Romans 13:12
The night is far gone, and the day is near: so let us put off the works of the dark, arming ourselves with light,
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Job 24:14He who is purposing death gets up before day, so that he may put to death the poor and those in need.
Isaiah 2:20In that day men will put their images of silver and of gold, which they made for worship, in the keeping of the beasts of the dark places;
Ezekiel 18:31Put away all your evil-doing in which you have done sin; and make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit: why are you desiring death, O children of Israel?
Romans 13:14But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not give thought to the flesh to do its desires.
Ephesians 4:22That you are to put away, in relation to your earlier way of life, the old man, which has become evil by love of deceit;
Ephesians 6:11Take up God's instruments of war, so that you may be able to keep your position against all the deceits of the Evil One.
Matthew Henry on Romans 13:12-14
The Christian Directory. ( a. d. 58.) 11 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. 12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. 13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. 14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh,… Read the whole commentary →