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Matthew 25:5–6

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While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
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From verse 5

  1. Habakkuk 2:3Rank 1 from verse 5
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    3For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

  2. 1 Thessalonians 5:6–8Rank 2 from verse 5
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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.

  3. 2 Peter 3:4–9Rank 3 from verse 5
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    4And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

    5For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:

    6Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

    7But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

    8But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

    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.

  4. Luke 20:9Rank 4 from verse 5
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    9Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.

  5. Matthew 24:48Rank 5 from verse 5
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    48But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;

From verse 6

  1. 2 Peter 3:10Rank 1 from verse 6
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    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.

  2. John 5:28–29Rank 2 from verse 6
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    28Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,

    29And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

  3. Matthew 24:31Rank 3 from verse 6
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    31And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

  4. Matthew 24:44Rank 4 from verse 6
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    44Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

  5. Matthew 25:1Rank 5 from verse 6
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    1THEN shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

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Matthew 25:5

COMBINED MEANING

tarried

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Stayed, remained, waited, delayed, lodged, continued, or did not depart or act until a later time or condition.

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slept

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Past-tense or past-participial form of sleep. Sense 1: Rested in natural sleep. Sense 2: By figure, lay in death.

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Matthew 25:6

COMBINED MEANING

midnight

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The middle of the night, conventionally about twelve o'clock at night.

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

COMBINED MEANING

cry

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1. A vocal call, shout, proclamation, alarm, wail, or other utterance, often loud. 2. An earnest appeal, prayer, complaint, or outcry for help, justice, or attention. 3. As a verb, to call out, shout, proclaim, wail, appeal, pray, or complain; figuratively, to bear urgent witness or demand notice.

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COMBINED MEANING

made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

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

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behold

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1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.

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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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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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meet

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Sense 1: To come or bring together, encounter, assemble, or join. Sense 2: Fitting, suitable, proper, worthy, or qualified.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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25:1THEN shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

25:2And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.

25:3They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:

25:4But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

25:5While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

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25:6And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.

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25:7Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

25:8And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.

25:9But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.

25:10And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.

25:11Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.

25:12But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.

25:13Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

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