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Luke 12:39

But understand this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

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ASV

But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have left his house to be broken through.

KJV

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.

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διορυχθῆναιdioruchthēnaito be broken intoG1358 →
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2 Peter 3:10But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.Revelation 3:3Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.Matthew 24:43But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.Revelation 16:15“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”Matthew 24:43–44But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.Psalms 91:5You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day,1 Thessalonians 5:6So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.1 Thessalonians 5:2–3For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.Ecclesiastes 9:12For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.Job 24:14When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.Proverbs 7:19For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.Matthew 6:19Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

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