being spiritually awake

The 12 most-voted verses about being spiritually awake, from 9 books, ranked by the OpenBible.info community.

So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”

Luke 21:36 (BSB)

Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

Luke 21:36 (KJV)

Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

Luke 21:36 (WEB)

So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

Ephesians 5:14 (BSB)

Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

Ephesians 5:14 (KJV)

Therefore he says, “Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

Ephesians 5:14 (WEB)

Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.

Matthew 24:42 (BSB)

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

Matthew 24:42 (KJV)

Watch therefore, for you don’t know in what hour your Lord comes.

Matthew 24:42 (WEB)

Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 1:13 (BSB)

Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

1 Peter 1:13 (KJV)

Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober, and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

1 Peter 1:13 (WEB)

But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.

Luke 21:34 (BSB)

¶ And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and [so] that day come upon you unawares.

Luke 21:34 (KJV)

“So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.

Luke 21:34 (WEB)

Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful,

Colossians 4:2 (BSB)

Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;

Colossians 4:2 (KJV)

Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving,

Colossians 4:2 (WEB)

So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.

1 Thessalonians 5:6 (BSB)

Therefore let us not sleep, as [do] others; but let us watch and be sober.

1 Thessalonians 5:6 (KJV)

so then let’s not sleep, as the rest do, but let’s watch and be sober.

1 Thessalonians 5:6 (WEB)

“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”

Revelation 16:15 (BSB)

Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed [is] he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

Revelation 16:15 (KJV)

“Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he doesn’t walk naked, and they see his shame.”

Revelation 16:15 (WEB)

But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.

2 Thessalonians 3:3 (BSB)

But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep [you] from evil.

2 Thessalonians 3:3 (KJV)

But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one.

2 Thessalonians 3:3 (WEB)

But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

2 Timothy 4:5 (BSB)

But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.

2 Timothy 4:5 (KJV)

But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.

2 Timothy 4:5 (WEB)

Wake up and strengthen what remains, which is about to die; for I have found your deeds incomplete in the sight of My God.

Revelation 3:2 (BSB)

Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.

Revelation 3:2 (KJV)

Wake up and strengthen the things that remain, which you were about to throw away, for I have found no works of yours perfected before my God.

Revelation 3:2 (WEB)

Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.

Revelation 3:3 (BSB)

Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.

Revelation 3:3 (KJV)

Remember therefore how you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If therefore you won’t watch, I will come as a thief, and you won’t know what hour I will come upon you.

Revelation 3:3 (WEB)

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