Luke 21:34 Cross References - NSB

³⁴ »Be awake so your hearts are not weighed down. Do not allow the weight of worldly involvement, drunkenness, and cares of this life be a snare when that day suddenly comes.

⁹ »Never drink beer or wine when you or your sons enter the sacred tent. If you do, you will die right there! This is a long lasting law from generation to generation.

¹⁹ »Be sure there is no one here today who hears these solemn demands and yet convinces himself that all will be well with him. He would go stubbornly on his own way. That would destroy all of you, good and evil alike.

³⁶ When Abigail came to Nabal, he was holding a banquet in his home. It was like a king’s banquet. He was in a good mood and very drunk, so she did not tell him anything until dawn.

⁸ Surprise them with destruction. Let the net that they hid catch them. Let them fall into their own pit and be destroyed.

⁴ Haughty eyes and a proud heart, and the arrogance and pride produced by the wicked are sin.

¹ Woe to the proud drunks who wear the crown of Ephraim for it is doomed! Its glory is fading like the crowns of flowers on their heads. They are at the entrance of a fertile valley. They are drunk from wine. ² Behold, Jehovah has a strong and mighty one (Assyria). He will cast down to the earth with military power. It will be like a destructive thunderstorm with hail and a mighty flood of water. ³ The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under foot.

⁷ These also stagger from wine and reel from beer. Priests and prophets stagger from beer and are befuddled with wine. They reel from beer. They stagger when seeing visions. They stumble when rendering decisions.

¹⁰ Israel’s watchmen are blind. They all lack knowledge they are all mute dogs. They cannot bark. They just lie around and dream, they love to sleep. ¹¹ They are dogs with mighty appetites. They never have enough! They are shepherds who lack understanding. They all turn to their own way and each one seeks dishonest (unjust) gain. ¹² »Come, each one cries, let me get wine! Let us drink our fill of beer! And tomorrow will be like today, or even far better.«

¹¹ Prostitution, wine and new wine take away the understanding.

²² »He that was sown among thorns hears the word. The cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

³⁹ »They were not aware until the Flood came and took them all away. The coming (presence) of the Son of man will be like this. ⁴⁰ »Two will be in the field. One will be taken, and one will be left. ⁴¹ »Two will grind at the mill. One will be taken, and one will be left. ⁴² »Be alert, for you do not know what day the Lord will come. ⁴³ »Know this, if the master of the house had known what time the thief was coming, he would have watched and his house would not have been vandalized. ⁴⁴ »Be prepared! The Son of man will come at a time when you do not expect it. ⁴⁵ »Who then is the faithful, thoughtful, and wise servant, whom his lord put in charge of his other servants, to give them their food at the proper time? ⁴⁶ »That servant is blessed when his lord comes and finds him doing his will. ⁴⁷ »I tell you, he will put him in charge of everything he owns. ⁴⁸ »But if that evil servant says in his heart, ‘My lord delays, ⁴⁹ »so I will beat (mistreat) my fellow servants.’ And he eats and drinks with drunkards, ⁵⁰ »the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect it, an hour when he is unaware.

¹⁹ but the cares of the world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts for other things enter in and choke the word. So it becomes unfruitful.

⁹ »Be on guard for they will deliver you up to courts. You will be beaten in the meeting places. You will be taken before governors and kings for a testimony to them for my sake.

³⁵ »Watch therefore for you do not know when the lord of the house comes. It could be in the evening, at midnight or in the morning (when the cock crows). ³⁶ »He could come suddenly and find you sleeping. ³⁷ »What I say to you I say to all, be on the watch (be vigilant) (stay awake) (be circumspect) (attentive and ready)!«

⁴¹ The Lord answered: »Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things.

⁴⁰ »You be ready! The Son of man will come at a time when you do not think he will.«

⁴⁵ »If that servant says in his heart, my master delays his coming; and beats the other servants and eats and drinks to excess, ⁴⁶ the master of that servant will come when he does not expect. He will come in an hour that he does not know. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.

³ »So watch how you behave. Admonish your brother to repent when he sins. Forgive him when he repents.

¹⁴ »The seeds that fell among the thorns are people who hear the word and go their own way. They are choked with the cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and do not produce fruit.

⁸ He said: »Take heed that you are not led astray. Many will come in my name, saying, I am he but the time is not at hand. Do not follow them.

¹¹ You know the time. It is the hour for you to awake from sleep. Now our salvation is nearer than when we became believers. ¹² The night is far along and the day is at hand. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. ¹³ Let us walk honestly as in the daytime, not in rioting and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and loose conduct, not in strife and jealousy.

¹¹ I wrote you not to keep company with any man who is called a brother who is a fornicator, or who is greedy, or who worships idols, or constantly gets drunk, or cheats people. Do not even eat with such a person.

¹⁰ nor thieves, nor covetous (greedy), nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortionists, will inherit the kingdom of God.

²⁰ idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, wrath, contentions, divisions, sects,

⁶ Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

² For you know perfectly that the »Day of Jehovah« will come like a thief in the night. (Zephaniah 1:14) ³ When they say, »Peace and security!« then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labor pains come to a pregnant woman. They will not escape. ⁴ You do not live in the dark. That day should not overtake you by surprise as a thief would. ⁵ You are all the children (sons) of light, and the children of the day. We are not of the night, not of darkness. ⁶ Therefore, let us not sleep like others do. But let us watch and be sober. ⁷ They that sleep do so in the night. They that get drunk are drunk in the night. ⁸ Let us be sober and put on the breastplate of faith and love; and the hope of salvation as a helmet.

¹⁵ See that no one misses the grace of God; that no bitter root spring up to cause trouble and defile many.

¹⁰ The day of Jehovah will come as a thief. The heavens will pass away with a great noise. The elements shall be dissolved with intense heat. And the earth and the works in it will be burned up (destroyed). (Joel 2:31) (Zephaniah 1:14)

¹⁴ Seeing that you anticipate these things, be diligent that you may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.

³ You have spent enough time in the past doing what unbelievers like to do. Your lives were spent in indecency, lusts, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and the disgusting worship of idols (false gods). ⁴ They think it strange that you do not run with them in wild and reckless living and they speak evil about you. ⁵ They will give account to him that is ready to judge the living and the dead. ⁶ The good news was preached for this purpose even to the dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but may live according to God in the spirit. ⁷ The end of all things is near. Be of sound mind and judgment. Also be sober for the purpose of prayer.

³ »'Remember what you received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If you do not stay awake, I will come to you like a thief. You will not know the hour when I will come to you.