Jeremiah 13:16
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16 Give glory to the Lord your God
before it is too late.
Acknowledge him before he brings darkness upon you,
causing you to stumble and fall on the darkening mountains.
For then, when you look for light,
you will find only terrible darkness and gloom.
Isaiah 59:9
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9 So there is no justice among us,
and we know nothing about right living.
We look for light but find only darkness.
We look for bright skies but walk in gloom.
Isaiah 8:22
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22 and down at the earth, but wherever they look, there will be trouble and anguish and dark despair. They will be thrown out into the darkness.
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Isaiah 60:2
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2 Darkness as black as night covers all the nations of the earth,
but the glory of the Lord rises and appears over you.
Isaiah 5:30
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30 They will roar over their victims on that day of destruction
like the roaring of the sea.
If someone looks across the land,
only darkness and distress will be seen;
even the light will be darkened by clouds.
Proverbs 4:19
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19 But the way of the wicked is like total darkness.
They have no idea what they are stumbling over.
Joshua 7:19
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19 Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the Lord, the God of Israel, by telling the truth. Make your confession and tell me what you have done. Don’t hide it from me.”
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Amos 8:9-10
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9 “In that day,” says the Sovereign Lord,
“I will make the sun go down at noon
and darken the earth while it is still day.
10 I will turn your celebrations into times of mourning
and your singing into weeping.
You will wear funeral clothes
and shave your heads to show your sorrow—
as if your only son had died.
How very bitter that day will be!
Jeremiah 23:12
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12 “Therefore, the paths they take
will become slippery.
They will be chased through the dark,
and there they will fall.
For I will bring disaster upon them
at the time fixed for their punishment.
I, the Lord, have spoken!
Jeremiah 4:23
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Jeremiah’s Vision of Coming Disaster
23 I looked at the earth, and it was empty and formless.
I looked at the heavens, and there was no light.
Psalm 44:19
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19 Yet you have crushed us in the jackal’s desert home.
You have covered us with darkness and death.
1 Samuel 6:5
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5 Make these things to show honor to the God of Israel. Perhaps then he will stop afflicting you, your gods, and your land.
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Exodus 10:21
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A Plague of Darkness
21 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Lift your hand toward heaven, and the land of Egypt will be covered with a darkness so thick you can feel it.”
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1 John 2:10-11
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10 Anyone who loves a fellow believer[a] is living in the light and does not cause others to stumble. 11 But anyone who hates a fellow believer is still living and walking in darkness. Such a person does not know the way to go, having been blinded by the darkness.
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- 2:10 Greek loves his brother.
1 Peter 2:8
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8 And,
“He is the stone that makes people stumble,
the rock that makes them fall.”[a]
They stumble because they do not obey God’s word, and so they meet the fate that was planned for them.
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Lamentations 4:17
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17 We looked in vain for our allies
to come and save us,
but we were looking to nations
that could not help us.
Jeremiah 14:19
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A Prayer for Healing
19 Lord, have you completely rejected Judah?
Do you really hate Jerusalem?[a]
Why have you wounded us past all hope of healing?
We hoped for peace, but no peace came.
We hoped for a time of healing, but found only terror.
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- 14:19 Hebrew Zion?
Jeremiah 8:15
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15 We hoped for peace, but no peace came.
We hoped for a time of healing, but found only terror.’
Ecclesiastes 12:1-2
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12 Don’t let the excitement of youth cause you to forget your Creator. Honor him in your youth before you grow old and say, “Life is not pleasant anymore.” 2 Remember him before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is dim to your old eyes, and rain clouds continually darken your sky.
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Ecclesiastes 11:8
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8 When people live to be very old, let them rejoice in every day of life. But let them also remember there will be many dark days. Everything still to come is meaningless.
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Psalm 96:7-8
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7 O nations of the world, recognize the Lord;
recognize that the Lord is glorious and strong.
8 Give to the Lord the glory he deserves!
Bring your offering and come into his courts.
John 12:35
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35 Jesus replied, “My light will shine for you just a little longer. Walk in the light while you can, so the darkness will not overtake you. Those who walk in the darkness cannot see where they are going.
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