Luke 12:35
Let your loins be girded, and your lamps burning,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 he also.
Cross References
1 Kings 18:46but, the hand of Yahweh, came upon Elijah, so he girded his loins,—and ran before Ahab, until thou enterest Jezreel.
Isaiah 5:27None shall be weary, and none shall stumble in his midst, He shall neither slumber nor sleep,—Nor shall be loosened, the girdle of his loins, Nor snapped, the thong of his sandals:
Matthew 5:16In like manner, let your light shine before men,—that they may see your good 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 girded your loins with truth, and put on the breastplate of righteousness,
1 Peter 1:13Wherefore, girding up the loins of your mind, keeping sober, perseveringly direct your hope unto the favour, being borne along to you, in the revealing 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 →