Bible Verses About Watchfulness: General references

Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.

Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

¶ Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;

And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.

But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

¶ Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.

But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.

¶ Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.

Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

¶ Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:

¶ But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

¶ Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

¶ We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.

¶ We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.

But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,

Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.

Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.

Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.