1 Thessalonians 5:7

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“For those who sleep, sleep at night; and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.”

What this verse means

Read 1 Thessalonians 5:7 in the flow of 1 Thessalonians5 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open 1 Thessalonians5 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

“For those who sleep, sleep at night; and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that are drunken are drunken in the night.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“for those sleeping, by night do sleep, and those making themselves drunk, by night are drunken,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Thessalonians 5:7 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Samuel 25:36When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.
  2. Job 4:13In disquieting visions in the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
  3. Job 33:15In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,
  4. Proverbs 23:29Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?
  5. Isaiah 21:4My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight of my desire has turned to horror.
  6. Daniel 5:4As they drank the wine, they praised their gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone.
  7. Luke 21:34But 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.
  8. Acts 2:15These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It is only the third hour of the day!
  9. Romans 13:13Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
  10. 1 Corinthians 15:34Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.
  11. Ephesians 5:14So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
  12. 2 Peter 2:13The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.

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