11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Cor 16:13 — Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
• 1Cor 16:13 — Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
• 1Pet 1:13 — Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
• 1Pet 1:13 — Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
• 1Pet 4:7 — But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
• 1Pet 4:7 — But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
• 1Pet 5:8 — Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
• 1Pet 5:8 — Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
• 1Tim 2:9 — In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
• 2Sam 11:2 — And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautif
• 2Tim 4:5 — But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
• 2Tim 4:5 — But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
• Col 4:2 — Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
• Eph 5:14 — Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
• Eph 5:14 — Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
• Eph 6:18 — Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
• Isa 5:11 — Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
• Isa 56:10 — His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
• Jonah 1:6 — So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
• Jude 1:12 — These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit,
• Luke 12:37 — Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
• Luke 12:39 — And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.
• Luke 12:40 — Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
• Luke 21:36 — Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
• Luke 22:46 — And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
• Mark 13:34 — For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
• Mark 13:36 — Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
• Mark 13:37 — And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
• Mark 14:37 — And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?
• Matt 5:16 — Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
• Matt 13:25 — But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
• Matt 24:42 — Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
• Matt 24:42 — Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
• Matt 25:5 — While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
• Matt 25:5 — While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
• Matt 25:13 — Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
• Matt 25:13 — Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
• Matt 26:40 — And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
• Prov 19:15 — Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
• Prov 24:33 — Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: