Bible Verses About Watchfulness

So stay alert! for you don't know when the owner of the house will come,

whether it will be evening, midnight, cockcrow or morning -- you don't want him to come suddenly and find you sleeping!

And what I say to you, I say to everyone: stay alert!"

and had remained a widow ever since; now she was eighty-four. She never left the Temple grounds but worshipped there night and day, fasting and praying.

It was around that time that Yeshua went out to the hill country to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God.

Pay attention, then, to how you hear! For anyone who has something will be given more; but from anyone who has nothing, even what he seems to have will be taken away."

So take care that the light in you is not darkness!

Then to the people he said, “Be careful to guard against all forms of greed, because even if someone is rich, his life does not consist in what he owns.”

“Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit,

like people waiting for their master’s return after a wedding feast; so that when he comes and knocks, they will open the door for him without delay.

Happy the slaves whom the master finds alert when he comes! Yes! I tell you he will put on his work clothes, seat them at the table, and come serve them himself!

Whether it is late at night or early in the morning, if this is how he finds them, those slaves are happy.

“But notice this: no house-owner would let his house be broken into if he knew when the thief was coming.

You too, be ready! For the Son of Man will come when you are not expecting him.”

Kefa said, “Sir, are you telling this parable for our benefit only or for everyone’s?”

The Lord replied, “Nu, who is the faithful and sensible manager whose master puts him in charge of the household staff to give them their share of food at the proper time?

It will go well with that servant if he is found doing his job when his master comes.

Yes, I tell you he will put him in charge of all he owns.

He answered, “Watch out! Don’t be fooled! For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he!’ and, ‘The time has come!’ Don’t go after them.

And when you hear of wars and revolutions, don’t panic. For these things must happen first, but the end will not follow immediately.”

Then he told them, “Peoples will fight each other, nations will fight each other,

there will be great earthquakes, there will be epidemics and famines in various places, and there will be fearful sights and great signs from Heaven.

But before all this, they will arrest you and persecute you, handing you over to the synagogues and prisons; and you will be brought before kings and governors. This will all be on account of me,

but it will prove an opportunity for you to bear witness.

So make up your minds not to worry, rehearsing your defense beforehand;