Luke 12:35
Let your loins be girded about, and lamps burning;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
In Context
34For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.
Cross References
1 Kings 18:46And the hand of Jehovah was upon Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jizreel.
Isaiah 5:27None among them is weary, none stumbleth; they slumber not, nor sleep; none hath the girdle of his loins loosed, nor the thong of his sandals broken;
Matthew 5:16Let your light thus shine before men, so that they may see your upright works, and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.
Matthew 25:4but the prudent took oil in their vessels with their torches.
Ephesians 6:14Stand therefore, having girt about your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
1 Peter 1:13Wherefore, having girded up the loins of your mind, [be] sober [and] hope with perfect stedfastness in the grace [which will be] brought to you at [the] revelation 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 →