Luke 12:35
Let your loins be girded about, and the lights burning,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
In Context
34For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Cross References
1 Kings 18:46And the hand of LORD was on Elijah, and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
Isaiah 5:27None shall be weary nor stumble among them. None shall slumber nor sleep, nor shall the belt of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken,
Matthew 5:16Thus your light should shine before men, so that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father in the heavens.
Matthew 25:4But the wise took olive oil in their vessels with their lamps.
Ephesians 6:14Stand ye therefore having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
1 Peter 1:13Therefore having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, hope entirely for the grace brought to you at the revealing of Jesus Christ.
Matthew Henry on Luke 12:23-41
Inordinate Care Reproved. 22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. 23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. 24 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls? 25 And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? 26 If ye then be not able to do that… Read the whole commentary →