What Does the Bible Say About Watchfulness?

“And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.”

“Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:”

“Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;”

“Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.”

“Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.”

“Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;”

“Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:”

“And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of the LORD thy God.”

“But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.”

“Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God. yourselves: Heb. your souls”

“And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself: prosper: or, do wisely”

“That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel. fail: Heb. be cut off from thee from the throne”

“Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me. fail: Heb. be cut off unto thee a man from my sight so that: Heb. only if”

“Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.”

“Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.”

“Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee. deliver: Heb. turn thee aside”

“Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.”

“Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.”

“Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.”

“To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. my mouth: Heb. a bridle, or, muzzle for my mouth”

“I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.”

“BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.”

“Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.”

“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. with: Heb. above all keeping”

“Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.”

“Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. let: or, all thy ways shall be ordered aright”

“Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.”

“The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.”

“He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.”

“His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. sleeping: or, dreaming, or, talking in their sleep”

“I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence, make: or, are the LORD's remembrancers”

“Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.”

“He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily. He: or, The disperser, or, hammer”

“I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. tower: Heb. fenced place unto me: or, in me when: or, when I am argued with: Heb. upon my reproof, or, arguing”

“And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. residue: or, excellency godly: Heb. seed of God treacherously: or, unfaithfully”

“Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. alms: or, righteousness of your: or, with your”

“Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.”

“Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.”

“And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.”

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

“But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.”

“Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.”

“Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?”

“Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.”

“Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.”

“But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;”

“And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;”

“The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,”

“And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. cut: or, cut him off”

“While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.”

“And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. gone out: or, going out”

“But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.”

“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.”

“And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.”

“But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.”

“And the gospel must first be published among all nations.”

“But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.”

“Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.”

“And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake : but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.”

“But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:”

“And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house:”

“And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment.”

“But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!”

“And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.”

“For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.”

“And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.”

“And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not:”

“For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.”

“But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.”

“But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.”

“Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.”

“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:”

“Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.”

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

“And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.”

“And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.”

“Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have. seemeth: or, thinketh that he hath”

“Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.”

“And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.”

“Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;”

“And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.”

“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 if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.”

“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.”

“Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.”

“Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?”

“And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?”

“Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.”

“Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.”

“And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them. and the time: or, and, The time”

“But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.”

“Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:”

“And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.”

“But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.”

“And it shall turn to you for a testimony.”

“Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:”