Matthew 25:8
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The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’
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The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning.
Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it.
Look at those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead. I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I love you.
So he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.’
Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.
Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
Pay attention, therefore, to how you listen. Whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”
How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?