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Revelation 16:15

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Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed [is] he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

Behold {G2400}, I come {G2064} as {G5613} a thief {G2812}. Blessed {G3107} is he that watcheth {G1127}, and {G2532} keepeth {G5083} his {G846} garments {G2440}, lest {G3363} he walk {G4043} naked {G1131}, and {G2532} they see {G991} his {G846} shame {G808}.

(“Look! I am coming like a thief! How blessed are those who stay alert and keep their clothes clean, so that they won’t be walking naked and be publicly put to shame!”)

“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”

(Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.)

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Cross-References

  • Matthew 24:42 (17 votes)

    Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

  • Matthew 24:43 (17 votes)

    But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:2 (17 votes)

    For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:3 (17 votes)

    For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

  • Revelation 3:18 (15 votes)

    I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and [that] the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.

  • 2 Peter 3:10 (15 votes)

    But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

  • Revelation 3:3 (13 votes)

    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.