Bible verses about "midnight" | Great

¹ Who so dwelleth vnder the defence of the most hyest, shal abyde vnder the shadow of the Almightye. ² I wyll saye vnto the Lorde: Thou art my hope, and my stronge holde, my God, in hym will I trust. ³ For he shall delyuer the from the snare of the hunter, and from the noysome pestylence. ⁴ He shall defende the vnder hys wynges, and thou shalte be safe vnder hys fethers: hys faythfulnesse and trueth shall be thy shylde and buckler. ⁵ Thou shalte not be afrayed for any terrour by night, ner for the arow that flyeth by daye. ⁶ For the pestilence that walketh in the darknesse, ner for the sicknesse that destroyeth in the noone daye. ⁷ A thousande shall fall besyde the & ten thousande at thy ryght hand, but it shall not come nye the. ⁸ Yee, with thyne eyes shalt thou beholde, and se the rewarde of the vngodly. ⁹ For thou Lorde arte my hope, thou hast set thyne house of defence very hye ¹⁰ There shall no euell happen vnto the, nether shall eny plage come nye thy dwellyng. ¹¹ For he shall geue his angels charge ouer the, to kepe the in all thy wayes. ¹² They shall beare the in theyr handes, that thou hurt not thy fote agaynste a stone. ¹³ Thou shalt go vpon the Lyon and Adder, the yonge Lyon and the Dragon shalte thou treade vnder thy fete. ¹⁴ Because he hath set hys loue vpon me, therfore shall I delyuer him: I shall set him vp, because he hath knowne my name. ¹⁵ He shall call vpon me, & I wyll heare hym: yee I am with hym in trouble, I will deliuer hym, and brynge hym to honoure. ¹⁶ With longe lyfe wyll I satisfye hym, and shewe hym my saluacion.

¹ For the kyngdom of heauen is lyke vnto a man that is an housholder, whych went out early in the mornyng to hyer labourers into hys vyneyard. ² And whan the agrement was made wyth the labourers for a peny a daye, he sent them into hys vineyarde. ³ And he went out about the thirde houre, & sawe other standyng ydell in the market place, ⁴ & sayde vnto them: go ye also into the vineyarde: & whatsoeuer is ryght, I wyll geue you. And they went theyr waye. ⁵ Agayne, he went out about the syxte & nynthe houre, & dyd lykewyse. ⁶ And aboute the eleuenth houre he went out, & founde other standynge ydell, & sayd vnto them: Why stande ye here all the daye ydell? ⁷ They saye vnto hym because no man hath hyred vs. He sayeth vnto them: go ye also into the vineyarde: & whatsoeuer is ryght, that shall ye receaue. ⁸ So, when euen was come, the Lord of the vineyarde sayeth vnto his steward: call the labourers, & geue them their hyer, begynnyng at the laste vntill the fyrst. ⁹ And whan they dyd come, that cam about the eleuenth houre, they receaued euery man a peny. ¹⁰ But whan the fyrst came also, they supposed that they shuld haue receaued more, & they lykewyse receaued euery man a peny. ¹¹ And when they had receaued it, they murmured agaynst the good man of the house, ¹² sayinge: These last haue wrought but one houre, & thou hast made them equall vnto vs, which haue borne the burthen & heat of the day. ¹³ But he answered vnto one of them & sayde: frende, I do the no wronge: dydest thou not agre wt me for a penny? ¹⁴ Take that thine is & go thy waye: I wyll geue vnto thys last, euen as vnto the. ¹⁵ Is it not lawfull for me to do as me lysteth wt myne awne goodes? Is thyne eye euyll, because I am good? ¹⁶ So the last shalbe fyrst, & the fyrste shalbe last. For many be called, but fewe be chosen.

⁵¹ Beholde, I shewe you a mistery. We shall not all slepe: but we shall all be chaunged,

²⁸ And God blessed them, and God sayd vnto them: Growe and increace and replenyshe the erth, and subdue it: and haue dominion of the fish of the see, and foule of the aire: and of euery lyuing thyng that moueth vpon the earth.

⁵ For hys wrath endureth but the twinclinge of an eye, and in hys pleasure is lyfe: heuynesse maye endure for a nyght, but ioye commeth in the mornynge.

