Bible Verses About Watchfulness: Danger of remissness in

But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’

And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.

The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate.

Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

When the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’

But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I do not know you.’

Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.