So then, have your minds ready for action. Keep alert and set your hope completely on the blessing which will be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed.

The end of all things is near. You must be self-controlled and alert, to be able to pray.

But if he is a bad servant, he will tell himself that his master will not come back for a long time,

Then that servant's master will come back one day when the servant does not expect him and at a time he does not know.

But if that servant says to himself that his master is taking a long time to come back and if he begins to beat the other servants, both the men and the women, and eats and drinks and gets drunk,

then the master will come back one day when the servant does not expect him and at a time he does not know. The master will cut him in pieces and make him share the fate of the disobedient.

"Be careful not to let yourselves become occupied with too much feasting and drinking and with the worries of this life, or that Day may suddenly catch you

Be on watch and pray always that you will have the strength to go safely through all those things that will happen and to stand before the Son of Man."

You must do this, because you know that the time has come for you to wake up from your sleep. For the moment when we will be saved is closer now than it was when we first believed.

Let us conduct ourselves properly, as people who live in the light of day---no orgies or drunkenness, no immorality or indecency, no fighting or jealousy.

So then, we should not be sleeping like the others; we should be awake and sober.

But we belong to the day, and we should be sober. We must wear faith and love as a breastplate, and our hope of salvation as a helmet.

I also want the women to be modest and sensible about their clothes and to dress properly; not with fancy hair styles or with gold ornaments or pearls or expensive dresses,

But a woman will be saved through having children, if she perseveres in faith and love and holiness, with modesty.

A church leader must be without fault; he must have only one wife, be sober, self-controlled, and orderly; he must welcome strangers in his home; he must be able to teach;

Their wives also must be of good character and must not gossip; they must be sober and honest in everything.

He must be hospitable and love what is good. He must be self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.

Instruct the older men to be sober, sensible, and self-controlled; to be sound in their faith, love, and endurance.

in order to train the younger women to love their husbands and children,

In the same way urge the young men to be self-controlled.

That grace instructs us to give up ungodly living and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in this world,

Esther answered, "Our enemy, our persecutor, is this evil man Haman!" Haman faced the king and queen with terror.

When the day came for the heavenly beings to appear before the LORD, Satan was there among them.

The LORD asked him, "Where have you been?" Satan answered, "I have been walking here and there, roaming around the earth."

Choose some corrupt judge to try my enemy, and let one of his own enemies accuse him.

for God is near, and he will prove me innocent. Does anyone dare bring charges against me? Let us go to court together! Let him bring his accusation!

In another vision the LORD showed me the High Priest Joshua standing before the angel of the LORD. And there beside Joshua stood Satan, ready to bring an accusation against him.

"Simon, Simon! Listen! Satan has received permission to test all of you, to separate the good from the bad, as a farmer separates the wheat from the chaff.

Then the Spirit led Jesus into the desert to be tempted by the Devil.

Then the Devil left Jesus; and angels came and helped him.

and the enemy who sowed the weeds is the Devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvest workers are angels.

"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Away from me, you that are under God's curse! Away to the eternal fire which has been prepared for the Devil and his angels!

You are the children of your father, the Devil, and you want to follow your father's desires. From the very beginning he was a murderer and has never been on the side of truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he is only doing what is natural to him, because he is a liar and the father of all lies.

Don't give the Devil a chance.

Put on all the armor that God gives you, so that you will be able to stand up against the Devil's evil tricks.

So then, submit yourselves to God. Resist the Devil, and he will run away from you.

Whoever continues to sin belongs to the Devil, because the Devil has sinned from the very beginning. The Son of God appeared for this very reason, to destroy what the Devil had done.

Here is the clear difference between God's children and the Devil's children: those who do not do what is right or do not love others are not God's children.

The huge dragon was thrown out---that ancient serpent, named the Devil, or Satan, that deceived the whole world. He was thrown down to earth, and all his angels with him.

He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent---that is, the Devil, or Satan---and chained him up for a thousand years.

Then the Devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

So Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother. As they were going through the vineyards there, he heard a young lion roaring.

The young lions roar while they hunt, looking for the food that God provides.

The king's anger is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like welcome rain.

Fear an angry king as you would a growling lion; making him angry is suicide.

The soldiers roar like lions that have killed an animal and are carrying it off where no one can take it away from them.

When that day comes, they will roar over Israel as loudly as the sea. Look at this country! Darkness and distress! The light is swallowed by darkness.

King of Babylon, bright morning star, you have fallen from heaven! In the past you conquered nations, but now you have been thrown to the ground.

You were determined to climb up to heaven and to place your throne above the highest stars. You thought you would sit like a king on that mountain in the north where the gods assemble.

They have roared at him like lions; they have made his land a desert, and his towns lie in ruins, completely abandoned.

The Babylonians all roar like lions and growl like lion cubs.

He wrecked forts, he ruined towns. The people of the land were terrified every time he roared.

"My people will follow me when I roar like a lion at their enemies. They will hurry to me from the west.

The LORD roars from Mount Zion; his voice thunders from Jerusalem; earth and sky tremble. But he will defend his people.

Amos said, "The LORD roars from Mount Zion; his voice thunders from Jerusalem. The pastures dry up, and the grass on Mount Carmel turns brown."

Does a lion roar in the forest unless he has found a victim? Does a young lion growl in his den unless he has caught something?

When a lion roars, who can keep from being afraid? When the Sovereign LORD speaks, who can keep from proclaiming his message?

The rulers cry out in grief; their glory is gone! Listen to the roaring of the lions; their forest home along the Jordan is destroyed!

But the Lord stayed with me and gave me strength, so that I was able to proclaim the full message for all the Gentiles to hear; and I was rescued from being sentenced to death.

And so be glad, you heavens, and all you that live there! But how terrible for the earth and the sea! For the Devil has come down to you, and he is filled with rage, because he knows that he has only a little time left."

The LORD asked him, "What have you been doing?" Satan answered, "I have been walking here and there, roaming around the earth."

The LORD asked him, "Where have you been?" Satan answered, "I have been walking here and there, roaming around the earth."

The leaders are like lions roaring over the animals they have killed. They kill the people, take all the money and property they can get, and by their murders leave many widows.

Then the king gave orders to arrest all those who had accused Daniel, and he had them thrown, together with their wives and children, into the pit filled with lions. Before they even reached the bottom of the pit, the lions pounced on them and broke all their bones.

I will attack you like a bear that has lost her cubs, and I will tear you open. Like a lion I will devour you on the spot, and will tear you to pieces like a wild animal.