Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
Good-man
Would not
General references
Bible References
Good-man
Matthew 20:11 When they received it, they grumbled at the landowner,
Proverbs 7:19 “For my husband is not at home,
He has gone on a long journey;
He has gone on a long journey;
Had
Luke 12:39 “But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
1 Thessalonians 5:2
For you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night.
2 Peter 3:10
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up.
Would not
Exodus 22:2
“If the thief is caught while breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no bloodguiltiness on his account.
General references
Matthew 25:13 Be on the alert then, for you do not know the day nor the hour.
Mark 13:33 “Take heed, keep on the alert; for you do not know when the appointed time will come.
Luke 12:39 “But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.