1 Peter 4:7

The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.

Cross References (31)

  • James 5:8–9 (46)

    You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.

  • 1 Peter 1:13 (37)

    Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revela

  • 2 Timothy 4:5 (26)

    But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

  • Luke 21:34 (26)

    But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that

  • 1 Peter 5:8 (26)

    Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

  • Hebrews 10:25 (21)

    Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as yo

  • Colossians 4:2 (16)

    Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful,

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:6–8 (15)

    So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.

  • Titus 2:12 (11)

    It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the pres

  • Philippians 4:5 (10)

    Let your gentleness be apparent to all. The Lord is near.

  • Mark 14:37–38 (10)

    Then Jesus returned and found them sleeping. “Simon, are you asleep?” He asked. “Were you not able to keep watch for one

  • Revelation 16:15 (10)

    “Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and le

  • Romans 12:12 (10)

    Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.

  • Ezekiel 7:6 (10)

    The end has come! The end has come! It has roused itself against you. Behold, it has come!

  • Ephesians 6:18 (9)

    Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance i

  • Romans 13:11–12 (9)

    And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is ne

  • Matthew 24:42 (7)

    Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.

  • 1 Corinthians 7:29 (7)

    What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;

  • Jeremiah 5:31 (7)

    The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do i

  • 1 John 2:18–19 (7)

    Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have ap

  • Luke 22:46 (7)

    “Why are you sleeping?” He asked. “Get up and pray so that you will not enter into temptation.”

  • 2 Peter 3:9–11 (7)

    The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to

  • Matthew 24:13–14 (7)

    But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:24 (7)

    Then the end will come, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority,

  • Luke 21:36 (6)

    So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand b

  • 1 Peter 3:7 (6)

    Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of t

  • Mark 13:33–37 (6)

    Be on your guard and stay alert! For you do not know when the appointed time will come.

  • Matthew 26:38–41 (5)

    Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.”

  • Matthew 25:13 (5)

    Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.

  • Ecclesiastes 7:2 (4)

    It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living

  • Ezekiel 7:2–3 (3)

    “O son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says to the land of Israel: ‘The end! The end has come upon the four corners of