Amos 5:13
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13 Therefore (A)the prudent keep silent at that time,
For it is an evil time.
Ephesians 5:15-16
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Walk in Wisdom
15 (A)See then that you walk [a]circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, 16 (B)redeeming the time, (C)because the days are evil.
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- Ephesians 5:15 carefully
Micah 2:3
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3 Therefore thus says the Lord:
“Behold, against this (A)family I am devising (B)disaster,
From which you cannot remove your necks;
Nor shall you walk haughtily,
For this is an evil time.
Hosea 4:4
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4 “Now let no man contend, or rebuke another;
For your people are like those (A)who contend with the priest.
Ecclesiastes 3:7
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Ephesians 6:13
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13 (A)Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand (B)in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
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Matthew 27:12-14
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12 And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, (A)He answered nothing.
13 Then Pilate said to Him, (B)“Do You not hear how many things they testify against You?” 14 But He answered him not one word, so that the governor marveled greatly.
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Zephaniah 2:2-3
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2 Before the decree is issued,
Or the day passes like chaff,
Before the Lord’s fierce anger comes upon you,
Before the day of the Lord’s anger comes upon you!
3 (A)Seek the Lord, (B)all you meek of the earth,
Who have upheld His justice.
Seek righteousness, seek humility.
(C)It may be that you will be hidden
In the day of the Lord’s anger.
Habakkuk 3:16
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16 When I heard, (A)my body trembled;
My lips quivered at the voice;
Rottenness entered my bones;
And I trembled in myself,
That I might rest in the day of trouble.
When he comes up to the people,
He will invade them with his troops.
Micah 7:5-7
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5 (A)Do not trust in a friend;
Do not put your confidence in a companion;
Guard the doors of your mouth
From her who lies in your (B)bosom.
6 For (C)son dishonors father,
Daughter rises against her mother,
Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
A man’s enemies are the men of his own household.
7 Therefore I will look to the Lord;
I will (D)wait for the God of my salvation;
My God will hear me.
Amos 6:10
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10 And when [a]a relative of the dead, with one who will burn the bodies, picks up the [b]bodies to take them out of the house, he will say to one inside the house, “Are there any more with you?”
Then someone will say, “None.”
And he will say, (A)“Hold your tongue! (B)For we dare not mention the name of the Lord.”
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Isaiah 37:3
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3 And they said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah: ‘This day is a day of (A)trouble and rebuke and [a]blasphemy; for the children have come to birth, but there is no strength to bring them forth.
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- Isaiah 37:3 contempt
Isaiah 36:21
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21 But they [a]held their peace and answered him not a word; for the king’s commandment was, “Do not answer him.”
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- Isaiah 36:21 were silent
Ecclesiastes 9:12
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12 For (A)man also does not know his time:
Like fish taken in a cruel net,
Like birds caught in a snare,
So the sons of men are (B)snared in an evil time,
When it falls suddenly upon them.
2 Timothy 3:1
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Perilous Times and Perilous Men
3 But know this, that (A)in the last days [a]perilous times will come:
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- 2 Timothy 3:1 times of stress
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