Luke 12:45-46
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45 But if that servant says to himself, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’[a] and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, to eat and drink and get drunk, 46 then that servant’s master will come on an unexpected day and at an unknown hour and will punish him severely and assign him a place with the unfaithful.
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Matthew 24:48-50
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48 [a]But if that wicked servant says to himself, ‘My master is long delayed,’ 49 and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with drunkards, 50 the servant’s master will come on an unexpected day and at an unknown hour
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1 Thessalonians 5:3
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3 When people are saying, “Peace and security,” then sudden disaster comes upon them, like labor pains upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
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1 Thessalonians 5:6-7
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6 Therefore, let us not sleep as the rest do, but let us stay alert and sober.(A) 7 Those who sleep go to sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at night.
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