¹ Blowe out the trompette in Syon, and crye vpon my holy hyll, that all soche as dwell in the lande, maye tremble at it: for the daye of the Lorde commeth, and is harde at hande:

¹ And Iesus went out, & departed from the temple: & hys discyples came to him, for to shewe him the byldynges of the temple. ² Iesus sayde vnto them: Se ye not all these thinges? Uerely I saye vnto you ther shall not be here lefte one stone vpon another, that shall not be destroyed. ³ And as he sat vpon mount Oliuete, hys disciples came vnto him secretly, saying: Tell vs: when shall these thinges be: & what shalbe the token of thy commyng & of the ende of the world? ⁴ And Iesus answered, and sayd vnto them: take hede, that no man deceaue you. ⁵ For many shall come in my name, sayinge: I am Chryst: & shall deceaue many ⁶ ye shall heare of warres, & tidinges of warres: be not troubled. For all must come to passe, but the ende is not yet. ⁷ Nacion shall ryse agaynst nacion, and realme agaynst realme: and ther shalbe pestilence, & hunger, and erthquakes in all places. ⁸ All these are the begynnynges of sorowes. ⁹ Then shall they put you to trouble, and shall kyll you: & ye shalbe hated of all nacions for my names sake. ¹⁰ And then shall many be offended, & shall betraye one another, & shall hate one another. ¹¹ And many false prophetes shall aryse, & shall deceaue many. ¹² And because iniquite shall haue the vpper hand, the loue of many shall abate. ¹³ But he that endureth to the ende, the same shalbe safe. ¹⁴ And this Gospell of the kyngdome shalbe preached in all the worlde, for a wytnes vnto all nacyons, and then shall the ende come. ¹⁵ When ye therfore shall se the abhominacion of desolacion (that was spoken of by Daniel the prophet) stande in the holy place: whoso readeth it let him vnderstande. ¹⁶ Then lett them whych be in Iewry, flye into the mountaynes. ¹⁷ And let hym whych is on the house toppe, not come downe to fet eny thinge out of hys house. ¹⁸ Nether let him whych is in the felde, returne backe to fetche his clothes. ¹⁹ Wo shalbe in those dayes to them that are wt chylde, & to them that geue sucke. ²⁰ But praye ye that youre flyght be not in the winter, nether on the Saboth daye. ²¹ For then shalbe great tribulacions suche as was not sens the begynning of the worlde to this tyme, nor shalbe. ²² Ye & except those dayes shulde be shortened, there shulde no fleshe be saued: but for the chosens sake, those dayes shalbe shortened. ²³ Then yf eny man saye vnto you: lo here is Chryst, or there: beleue it not. ²⁴ For there shall aryse false Chrystes, and false prophetes and shall shew great miracles, & wondres. In so moch (that yf it were possyble) the verie electe shuld be deceaued: ²⁵ behold, I haue tolde you before. ²⁶ Wherfore, yf they saye vnto you: beholde, he is in the desert, go not ye forth: behold, he is in the secret places, beleue it not. ²⁷ For as the lyghtnynge commeth out of the East, and appeareth into the west: so shall the commynge of the sonne of man be. ²⁸ For wheresoeuer a deed karkas is, euen thether wyll the Egles also be gathered together. ²⁹ Immediatly after the tribulacyons of those dayes, shall the sonne be derkened: & the moone shall not geue her lyght, and the starres shall fall from heauen, & the powers of heauen shall be moued. ³⁰ And then shall appeare the token of the sonne of man in heauen. And then shall all the kynredes of the earth mourne, and they shall se the sonne of man commyng in the cloudes of heauen, wyth power & greate glorie ³¹ And he shall sende his Angels wt the greate voyce of a trompett, & they shall gather to gether his chosen, from the foure wyndes: euen from the hyghest partes of heauen, vntyll the endes ther of. ³² Learne a symilitude of the fygge tree: When hys braunches is yet tender, & the leaues sprong, ye knowe that sommer is nye. ³³ So lykewyse ye, when ye se all these thinges, be ye sure that it is neare, euen at the dores. ³⁴ Uerely I saye vnto you: this generacion shal not passe, tyll all these thinges be fulfylled ³⁵ Heauen & earth shall passe, but my wordes shall not passe. ³⁶ But of that daye and houre knoweth no man, no not the angels of heauen, but my father onely. ³⁷ But as the dayes of Noe were, so shall also the commynge of the sonne of man be. ³⁸ For as in the dayes (that went before the floud) they dyd eate and dryncke, mary, and were maryed, euen vntyll the daye that Noe entred into the shyppe, ³⁹ and knewe not tyll the floud came and toke them all awaye: So shall also the commynge of the sonne of man be. ⁴⁰ Then shall two be in the felde, the one receaued, & the other refused ⁴¹ two wemen shalbe gryndinge at the myll, the one receaned & the other refused. ⁴² Watch therfore, for ye knowe not what houre your lord will come. ⁴³ Of this yet be sure, that yf the good man of the house knew what houre the thefe wolde come: he wolde suerly watche, & not suffre hys house to be broken vp. ⁴⁴ Therfore, be ye also ready, for in soch an houre as ye thynke not: wyll the sonne of man come. ⁴⁵ Who is a faythfull & wyse seruaunt, whom his Lorde hath made ruler ouer his housholde, to geue them meate in season. ⁴⁶ Blessed is that seruaunt whom hys Lord (when he cometh) shall fynde so doynge: ⁴⁷ Uerely I saye vnto you, that he shall make hym ruler ouer all hys goodes. ⁴⁸ But & yf that euyll seruaunt saye in hys herte, my Lorde wyll be long a commyng ⁴⁹ (and so begynne to smyte his felowes, yee, and to eate & drincke wyth the droncken) ⁵⁰ the same seruauntes Lord shall come in a daye when he loketh not for hym, and in an houre that he is not ware of, ⁵¹ & shall hewe him in peces, & geue hym his porcyon wyth ypocrites: there shalbe wepynge and gnasshynge of teth.

