"And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him." — Matthew 25:6

Matthew 25:6 · KJV

“And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.”

— Matthew 25:6

Verse 5

While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

Verse 7

Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

Matthew 25 — Context

But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.

Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. {gone out: or, going out}

Cross References

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.

Matthew 24:44

Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

John 5:28-29

Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,

Matthew 24:31

And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. {with...: or, with a trumpet, and a great voice}

Matthew 25:1

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

Malachi 3:1-2

Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.

Isaiah 25:9

And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this {is} our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this {is} the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

1 Thessalonians 4:16

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: