Bible Verses about “lateness”
Found 32 verses (ordered by relevance) about “lateness” in the KJV version of the Bible
“But this I say, brethren, the time [is] short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;”
“¶ To every [thing there is] a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:”
“Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.”
“And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”
“¶ The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.”
“See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,”
“¶ And that, knowing the time, that now [it is] high time to awake out of sleep: for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed.”
“‹Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.›”
“¶ But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day [is] with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.”
“¶ The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.”
“‹Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.›”
“‹Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.›”
“‹And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.›”
“¶ ‹Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.›”
“‹And five of them were wise, and five› [were] ‹foolish.›”
“‹They that› [were] ‹foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:›”
“‹But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.›”
“‹While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.›”
“‹Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.›”
“‹And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.›”
“‹But the wise answered, saying,› [Not so]; ‹lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.›”
“‹And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.›”
“‹Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.›”
“‹But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.›”
“‹Let your loins be girded about, and› [your] ‹lights burning;›”
“¶ He that gathereth in summer [is] a wise son: [but] he that sleepeth in harvest [is] a son that causeth shame.”
“‹And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.›”
“‹Blessed› [are] ‹those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.›”
“‹And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find› [them] ‹so, blessed are those servants.›”
“‹And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.›”
“‹But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.›”
“Jesus answered, ‹Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.›”