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

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  1. Revelation 3:2 NU, M My God

Be constantly alert, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die; for I have not found your deeds completed in the sight of My God.

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Wake up, and strengthen and reaffirm what remains [of your faithful commitment to Me], which is about to die; for I have not found [any of] your deeds completed in the sight of My God or meeting His requirements.

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Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God.

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

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14 Therefore He says:

(A)“Awake, you who sleep,
Arise from the dead,
And Christ will give you light.”

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14 For this reason [a]it says,

(A)Awake, sleeper,
And arise from (B)the dead,
And Christ (C)will shine on you.”

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  1. Ephesians 5:14 Or He

14 For this reason He says,

“Awake, sleeper,
And arise from the dead,
And Christ will shine [as dawn] upon you and give you light.”(A)

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14 This is why it is said:

“Wake up, sleeper,(A)
    rise from the dead,(B)
    and Christ will shine on you.”(C)

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14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

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15 (A)“Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, (B)lest he walk naked and they see his shame.”

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15 (“Behold, (A)I am coming like a thief. (B)Blessed is the one who stays awake and keeps his clothes, (C)so that he will not walk about naked and people will not see his shame.”)

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15 (“Behold, I am coming like a thief. [a]Blessed is he who [b]stays awake and who keeps his clothes [that is, stays spiritually ready for the Lord’s return], so that he will not be naked—spiritually unprepared—and men will not see his shame.”)(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 16:15 This is the third of the seven promised blessings. See note 1:3.
  2. Revelation 16:15 These are metaphorical statements referring to a believer who is always expecting the return of Christ, and maintains a lifestyle (the clothing) of which he will not be ashamed when that day comes.

15 “Look, I come like a thief!(A) Blessed is the one who stays awake(B) and remains clothed, so as not to go naked and be shamefully exposed.”(C)

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15 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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13 (A)Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty;
Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread.

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13 (A)Do not love sleep, or you will become poor;
Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with [a]food.

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  1. Proverbs 20:13 Lit bread

13 
Do not love [excessive] sleep, or you will become poor;
Open your eyes [so that you can do your work] and you will be satisfied with bread.

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13 Do not love sleep or you will grow poor;(A)
    stay awake and you will have food to spare.

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13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

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(A)Give no sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids.
Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
And like a bird from the hand of the [a]fowler.

The Folly of Indolence

(B)Go to the ant, you sluggard!
Consider her ways and be wise,
Which, having no [b]captain,
Overseer or ruler,
Provides her [c]supplies in the summer,
And gathers her food in the harvest.
(C)How long will you [d]slumber, O sluggard?
When will you rise from your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to sleep—
11 (D)So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler,
And your need like an armed man.

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  1. Proverbs 6:5 One who catches birds in a trap or snare
  2. Proverbs 6:7 Lit. leader
  3. Proverbs 6:8 Lit. bread
  4. Proverbs 6:9 Lit. lie down

Give no (A)sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids;
Save yourself like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand,
And like a (B)bird from the hand of the fowler.

Go to the (C)ant, you [a](D)lazy one,
Observe its ways and be wise,
Which, having (E)no chief,
Officer, or ruler,
Prepares its food (F)in the summer
And gathers its provision in the harvest.
How long will you lie down, you [b]lazy one?
When will you arise from your sleep?
10 (G)A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to [c]rest,”
11 (H)Then your poverty will come in like a [d]drifter,
And your need like [e]an armed man.

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  1. Proverbs 6:6 Lit idle one
  2. Proverbs 6:9 Lit idle one
  3. Proverbs 6:10 Lit lie down
  4. Proverbs 6:11 Lit one who moves about
  5. Proverbs 6:11 Lit a man with a shield


Give no [unnecessary] sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids;

Tear yourself away like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter
And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.


Go to the ant, O lazy one;
Observe her ways and be wise,(A)

Which, having no chief,
Overseer or ruler,

She prepares her food in the summer
And brings in her provisions [of food for the winter] in the harvest.

How long will you lie down, O lazy one?
When will you arise from your sleep [and learn self-discipline]?(B)
10 
“Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to lie down and rest”—
11 
So your poverty will come like an approaching prowler who walks [slowly, but surely]
And your need [will come] like an armed man [making you helpless].(C)

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Allow no sleep to your eyes,
    no slumber to your eyelids.(A)
Free yourself, like a gazelle(B) from the hand of the hunter,(C)
    like a bird from the snare of the fowler.(D)

Go to the ant, you sluggard;(E)
    consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
    no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer(F)
    and gathers its food at harvest.(G)

How long will you lie there, you sluggard?(H)
    When will you get up from your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
    a little folding of the hands to rest(I)
11 and poverty(J) will come on you like a thief
    and scarcity like an armed man.

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Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

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