Bible Cross References
her candle
Genesis 31:40
I was parched with heat by day, and [chilled] with frost by night, and my sleep departed from my eyes.
Psalm 127:2
It is vain for you to rise early; you rise up after resting, you that eat the bread of grief; while He gives sleep to His beloved.
Matthew 25:3-10
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Those who [were] foolish, having taken their lamps, did not take oil with them,
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but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
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But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept.
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And at midnight a cry was heard: 'Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!'
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"Then all those virgins arose, and they trimmed their lamps.
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And the foolish said to the wise, 'Give us [some] of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'
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"But the wise answered, saying, 'No, lest there should not be enough for you and us; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.'
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"But as they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut.
1 Thessalonians 2:9
For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil; for laboring night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
2 Thessalonians 3:7-9
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For you yourselves know how you ought to follow us, for we were not disorderly among you;
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nor did we eat bread from anyone without paying, but in labor and hardship, working night and day, so as not to be a burden to any of you,
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not because we do not have authority, but in order that we may give ourselves as a pattern to you, so that you might follow us.