Luke 12:35
Let your loins be girt, and lamps burning in your hands.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
In Context
34For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Cross References
1 Kings 18:46And the hand of the Lord was upon Elias, and he girded up his loins and ran before Achab, till he came to Jezrahel.
Isaiah 5:27There is none that shall faint, nor labour among them: they shall not slumber nor sleep, neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken.
Matthew 5:16So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 25:4But the wise took oil in their vessels with the lamps.
Ephesians 6:14Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of justice,
1 Peter 1:13Wherefore having the loins of your mind girt up, being sober, trust perfectly in the grace which is offered you in 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 →