²⁶ And when they had sayde grace: they went out to mount Oliuete.

²³ But the houre commeth & now is, when the true worshyppers shall worshyppe the father in sprete, & in the treuth. For such the father also requyreth to worshyppe hym.

²⁹ And at mydnight, the Lorde smote all the fyrst borne in the lande of Egipte, from the fyrst borne of Pharao that satte on hys seate, vnto the fyrst borne of the captyue that was in preson: and all the fyrste gendred of catell.

¹³ Watche therfore: for ye knowe nether the daye nor yet the houre wherin the sonne of man shall come.

³ Remember therfore, how thou hast receaued & heard, & hold faste, & repent. If thou shalt not watche, I wyll come on the as a thefe, & thou shalt not know what houre I wyll come vpon the.

⁷ And vpon one of the Saboth dayes, whan the disciples came together for to breake breed Paul preached vnto them (ready to departe on the morowe) & continued the preaching vnto mydnyght.

¹ Then shall the kyngdom of heauen be like vnto ten virgins, which toke their lampes, & went to mete the brydgrome ² But fyue of them were foolysshe, & fyue were wise. ³ They that were folysshe, toke their lampes, but toke none oyle wt them. ⁴ But the wyse toke oyle wt them in their vessels with the lampes also. ⁵ Whyle the brydegrome taryed, they all slombred & slept. ⁶ And euen at midnyght, there was a crye made: behold, the brydgrome commeth, go out to mete hym. ⁷ Then all those virgins arose, & prepared theyr lampes. ⁸ So the folysshe sayde vnto the wyse: geue vs of youre oyle: for oure lampes are gone out. ⁹ But the wyse answered, sayinge: not so, lest ther be not ynough for vs and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, & by for your selues. ¹⁰ And whyll they went to bye, the brydgrome came: & they that were ready went in with hym to the mariage, & the gate was shut vp. ¹¹ Afterwarde came also the other virgins, saying: Lorde, Lorde, open to vs. ¹² But he answered & sayd: verely I saye vnto you: I knowe you not. ¹³ Watche therfore: for ye knowe nether the daye nor yet the houre wherin the sonne of man shall come. ¹⁴ Lykewise as a certeine man ready to take his iorney to a straunge countre, called his seruauntes, & delyuered vnto them hys goodes. ¹⁵ And vnto one he gaue .v. talentes, to another .ij. & to another one: to euery man after his habilite, & streight waye departed. ¹⁶ Then he that had receaued the fyue talentes, went, & occupied wt the same, & wanne other fyue talentes. ¹⁷ Lykewyse also, he that receaued two, gayned other two. ¹⁸ But he that receaued that one, went & dygged in the erth, and hid his Lordes money. ¹⁹ After a longe season, the Lorde of those seruauntes came, and rekened wyth them. ²⁰ And so he that had receaued fyue talentes came, & brought other fyue talentes, sayinge: Sir, thou delyueredst vnto me fyue talentes: beholde, I haue gayned with them fyue talentes moo: ²¹ His Lord sayde vnto him: well thou good and faythfull seruaunt. Thou hast bene faythfull ouer fewe thinges, I wyll make the ruler ouer many thinges: entre thou into the ioye of thy Lorde. ²² He also that had receaued two talentes, came and sayde: Sir, thou delyueredst vnto me two talentes: beholde, I