Luke 12:35
Let your long clothing be tucked in at your belt, and let your lamps be kept burning,
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 18:46but the hand of Yahweh was on Elijah. He tucked his robe in his belt and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
Isaiah 5:27None tire or stumble among them; none slumbers or sleeps. 1 Nor are their belts loose, or the thongs of their sandals broken. 1
Matthew 5:16Let your light shine before people in such a way that they see your good deeds and praise your Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 25:4But the wise virgins took containers of oil along with their lamps.
Ephesians 6:14Stand, therefore, after you have put on the belt of truth and the breastplate of righteousness.
1 Peter 1:13So gird up the loins of your mind. Be sober. Put your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed.
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 →