1 Thessalonians 5:6

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

So, then, let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober,

Cross References

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness brings on deep sleep; an idle person will suffer hunger.

Isaiah 56:10

Israel’s sentinels are blind; they are all without knowledge; they are all silent dogs that cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

Jonah 1:6

The captain came and said to him, “What are you doing sound asleep? Get up; call on your god! Perhaps the god will spare us a thought so that we do not perish.”

Matthew 13:25

but while everybody was asleep an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and then went away.

Matthew 24:42

Keep awake, therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.

Matthew 25:13

Keep awake, therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.

Matthew 25:5

As the bridegroom was delayed, all of them became drowsy and slept.

Matthew 26:38

Then he said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved, even to death; remain here, and stay awake with me.”

Mark 13:37

And what I say to you I say to all: Keep awake.”

Luke 12:37

Blessed are those slaves whom the master finds alert when he comes; truly I tell you, he will fasten his belt and have them sit down to eat, and he will come and serve them.

Luke 12:39

“But know this: if the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

Luke 21:36

Be alert at all times, praying that you may have the strength to escape all these things that will take place and to stand before the Son of Man.”

Luke 22:46

and he said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you may not come into the time of trial.”

Acts 20:31

Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to warn everyone with tears.

1 Corinthians 15:34

Sober up, as you rightly ought to, and sin no more, for some people have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.

1 Corinthians 16:13

Keep alert; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong.

Ephesians 2:3

All of us once lived among them in the passions of our flesh, doing the will of flesh and senses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like everyone else,

Ephesians 5:14

for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, “Sleeper, awake! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

Ephesians 6:18

Pray in the Spirit at all times in every prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert and always persevere in supplication for all the saints.

Philippians 4:5

Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near.

Colossians 4:2

Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving.

1 Thessalonians 4:13

But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who have died, so that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.

1 Thessalonians 5:10

who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep we may live with him.

1 Thessalonians 5:8

But since we belong to the day, let us be sober and put on the breastplate of faith and love and for a helmet the hope of salvation.

1 Timothy 2:15

Yet she will be saved through childbearing, provided they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control.

1 Timothy 2:9

also that the women should dress themselves in moderate clothing with reverence and self-control, not with their hair braided or with gold, pearls, or expensive clothes,

1 Timothy 3:11

Women likewise must be serious, not slanderers, but temperate, faithful in all things.

1 Timothy 3:2

Now a bishop must be above reproach, married only once, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, an apt teacher,

2 Timothy 4:5

As for you, be sober in everything, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, carry out your ministry fully.

Titus 2:12

training us to renounce impiety and worldly passions and in the present age to live lives that are self-controlled, upright, and godly,

Titus 2:6

Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled

1 Peter 1:13

Therefore prepare your minds for action; discipline yourselves; set all your hope on the grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when he is revealed.

1 Peter 4:7

The end of all things is near; therefore be serious and discipline yourselves for the sake of your prayers.

1 Peter 5:8

Discipline yourselves; keep alert. Like a roaring lion your adversary the devil prowls around, looking for someone to devour.

Revelation 16:15

(“See, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake and is clothed, not going about naked and exposed to shame.”)

Revelation 3:2

Wake up and strengthen what remains and is on the point of death, for I have not found your works perfect in the sight of my God.