Matthew 25:5

Tree of Life Version

“Now while the bridegroom was taking a long time, they all got drowsy and started falling asleep.

Cross References

Song of Solomon 3:1

On my bed in the night I longed for the one my soul loves. I looked for him but did not find him.

Song of Solomon 5:2

I sleep, but my heart is awake. A voice! My lover is knocking! “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my perfect one! For my head is drenched with dew, my locks with dewdrops of night.”

Song of Solomon 5:3

I have stripped off my coat. How can I put it on again? I have washed my feet. How can I soil them?

Habakkuk 2:3

For the vision is yet for an appointed time. It hastens to the end and will not fail. If it should be slow in coming, wait for it, For it will surely come—it will not delay.”

Matthew 24:48

But if that wicked servant says in his heart, ‘My master is taking a long time,’

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 ones took oil in jars along with their lamps.

Matthew 25:6

But in the middle of the night there was a shout, ‘Look, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’

Matthew 26:40

Then He comes to the disciples and finds them sleeping; and He tells Peter, “So couldn’t you keep watch with Me for one hour?

Matthew 26:43

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

Luke 1:21

The people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering about his long delay in the Holy Place.

Luke 12:45

“But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is taking a long time to come,’ and he begins to beat the young slave boys and girls and to eat and drink and get drunk,

Luke 18:8

I tell you, He will quickly give them justice. But when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?”

Luke 20:9

Then He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time.

Romans 13:11

Besides this, you know the time—that it is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first came to trust.

Ephesians 5:14

for everything made visible is light. This is why it says, “Wake up, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Messiah will shine on you.”

1 Peter 5:8

Stay alert! Watch out! Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, searching for someone to devour.

Revelation 2:25

Only hold firm to what you have until I come.