Mark 13:36

New International Version

If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping.

Cross References

Song of Solomon 3:1

All night long on my bed I looked for the one my heart loves; I looked for him but did not find him.

Song of Solomon 5:2

I slept but my heart was awake. Listen! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”

Isaiah 56:10

Israel’s watchmen are blind, they all lack knowledge; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they lie around and dream, they love to sleep.

Matthew 25:5

The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

Mark 14:37

Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Simon,” he said to Peter, “are you asleep? Couldn’t you keep watch for one hour?

Mark 14:40

When he came back, he again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy. They did not know what to say to him.

Luke 21:34

“Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap.

Luke 22:45

When he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.

Ephesians 5:14

This is why it is said: “Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”