50 Bible Verses About the Ten Virgins

“A widow, or one divorced, or a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute, these he shall not marry: but a virgin of his own people shall he take as a wife.”

“Then the king’s servants who served him said, “Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king.”

“She shall be led to the king in embroidered work. The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to you.”

“Search in the book of Yahweh, and read: not one of these will be missing. None will lack her mate. For my mouth has commanded, and his Spirit has gathered them.”

“Lift up your eyes all around, and see: all these gather themselves together, and come to you. As I live,” says Yahweh, “you shall surely clothe yourself with them all as with an ornament, and dress yourself with them, like a bride.”

“They will come and sing in the height of Zion, and will flow to the goodness of Yahweh, to the grain, to the new wine, to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd. Their soul will be as a watered garden. They will not sorrow any more at all.”

“Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance; the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.”

“The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to the solemn assembly. All her gates are desolate. Her priests sigh. Her virgins are afflicted, and she herself is in bitterness.”

“Gather the people. Sanctify the assembly. Assemble the elders. Gather the children, and those who nurse from breasts. Let the bridegroom go out of his room, and the bride out of her room.”

“In that day the beautiful virgins and the young men will faint for thirst.”

“For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.”

“Jesus said to them, “Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.”

“Again he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My cattle and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage feast!”’”

““Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom.”

“Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.”

“Watch therefore, for you don’t know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.”

“the voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make ready the way of the Lord! Make his paths straight!’”Isaiah 40:3”

“For when they will rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.”

“Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don’t know when the time is.”

“They went out,TR adds “quickly” and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had come on them. They said nothing to anyone; for they were afraid.One isolated manuscript omits verses 9-20 but adds this “short ending of Mark” to the end of verse 8: They told all that had been commanded them briefly to those around Peter. After that, Jesus himself sent them out, from east to west, with the sacred and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation.”

““Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.”

“Be like men watching for their lord, when he returns from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.”

“Blessed are those servants, whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you, that he will dress himself, and make them recline, and will come and serve them.”

“Jesus answered, “Weren’t the ten cleansed? But where are the nine?”

“Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.””

“Jesus therefore said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.”

“Again another Scripture says, “They will look on him whom they pierced.”Zechariah 12:10”

“Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy.”

“There is also a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world—how she may please her husband.”

“in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.”

“Servants,or, Deacons. in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money;”

“Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.”

“to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God’s word may not be blasphemed.”

“looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it;”

“Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.”

“You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.”

“Therefore prepare your minds for action,literally, “gird up the waist of your mind” or “put on the belt of the waist of your mind” be sober, and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ—”

“But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.”

“knowing this first, that in the last days mockers will come, walking after their own lusts,”

“About these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold,“Behold”, from “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection. the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,”

“Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.”

“The seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.”

“These are those who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed by Jesus from among men, the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.”

“The seven angels who had the seven plagues came out, clothed with pure, bright linen, and wearing golden sashes around their breasts.”

““Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he doesn’t walk naked, and they see his shame.””

“The ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the prostitute, will make her desolate, will strip her naked, will eat her flesh, and will burn her utterly with fire.”

“Let us rejoice and be exceedingly glad, and let us give the glory to him. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready.””

“I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.”

“One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were loaded with the seven last plagues came, and he spoke with me, saying, “Come here. I will show you the wife, the Lamb’s bride.””

“The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” He who hears, let him say, “Come!” He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.”