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Rev 16:15 — Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed [is] he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

I come		Rev 3:3; Mat 24:43; 1Th 5:2,3; 2Pe 3:10
Blessed		Mat 24:42; Mat 25:13; Mat 26:41; Mar 13:33-37; Mar 14:38; Luk 12:37-43; Luk 21:36; Act 20:31; 1Th 5:6; 1Pe 4:7
lest		Rev 3:4,18; Exd 32:25; Isa 47:3; Eze 16:37; Hsa 2:3; Hab 2:15; 2Cr 5:3

Correlating Passages

I come

	Rev 3:3	Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
	Mat 24:43	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.
	1Th 5:2	For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
	1Th 5:3	For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
	2Pe 3:10	But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

Blessed

	Mat 24:42	Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
	Mat 25:13	Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
	Mat 26:41	Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed [is] willing, but the flesh [is] weak.
	Mar 13:33	Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
	Mar 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.
	Mar 13:35	Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
	Mar 13:36	Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
	Mar 13:37	And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
	Mar 14:38	Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly [is] ready, but the flesh [is] weak.
	Luk 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.
	Luk 12:38	And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find [them] so, blessed are those servants.
	Luk 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.
	Luk 12:40	Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
	Luk 12:41	Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?
	Luk 12:42	And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom [his] lord shall make ruler over his household, to give [them their] portion of meat in due season?
	Luk 12:43	Blessed [is] that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
	Luk 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.
	Act 20:31	Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.
	1Th 5:6	Therefore let us not sleep, as [do] others; but let us watch and be sober.
	1Pe 4:7	But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

lest

	Rev 3:4	Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
	Rev 3:18	I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and [that] the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
	Exd 32:25	And when Moses saw that the people [were] naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto [their] shame among their enemies:)
	Isa 47:3	Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet [thee as] a man.
	Eze 16:37	Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all [them] that thou hast loved, with all [them] that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.
	Hsa 2:3	Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
	Hab 2:15	Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to [him], and makest [him] drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
	2Cr 5:3	If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

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Scott, Thomas. "Revelation 16:15," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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