Luke 12:35
Let your loynes be girde about, and your lyghtes brennyng,
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
In Context
34For where your treasure is, there wyl your hearte be also.
Cross References
Isaiah 5:27There shall not be one faynt nor feeble among them, no not a sluggishe nor sleepie person: there shall not one of them put of his gyrdle from his loynes, nor loose the latchet of his shoe.
Matthew 5:16Let your lyght so shyne before men, that they may see your good workes, and glorifie your father, whiche is in heauen.
Matthew 25:4But the wise, toke oyle in their vessels, with their lampes also.
1 Peter 1:13Wherfore girde vp the loynes of your mynde, be sober, and trust perfectly on the grace that is brought vnto you, by the reuelation of Iesus Christe:
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 →