1 Thessalonians 5:3
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3 When they say, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and there will be no escape!(A)
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Luke 21:34-35
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Exhortation to Watch
34 “Be on guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life and that day does not catch you unexpectedly,(A) 35 like a trap. For it will come upon all who live on the face of the whole earth.
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Matthew 24:37-39
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37 For as the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.(A) 38 For as in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark, 39 and they knew nothing until the flood came and swept them all away, so, too, will be the coming of the Son of Man.
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Hebrews 2:3
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3 how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? It was declared at first through the Lord, and it was confirmed for us by those who heard him,(A)
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Revelation 18:7-8
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7 As she glorified herself and lived luxuriously,
so give her a like measure of torment and grief.
Since in her heart she says,
‘I rule as a queen;
I am no widow,
and I will never see grief,’(A)
8 therefore her plagues will come in a single day—
pestilence and mourning and famine—
and she will be burned with fire,
for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”(B)
Luke 17:26-30
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26 Just as it was in the days of Noah, so, too, it will be in the days of the Son of Man.(A) 27 They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage until the day Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed all of them. 28 Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot, they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building,(B) 29 but on the day that Lot left Sodom it rained fire and sulfur from heaven and destroyed all of them; 30 it will be like that on the day that the Son of Man is revealed.
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Daniel 5:3-6
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3 So they brought in the vessels of gold that had been taken out of the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines drank from them. 4 They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.(A)
The Writing on the Wall
5 Immediately the fingers of a human hand appeared and began writing on the plaster of the wall of the royal palace, next to the lampstand. The king was watching the hand as it wrote.(B) 6 Then the king’s face turned pale, and his thoughts terrified him. His limbs gave way, and his knees knocked together.(C)
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2 Peter 2:4
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4 For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned but cast them into hell and committed them to chains[a] of deepest darkness to be kept until the judgment;(A)
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- 2.4 Other ancient authorities read pits
Jeremiah 22:23
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23 O inhabitant of Lebanon,
nested among the cedars,
how you will groan[a] when pangs come upon you,
pain as of a woman in labor!
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- 22.23 Gk Vg Syr: Heb will be pitied
Jeremiah 13:21
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21 What will you say when they set as head over you
those whom you have trained
to be your allies?
Will not pangs seize you
like those of a woman in labor?(A)
Isaiah 43:6-9
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6 I will say to the north, “Give them up,”
and to the south, “Do not withhold;
bring my sons from far away
and my daughters from the end of the earth—(A)
7 everyone who is called by my name,
whom I created for my glory,
whom I formed and made.”(B)
8 Bring forth the people who are blind yet have eyes,
who are deaf yet have ears!(C)
9 Let all the nations gather together,
and let the peoples assemble.
Who among them declared this
and foretold to us the former things?
Let them bring their witnesses to justify them,
and let them hear and say, “It is true.”(D)
Acts 13:41
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41 ‘Look, you scoffers!
Be amazed and perish,
for in your days I am doing a work,
a work that you will never believe, even if someone tells you.’ ”
Jeremiah 6:24
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24 “We have heard news of them;
our hands fall helpless;
anguish has taken hold of us,
pain as of a woman in labor.(A)
Jeremiah 4:31
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31 For I heard a cry as of a woman in labor,
anguish as of one bringing forth her first child,
the cry of daughter Zion gasping for breath,
stretching out her hands,
“Woe is me! I am fainting before killers!”(A)
Isaiah 21:3-4
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3 Therefore my loins are filled with anguish;
pangs have seized me
like the pangs of a woman in labor;
I am bowed down so that I cannot hear;
I am dismayed so that I cannot see.(A)
4 My mind reels; horror has appalled me;
the twilight I longed for
has been turned for me into trembling.(B)
Psalm 48:6
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6 trembling took hold of them there,
pains as of a woman in labor,
Psalm 10:11-13
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11 They think in their heart, “God has forgotten;
he has hidden his face; he will never see it.”(A)
12 Rise up, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand;
do not forget the oppressed.(B)
13 Why do the wicked renounce God
and say in their hearts, “You will not call us to account”?
2 Thessalonians 1:9
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9 These will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,(A)
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Nahum 1:10
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10 Like thorns they are entangled;
like drunkards they are drunk;
they are consumed like dry straw.(A)
Proverbs 29:1
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29 One who is often reproved, yet remains stubborn,
will suddenly be broken beyond healing.(A)
Psalm 73:18-20
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Judges 18:27-28
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The Danites Settle in Laish
27 The Danites, having taken what Micah had made and the priest who belonged to him, came to Laish, to a people quiet and unsuspecting, put them to the sword, and burned down the city.(A) 28 There was no deliverer because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with Aram.[a] It was in the valley that belongs to Beth-rehob. They rebuilt the city and lived in it.(B)
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- 18.28 Cn: Heb with anyone
Deuteronomy 29:19
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19 All who hear the words of this oath and bless themselves, thinking in their hearts, ‘We are safe even though we go our own stubborn ways’ (thus sweeping away the moist with the dry)[a]—
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- 29.19 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Hebrews 12:23
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23 and to the assembly[a] of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,(A)
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- 12.23 Or angels, and to the festal gathering
and assembly
Micah 4:9-10
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9 Now why do you cry aloud?
Is there no king in you?
Has your counselor perished,
that pangs have seized you like a woman in labor?(A)
10 Writhe and groan,[a] O daughter Zion,
like a woman in labor,
for now you shall go forth from the city
and camp in the open country;
you shall go to Babylon.
There you shall be rescued;
there the Lord will redeem you
from the hands of your enemies.(B)
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- 4.10 Meaning of Heb uncertain
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