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1 Peter 4:7

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But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
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  1. James 5:8–9Rank 1 from verse 7
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    8Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

    9Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

  2. 1 Peter 1:13Rank 2 from verse 7
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    13Wherefore 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;

  3. 1 Peter 5:8Rank 3 from verse 7
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    8Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

  4. 2 Timothy 4:5Rank 4 from verse 7
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    5But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.

  5. Luke 21:34Rank 5 from verse 7
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    34¶ And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

  6. Hebrews 10:25Rank 6 from verse 7
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    25Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

  7. Colossians 4:2Rank 7 from verse 7
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    2Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;

  8. 1 Thessalonians 5:6–8Rank 8 from verse 7
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    6Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

    7For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.

    8But 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.

  9. Titus 2:12Rank 9 from verse 7
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    12Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

  10. Ezekiel 7:6Rank 10 from verse 7
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    6An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come.

  11. Mark 14:37–38Rank 11 from verse 7
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    37And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?

    38Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.

  12. Philippians 4:5Rank 12 from verse 7
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    5Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

  13. Revelation 16:15Rank 13 from verse 7
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    15Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

  14. Romans 12:12Rank 14 from verse 7
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    12Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

  15. Ephesians 6:18Rank 15 from verse 7
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    18Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

  16. Romans 13:11–12Rank 16 from verse 7
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    11And 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.

    12The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

  17. 1 Corinthians 15:24Rank 17 from verse 7
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    24Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.

  18. 1 Corinthians 7:29Rank 18 from verse 7
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    29But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;

  19. 1 John 2:18–19Rank 19 from verse 7
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    18Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.

    19They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

  20. 2 Peter 3:9–11Rank 20 from verse 7
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    9The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

    10But 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.

    11Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

  21. Jeremiah 5:31Rank 21 from verse 7
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    31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?

  22. Luke 22:46Rank 22 from verse 7
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    46And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.

  23. Matthew 24:13–14Rank 23 from verse 7
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    13But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

    14And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

  24. Matthew 24:42Rank 24 from verse 7
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    42¶ Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

  25. 1 Peter 3:7Rank 25 from verse 7
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    7Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

  26. Luke 21:36Rank 26 from verse 7
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    36Watch 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.

  27. Mark 13:33–37Rank 27 from verse 7
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    33Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

    34For 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.

    35Watch 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:

    36Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.

    37And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

  28. Matthew 25:13Rank 28 from verse 7
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    13Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

  29. Matthew 26:38–41Rank 29 from verse 7
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    38Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.

    39And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

    40And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?

    41Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

  30. Ecclesiastes 7:2Rank 30 from verse 7
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    2It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.

  31. Ezekiel 7:2–3Rank 31 from verse 7
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    2Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.

    3Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations.

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1 Peter 4:7

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

end

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Sense 1: The last or concluding part, termination, or limit. Sense 2: A purpose or intended result. Sense 3: As a verb, to cease or bring to a close.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

hand

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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

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COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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sober

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Self-controlled, watchful, and sound in judgment; calm and serious rather than intoxicated, frenzied, or careless.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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watch

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Sense 1: To remain awake, alert, attentive, vigilant, observant, or on guard. Sense 2: A guard or guard duty, a station or group keeping guard, or a division of the night so guarded.

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4:7But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

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4:8And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

4:9Use hospitality one to another without grudging.

4:10As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

4:11If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

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