Matthew 24:38 Cross References

Matthew 24:38

38: In those days before the Flood, the people were enjoying banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat.

"When the Son of Man returns, the world will be like the people were in Noah's day.
In those days before the flood, the people enjoyed banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat and the flood came to destroy them all.
"And the world will be as it was in the days of Lot. People went about their daily business--eating and drinking, buying and selling, farming and building--

"Watch out! Don't let me find you living in careless ease and drunkenness, and filled with the worries of this life. Don't let that day catch you unaware,

the sons of God saw the beautiful women of the human race and took any they wanted as their wives.

But they all began making excuses. One said he had just bought a field and wanted to inspect it, so he asked to be excused.
Another said he had just bought five pair of oxen and wanted to try them out.
Another had just been married, so he said he couldn't come.

We should be decent and true in everything we do, so that everyone can approve of our behavior. Don't participate in wild parties and getting drunk, or in adultery and immoral living, or in fighting and jealousy.
But let the Lord Jesus Christ take control of you, and don't think of ways to indulge your evil desires.

Sodom's sins were pride, laziness, and gluttony, while the poor and needy suffered outside her door.
She was proud and did loathsome things, so I wiped her out, as you have seen.

Now let me say this, dear brothers and sisters: The time that remains is very short, so husbands should not let marriage be their major concern.
Happiness or sadness or wealth should not keep anyone from doing God's work.
Those in frequent contact with the things of the world should make good use of them without becoming attached to them, for this world and all it contains will pass away.

The Lord, the LORD Almighty, called you to weep and mourn. He told you to shave your heads in sorrow for your sins and to wear clothes of sackcloth to show your remorse.
But instead, you dance and play; you slaughter sacrificial animals, feast on meat, and drink wine. "Let's eat, drink, and be merry," you say. "What's the difference, for tomorrow we die."
The LORD Almighty has revealed to me that this sin will never be forgiven you until the day you die. That is the judgment of the Lord, the LORD Almighty.

and he went aboard the boat to escape--he and his wife and his sons and their wives.

And I'll sit back and say to myself, My friend, you have enough stored away for years to come. Now take it easy! Eat, drink, and be merry!'

You push away every thought of coming disaster, but your actions only bring the day of judgment closer.
How terrible it will be for you who sprawl on ivory beds surrounded with luxury, eating the meat of tender lambs and choice calves.
You sing idle songs to the sound of the harp, and you fancy yourselves to be great musicians, as King David was.
You drink wine by the bowlful, and you perfume yourselves with exotic fragrances, caring nothing at all that your nation is going to ruin.

For when the dead rise, they won't be married. They will be like the angels in heaven.

When Abigail arrived home, she found that Nabal had thrown a big party and was celebrating like a king. He was very drunk, so she didn't tell him anything about her meeting with David until the next morning.
The next morning when he was sober, she told him what had happened. As a result he had a stroke, and he lay on his bed paralyzed.
About ten days later, the LORD struck him and he died.

But if the servant thinks, 'My master won't be back for a while,' and begins oppressing the other servants, partying, and getting drunk--

So the Egyptian led them to the Amalekite encampment. When David and his men arrived, the Amalekites were spread out across the fields, eating and drinking and dancing with joy because of the vast amount of plunder they had taken from the Philistines and the land of Judah.
David and his men rushed in among them and slaughtered them throughout that night and the entire next day until evening. None of the Amalekites escaped except four hundred young men who fled on camels.

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