43 But know this, that if the master of the house knew in what watch the thief would come, he would watch, and would not suffer his house to be broken up.
Matthew 24:43 Cross References - Webster
Exodus 22:2-3
Proverbs 7:19
19 For the good-man is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
Matthew 20:11
11 And when they had received it, they murmured against the master of the house.
Matthew 24:44
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of man cometh.
Luke 12:39
39 And this know, that if the master of the house knew at what hour the thief would come, he would watch, and not suffer his house to be broken through.
1 Thessalonians 5:2-6
2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
5 Ye are all children of light, and children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do 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; in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein will be burned up.
11 Seeing then that all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy deportment and godliness,