Genesis 19:35

Then David the king went in, and sat before Yahweh; and he said, “Who am I, Lord Yahweh, and what is my house, that you have brought me this far?

Therefore let’s also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with perseverance the race that is set before us,

Though he stumble, he shall not fall, for Yahweh holds him up with his hand.

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

Yahweh, what is man, that you care for him? Or the son of man, that you think of him?

He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven no evil will touch you.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.

What is man, that you should magnify him, that you should set your mind on him,

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

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—

The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit. He who is under Yahweh’s wrath will fall into it.

Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

None who go to her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life.

but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.

Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.

“Moreover you shall tell them, ‘Yahweh says: “ ‘Do men fall, and not rise up again? Does one turn away, and not return?

and said to them, “Why do you sleep? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation.”

For I say through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.

Let’s walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy.

For when they are saying, “Peace and safety,” then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman. Then they will in no way escape.

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

instructing us to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present age;

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.

You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

She caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me!” He left his garment in her hand, and ran outside.

Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve Yahweh, their God. Don’t you yet know that Egypt is destroyed?”

Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:

It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; for that is the end of all men, and the living should take this to heart.

Stop trusting in man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what account is he?

Therefore Sheol has enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, their multitude, their pomp, and he who rejoices among them, descend into it.

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority; and my people love to have it so. What will you do in the end of it?

An end has come. The end has come! It awakes against you. Behold, it comes.

What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

Watch therefore, for you don’t know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.

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.”

Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,

with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints:

Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.

Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving,

Pray without ceasing.

that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in perseverance:

Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

God said to Noah, “I will bring an end to all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them and the earth.

Go and gather the elders of Israel together, and tell them, ‘Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, “I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt.

“You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink whenever you go into the Tent of Meeting, or you will die. This shall be a statute forever throughout your generations.

“ ‘If you in spite of these things will not listen to me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins.

Do you open your eyes on such a one, and bring me into judgment with you?

God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living.

to deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words,

The fear of Yahweh is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death.

The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.

For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

They also reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink. The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink. They are swallowed up by wine. They stagger with strong drink. They err in vision. They stumble in judgment.

Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.

Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

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

Watch and pray, that you don’t enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don’t know when the time is.

Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don’t expect him.”

When he was at the place, he said to them, “Pray that you don’t enter into temptation.”

rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;

But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortionist. Don’t even eat with such a person.

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit God’s Kingdom.

But I say this, brothers: the time is short, that from now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;

Then the end comes, when he will deliver up the Kingdom to God, even the Father, when he will have abolished all rule and all authority and power.

pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;

envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom.

You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as also being joint heirs of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.

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.

“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.”

Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. Therefore she told him nothing until the morning light.

David said, “As Yahweh lives, Yahweh will strike him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall go down into battle and perish.

“But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can’t contain you; how much less this house which I have built!

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath was pacified.

How much less man, who is a worm, the son of man, who is a worm!”

You sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? Will you love vanity and seek after falsehood?

what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him?

Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.

A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a trustworthy envoy gains healing.

for a righteous man falls seven times and rises up again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.

I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.

Then he said to me, “Have you seen this, son of man? You will again see yet greater abominations than these.”

“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.

But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.