Luke 21:34-35

Watch Yourselves

³⁴ "But watch yourselves _f lest _g your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and _h cares of this life, and _i that day come upon you suddenly _j like a trap. ³⁵ For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of the whole earth.

1. Cross References
   Romans 13:13
   Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy.
   1 Thessalonians 5:6 - 7
   So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober.
   1 Peter 4:7
   The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers.
   
2. Cross References
   James 5:5
   You have lived on the earth in luxury and in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
   
3. Cross References
   Matthew 13:22
   As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.
   
4. Cross References
   1 Thessalonians 5:3 - 4
   While people are saying, "There is peace and security," then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
   Luke 12:40
   You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
   
5. Cross References
   Ecclesiastes 9:12
   For man does not know his time. Like fish that are taken in an evil net, and like birds that are caught in a snare, so the children of man are snared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them.
   Isaiah 24:17
   Terror and the pit and the snare are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth!