1 Thessalonians 5:7

For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.

Cross-reference

Acts 2:15 Parallel

Acts 2:15 assumes drunkenness is inappropriate at 9am, reinforcing Paul's claim that drunkenness belongs to the night.

2 Peter 2:13 condemns reveling in the daytime, contrasting with Paul's assumption that such behavior belongs to the night.

Ephesians 5:14 quotes 'Awake, O sleeper' — reinforces the call to spiritual alertness contrasting with physical sleep.

1 Corinthians 15:34 calls to wake from drunken stupor — uses same metaphor of spiritual sobriety Paul employs here.

Romans 13:13 contrasts daytime conduct with drunkenness — directly parallels Paul's night/day metaphor for proper behavior.

1 Samuel 25:36 Historical context

1 Samuel 25:36 shows Nabal drunk at night — a concrete narrative example of the nighttime drunkenness Paul describes.

Luke 21:34 Parallel

Luke 21:34 warns against drunkenness and dissipation that weigh down hearts before the day of the Lord — same theme of avoiding nighttime behaviors.

Daniel 5:5 Historical context

Daniel 5:5 shows the hand writing judgment immediately after the night drinking feast, connecting night revelry to divine consequences.

Daniel 5:4 Historical context

Daniel 5:4 records Belshazzar's feast with wine drinking at night, a clear example of the night revelry Paul references.

Proverbs 23:29-35 details the woes of lingering over wine at night, directly echoing the drunkenness Paul associates with darkness.

1 Samuel 25:37 Historical context

In 1 Samuel 25:37, Nabal's drunkenness from the night before is exposed at morning — illustrating the night-drinking pattern Paul describes.

Ephesians 5:18 explicitly commands 'do not get drunk with wine,' providing a direct imperative parallel to the descriptive statement here.

Ephesians 5:11 calls believers to expose 'works of darkness,' directly echoing the night/darkness imagery of this verse.

Isaiah 21:5 Parallel

Isaiah 21:5 describes feasting and drinking in Babylon's night of revelry, paralleling Paul's association of night with drunkenness.

Isaiah 5:11 Parallel

Isaiah 5:11 condemns those who chase strong drink from morning till night, overlapping with Paul's night drinking but also including daytime.

Galatians 5:21 names drunkenness as a work of the flesh that excludes from God's kingdom, reinforcing the moral condemnation implied in this verse.

1 Peter 1:13 calls for sober-mindedness, the opposite of the drunkenness described here, setting up the contrast between nighttime and daytime behavior.