Psalms 32:6

6 Therefore let everyone who is agodly
offer prayer to you at a time when you bmay be found;
surely in the rush of cgreat waters,
they shall not reach him.

Isaiah 65:1

Judgment and Salvation

1 dI was ready to be sought by ethose who did not ask for me;
I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me.
I said, “Here I am, here I am,”
to a nation that was not called by
Or  that did not call upon
my name.

Matthew 25:1-13

The Parable of the Ten Virgins

1Then the kingdom of heaven will be like gten virgins who took their lamps
Or torches
and went to meet ithe bridegroom.
Some manuscripts add and the bride
2Five of them were foolish, and five were kwise. 3For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, 4but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. 5As the bridegroom lwas delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. 6But mat midnight there was a cry, ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’ 7Then all those virgins rose and ntrimmed their lamps. 8And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ 9But the wise answered, saying, ‘Since there will not be enough for us and for you, go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.’ 10And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came, and othose who were ready went in with him to pthe marriage feast, and qthe door was shut. 11Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, rLord, lord, open to us.’ 12 sBut he answered, ‘Truly, I say to you, tI do not know you.’ 13 uWatch therefore, for you vknow neither the day nor the hour.

John 7:34

34 wYou will seek me and you will not find me. Where I am you cannot come.”

John 8:21

21So he said to them again, xI am going away, and yyou will seek me, and zyou will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”

2 Corinthians 6:2

2For he says,

aa“In a favorable time I listened to you,
and in a day of salvation I have helped you.”
Behold, abnow is the acfavorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.

Hebrews 2:3

3 adhow shall we escape if we aeneglect such a great salvation? It was afdeclared at first by the Lord, and it was agattested to us ahby those who heard,

Hebrews 3:13

13But aiexhort one another every day, as long as it is calledtoday,” that none of you may be hardened by ajthe deceitfulness of sin.

Hebrews 3:15

15As it is said,

akToday, if you hear his voice,
do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”
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