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Matthew 24:43 (KJV)

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.

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Exodus 22:2 - If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, [there shall] no blood [be shed] for him.
Job 24:16 - In the dark they dig through houses, [which] they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
Proverbs 7:19 - For the goodman [is] not at home, he is gone a long journey:
Matthew 20:11 - ‹And when they had received› [it], ‹they murmured against the goodman of the house,›
Matthew 24:44 - ‹Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.›
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.›
1 Thessalonians 5:2 - For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
2 Peter 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.

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