Matthew 25:5

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

As the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept.

Cross References

Song of Solomon 3:1

Upon my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he gave no answer.

Song of Solomon 5:2

I slept, but my heart was awake. Hark! my beloved is knocking. “Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my perfect one; for my head is wet with dew, my locks with the drops of the night.”

Song of Solomon 5:3

I had put off my garment, how could I put it on? I had bathed my feet, how could I soil them?

Habakkuk 2:3

For still the vision awaits its time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seem slow, wait for it; it will surely come, it will not delay.

Matthew 24:48

But if that wicked servant says to himself, ‘My master is delayed,’

Matthew 25:19

Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them.

Matthew 25:4

but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps.

Matthew 25:6

But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’

Matthew 26:40

And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping; and he said to Peter, “So, could you not watch with me one hour?

Matthew 26:43

And again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.

Luke 1:21

And the people were waiting for Zechariah, and they wondered at his delay in the temple.

Luke 12:45

But if that servant says to himself, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk,

Luke 18:8

I tell you, he will vindicate them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man comes, will he find faith on earth?”

Luke 20:9

And he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, and let it out to tenants, and went into another country for a long while.

Romans 13:11

Besides this you know what hour it is, how it is full time now for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed;

Ephesians 5:14

Therefore it is said, “Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light.”

1 Peter 5:8

Be sober, be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking some one to devour.

Revelation 2:25

only hold fast what you have, until I come.