Laziness causes one to fall into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

His watchmen are blind; they are all ignorant; they are all dumb dogs who cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

And the captain came near to him and said to him, What is this, O sleeper? Rise up and cry out to your God! Perhaps your God will think on us, and we will not perish.

but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way.

But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all nodded and fell asleep.

And He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, Simon, are you sleeping? Were you not strong enough to watch one hour?

And He said to them, Why do you sleep? Rise and pray, that you do not enter into temptation.

And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.

Let us walk decently, as in the day, not in carousings and drunkenness, not in cohabitation and licentiousness, not in strife and envy.

Awake to righteousness, and do not sin; for some do not have the knowledge of God. I speak to your shame.

Therefore He says: Awake, you who sleep, stand forth out from among the dead, and Christ will shine on you.

Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord comes.

Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man comes.

And He said to them, My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even unto death. Stay here and watch with Me.

And He came to the disciples and found them asleep, and said to Peter, What? Were you not able to watch with Me one hour?

Watch and pray, that you not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

It is like a man going to a far country, who left his house and gave authority to his servants, and to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to watch.

Watch therefore, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming; in the evening, at midnight, at the crowing of the rooster, or in the morning;

And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch.

Watch and pray, that you not enter into temptation. The spirit truly is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Blessed are those servants whom the master, when he comes, will find watching. Truly, I say to you that he will gird himself and have them sit down to eat, and will come and serve them.

But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be dug through.

Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.

And He said to them, Why do you sleep? Rise and pray, that you do not enter into temptation.

Therefore watch, and remember that for three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears.

Watch, stand fast in the faith, be like men, be strong.

praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints;

Be devoted to prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving;

But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be of sound mind and calm in your prayers.

Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die, for I have not found your works being fulfilled before God.

Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, that he not walk naked and they see his shame.

But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation.

Let your fairness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.

in like manner also, that the women adorn themselves in appropriate apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing,

Nevertheless she will be kept safe through childbearing if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.

An overseer then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober- minded, well ordered, hospitable, able to teach;

Likewise women must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

Likewise exhort the young men to be of sound mind,

teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live with sound mind, righteously, and godly in the present age,

Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.