Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.

So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.

But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.

While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?

And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.

And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.

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

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

Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.

And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.

Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:

And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.

Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.

And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.

Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.

Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

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

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

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

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

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

But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.

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

In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;

Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.

Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

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;

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