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Rev 3:2 — Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

watchful		Rev 16:15; Isa 56:10; Isa 62:6,7; Eze 34:8-10,16; Zec 11:16; Mat 24:42-51; Mat 25:13; Mar 13:33-37; Act 20:28-31; 2Ti 4:1-4; 1Pe 4:7; 1Pe 5:8
strengthen		Rev 2:4; Deu 3:28; Job 4:4-5; Job 16:5; Isa 35:3; Luk 22:31,32; Act 18:23
thy works		1Ki 11:4; 1Ki 15:3; 2Ch 25:2; Isa 57:12; Dan 5:27; Mat 6:2-4; Mat 23:5,28-38

Correlating Passages

watchful

	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.
	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.
	Isa 62:6	I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, [which] shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
	Isa 62:7	And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
	Eze 34:8	[As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because [there was] no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;
	Eze 34:9	Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
	Eze 34:10	Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.
	Eze 34:16	I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up [that which was] broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
	Zec 11:16	For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, [which] shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.
	Mat 24:42	Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
	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.
	Mat 24:44	Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
	Mat 24:45	Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
	Mat 24:46	Blessed [is] that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
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	Mat 25:13	Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
	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.
	Act 20:28	Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
	Act 20:29	For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
	Act 20:30	Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
	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.
	2Ti 4:1	I charge [thee] therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
	2Ti 4:2	Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
	2Ti 4:3	For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
	2Ti 4:4	And they shall turn away [their] ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
	1Pe 4:7	But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
	1Pe 5:8	Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

strengthen

	Rev 2:4	Nevertheless I have [somewhat] against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
	Deu 3:28	But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see.
	Job 4:4	Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
	Job 4:5	But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
	Job 16:5	[But] I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage [your grief].
	Isa 35:3	Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
	Luk 22:31	And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired [to have] you, that he may sift [you] as wheat:
	Luk 22:32	But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
	Act 18:23	And after he had spent some time [there], he departed, and went over [all] the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.

thy works

	1Ki 11:4	For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, [that] his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as [was] the heart of David his father.
	1Ki 15:3	And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.
	2Ch 25:2	And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.
	Isa 57:12	I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.
	Dan 5:27	TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
	Mat 6:2	Therefore when thou doest [thine] alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
	Mat 6:3	But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
	Mat 6:4	That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
	Mat 23:5	But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
	Mat 23:28	Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
	Mat 23:29	Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
	Mat 23:30	And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
	Mat 23:31	Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
	Mat 23:32	Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
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Scott, Thomas. "Revelation 3:2," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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