Bible Verses About Watchfulness: Danger of remissness in

But if that evil servant should say in his heart, ‘My lord is delaying his coming,’

and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with the drunkards,

the lord of that servant will come in a day when he doesn’t expect it, and in an hour when he doesn’t know it,

and will cut him in pieces, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. There is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.

Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.

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

But he answered, ‘Most certainly I tell you, I don’t know you.’

Remember therefore how you have received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If therefore you won’t watch, I will come as a thief, and you won’t know what hour I will come upon you.