Matthew 25:6
But at midnight there was a cry, 'Look, the bridegroom! Go out and meet him.'
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
In Context
5Now while the bridegroom was delayed, they all got sleepy and slept.
7Then all those virgins rose up and trimmed their lamps.
Cross References
Psalms 50:3Our God comes and does not stay silent; 1 a fire devours before him, 1 and it is very stormy around him. 1
Psalms 98:9Yahweh is coming to judge the earth; 1 he will judge the world with righteousness 1 and the nations with fairness.
Amos 4:12Therefore I will do something terrible to you, Israel; 1 and because I will do something terrible to you, 1 prepare to meet your God, Israel! 1
Matthew 24:31He will send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.
Matthew 25:1Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.
Mark 13:33Be alert! Watch, because you do not know what time it is. + 13:33 Some ancient authorities read: Be alert! Watch and pray .
Matthew Henry on Matthew 25:2-14
The Parable of the Ten Virgins. 1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. 7 Then all those… Read the whole commentary →