Quotes about Alertness
The cost of freedom is eternal vigilance.
— Thomas Jefferson
When he turned around and saw me, he called out and I answered, ‘Here I am!’
— 2 Samuel 1:7
At that time the Jews who lived nearby came and told us ten times over, “Wherever you turn, they will attack us.”
— Nehemiah 4:12
So neither I nor my brothers nor my servants nor the guards with me changed out of our clothes; each carried his weapon, even to go for water.
— Nehemiah 4:23
I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids,
— Psalm 132:4
How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
— Proverbs 6:9
You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:
— Proverbs 23:34
None of them grows weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no sandal strap is broken.
— Isaiah 5:27
Then the lookout shouted: “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post.
— Isaiah 21:8
How long must I see the signal flag and hear the sound of the horn?
— Jeremiah 4:21
But if the watchman sees the sword coming and fails to blow the horn to warn the people, and the sword comes and takes away a life, then that one will be taken away in his iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountable for his blood.’
— Ezekiel 33:6
Jesus answered, “See to it that no one deceives you.
— Matthew 24:4