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;

But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers.

"But if that evil servant says in his heart, 'My master is delaying his coming,'

"the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for [him] and at an hour that he is not aware of,

"But if that servant says in his heart, 'My master is delaying his coming,' and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and be drunk,

"the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for [him,] and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in two and appoint [him] his portion with the unbelievers.

" But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly.

"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 [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 properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy.

Therefore let us not sleep, as others [do,] but let us watch and be sober.

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.

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

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

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach;

Likewise [their] wives [must be] reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

but hospitable, a lover of what is good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled,

that the older men be sober, reverent, temperate, sound in faith, in love, in patience;

that they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

Likewise exhort the young men to be sober-minded,

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

And Esther said, "The adversary and enemy [is] this wicked Haman!" So Haman was terrified before the king and queen.

Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them.

And the LORD said to Satan, "From where do you come?" So Satan answered the LORD and said, "From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it."

Set a wicked man over him, And let an accuser stand at his right hand.

[He is] near who justifies Me; Who will contend with Me? Let us stand together. Who [is] My adversary? Let him come near Me.

Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to oppose him.

And the Lord said, "Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift [you] as wheat.

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.

"The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels.

"Then He will also say to those on the left hand, 'Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels:

"You are of [your] father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and [does not] stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own [resources,] for he is a liar and the father of it.

nor give place to the devil.

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.

In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor [is] he who does not love his brother.

So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is [the] Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;

The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet [are.] And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

So Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother, and came to the vineyards of Timnah. Now [to his] surprise, a young lion [came] roaring against him.

The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their food from God.

The king's wrath [is] like the roaring of a lion, But his favor [is] like dew on the grass.

The wrath of a king [is] like the roaring of a lion; [Whoever] provokes him to anger sins [against] his own life.

Their roaring [will be] like a lion, They will roar like young lions; Yes, they will roar And lay hold of the prey; They will carry [it] away safely, And no one will deliver.

In that day they will roar against them Like the roaring of the sea. And if [one] looks to the land, Behold, darkness [and] sorrow; And the light is darkened by the clouds.

" How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! [How] you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened the nations!

For you have said in your heart: 'I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation On the farthest sides of the north;

The young lions roared at him, [and] growled; They made his land waste; His cities are burned, without inhabitant.

They shall roar together like lions, They shall growl like lions' whelps.

He knew their desolate places, And laid waste their cities; The land with its fullness was desolated By the noise of his roaring.

"They shall walk after the LORD. He will roar like a lion. When He roars, Then [His] sons shall come trembling from the west;

The LORD also will roar from Zion, And utter His voice from Jerusalem; The heavens and earth will shake; But the LORD will be a shelter for His people, And the strength of the children of Israel.

And he said: "The LORD roars from Zion, And utters His voice from Jerusalem; The pastures of the shepherds mourn, And the top of Carmel withers."

Will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Will a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?

A lion has roared! Who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken! Who can but prophesy?

[There is] the sound of wailing shepherds! For their glory is in ruins. [There is] the sound of roaring lions! For the pride of the Jordan is in ruins.

But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the message might be preached fully through me, and [that] all the Gentiles might hear. And I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

"Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time."

And the LORD said to Satan, "From where do you come?" So Satan answered the LORD and said, "From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it."

And the LORD said to Satan, "From where do you come?" So Satan answered the LORD and said, "From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it."

"The conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they have devoured people; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in her midst.

And the king gave the command, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast [them] into the den of lions -- them, their children, and their wives; and the lions overpowered them, and broke all their bones in pieces before they ever came to the bottom of the den.

I will meet them like a bear deprived [of her cubs;] I will tear open their rib cage, And there I will devour them like a lion. The wild beast shall tear them.