43 But know this, that if the house-ruler had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
Matthew 24:43 Cross References - ACV
Exodus 22:2-3
Proverbs 7:19
19 For the man is not at home. He has gone a long journey.
Matthew 20:11
11 And when they received it, they murmured against the house-ruler,
Matthew 24:44
44 Because of this ye also be ready, because in that hour ye think not the Son of man comes.
Luke 12:39
39 But know this, that if the house-ruler had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
1 Thessalonians 5:2-6
2 For ye yourselves know accurately that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night.
3 For when they say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction approaches them, as the woman having birth pangs in her womb, and they will, no, not escape.
4 But ye, brothers, are not in darkness, so that the day would seize you as a thief.
5 Ye are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness.
6 So then let us not sleep, as also the others, but let us watch and be sober.
2 Peter 3:10-11
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, during which the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the elements, being intensely hot, will be disintegrated, and the earth and the works in it will be destroyed by fire.
11 Therefore, all these things being disintegrated, what kind ought ye to be in holy actions and pieties,