him, so we will rejoice and be happy when he saves us.”

Amos 4:12

“So this is what I will do to you, Israel; because I will do this to you, get ready to meet your God, Israel.”

Matthew 24:31

He will use a loud trumpet to send his angels all around the earth, and they will gather his chosen people from every part of the world.

Matthew 24:44

So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at a time you don’t expect him.

Matthew 25:1

“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten bridesmaids who took their lamps and went to wait for the bridegroom.

Matthew 25:31

“The Son of Man will come again in his great glory, with all his angels. He will be King and sit on his great throne.

Matthew 25:5

Because the bridegroom was late, they became sleepy and went to sleep.

Matthew 25:7

Then all the bridesmaids woke up and got their lamps ready.

Luke 12:20

“But God said to him, ‘Foolish man! Tonight your life will be taken from you. So who will get those things you have prepared for yourself?’

Luke 12:46

The master will come when that servant is not ready and is not expecting him. Then the master will cut him in pieces and send him away to be with the others who don’t obey.

1 Thessalonians 4:16

The Lord himself will come down from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. And those who have died believing in Christ will rise first.

2 Peter 3:10

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The skies will disappear with a loud noise. Everything in them will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be exposed.

Revelation 16:15

“Listen! I will come as a thief comes! Blessed are those who stay awake and keep their clothes on so that they will not walk around naked and have people see their shame.”