haue wone two other talentes with them: ²³ his Lord sayd vnto him: well good & faythfull seruaunt. Thou hast bene faythfull ouer fewe thinges. I will make the ruler ouer many thinges: Entre thou into the ioye of thy Lorde. ²⁴ Then he whych had receaued the one talent, came, & sayd: Sir I knewe the that thou art an harde man: reaping where thou hast not sowen, & gathering where thou hast not strawed, ²⁵ and therfore was I afrayde, & went, and hyd thy talent in the erth: lo, there thou hast that thine is. ²⁶ His lord answered & sayd vnto him thou euyll & slowthfull seruaunt, thou knewest, that I reape where I sowed not, & gather, where I haue not strawed: ²⁷ thou oughtest therfore to haue delyuered my money to the exchaungers, & then at my commynge shulde I haue receaued myne awne with vauntage. ²⁸ Take therfore the talent from hym, & geue it vnto hym which hath ten talentes. ²⁹ For vnto euery one that hath shalbe geuen, and he shall haue aboundance: But he that hath not, from hym shalbe taken awaye, euen that which he hath. ³⁰ And cast the vnprofytable seruaunt into vtter dercknes there shalbe wepinge and gnasshinge of teeth. ³¹ When the sonne of man commeth in his glorye, & all the holy angels wyth him, then shall he syt vpon the seate of hys glorie, ³² and before him shalbe gathered all nacions. And he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherde deuydeth the shepe from the goates: ³³ and he shall set the shepe on hys ryght hande, but the goates on the lyfte. ³⁴ Then shall the Kynge saye to them that shalbe on hys ryghte hande: Come ye blessed of my father, inheret the kyngdome prepared for you from the begynninge of the worlde. ³⁵ For I was an hongred, & ye gaue me meate. I was thyrstye, & ye gaue me drincke. I was herbourlesse, & ye toke me in: ³⁶ Naked, & ye clothed me: Sicke & ye visyted me. I was in preson, and ye came vnto me. ³⁷ Then shall the righteous answere him saying: Lord, when sawe we the an hongred, and fedd the? or thirstye, & gaue the drinke? ³⁸ when sawe we the herborlesse, & tooke the in? or naked, and clothed the? ³⁹ or when sawe we the sycke, or in preson, and came vnto the? ⁴⁰ And the kyng shall answere, and saye vnto them: veryly I saye vnto you: in as moch as ye haue done it vnto one of the leest of these my brethren, ye haue done it to me. ⁴¹ Then shall he saye also vnto them, that shalbe on the lyfte hand: departe from me ye cursed into euerlastynge fyre: whych is prepared for the deuyll and his angels. ⁴² For I was an hungred, and ye gaue me no meate. I was thirstye, and ye gaue me no drynke. ⁴³ I was harborlesse, and ye toke me not in. I was naked, and ye clothed me not. I was sycke & in preson, and ye visyted me not. ⁴⁴ Then shall they also answere him saying, lorde, when sawe we the an hungred, or a thyrst, or herbourlesse, or naked, or sycke, or in preson, & dyd not minister vnto the? ⁴⁵ Then shall he answere them sayeng: Uerely I saye vnto you, in as moche as ye dyd it not to one of the leest of these, ye dyd it not to me. ⁴⁶ And these shall go into euerlastynge payne: the ryghteous into lyfe eternall.

²⁵ At mydnyght Paul & Sylas prayed, and lauded God. And the presoners hearde them.