Matthew 24:43
"But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up."
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- Luke 12:39
"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."
Read in chapter → - Matthew 24:44
"Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh."
Read in chapter → - 1 Thessalonians 5:2
"For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night."
Read in chapter → - 2 Peter 3:10
"But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up."
Read in chapter → - Matthew 20:11
"And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house,"
Read in chapter → - Exodus 22:2
"If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 7:19
"For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:"
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