I am always in your care; save me from my enemies, from those who persecute me.

I told myself, "God is going to judge the righteous and the evil alike, because every thing, every action, will happen at its own set time."

There is a right time and a right way to do everything, but we know so little!

None of us knows what is going to happen, and there is no one to tell us.

I realized another thing, that in this world fast runners do not always win the races, and the brave do not always win the battles. The wise do not always earn a living, intelligent people do not always get rich, and capable people do not always rise to high positions. Bad luck happens to everyone.

You never know when your time is coming. Like birds suddenly caught in a trap, like fish caught in a net, we are trapped at some evil moment when we least expect it.

Even your smallest and humblest family Will become as great as a powerful nation. When the right time comes, I will make this happen quickly. I am the LORD!"

He controls the times and the seasons; he makes and unmakes kings; it is he who gives wisdom and understanding.

For those will be 'The Days of Punishment,' to make come true all that the Scriptures say.

Some will be killed by the sword, and others will be taken as prisoners to all countries; and the heathen will trample over Jerusalem until their time is up.

Jesus said to them, "The times and occasions are set by my Father's own authority, and it is not for you to know when they will be.

From one human being he created all races of people and made them live throughout the whole earth. He himself fixed beforehand the exact times and the limits of the places where they would live.

There is no need to write you, friends, about the times and occasions when these things will happen.

The Spirit says clearly that some people will abandon the faith in later times; they will obey lying spirits and follow the teachings of demons.

His appearing will be brought about at the right time by God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and the Lord of lords.

In their greed these false teachers will make a profit out of telling you made-up stories. For a long time now their Judge has been ready, and their Destroyer has been wide awake!

But the heavens and the earth that now exist are being preserved by the same command of God, in order to be destroyed by fire. They are being kept for the day when godless people will be judged and destroyed.

But do not forget one thing, my dear friends! There is no difference in the Lord's sight between one day and a thousand years; to him the two are the same.

Those who know you, LORD, will trust you; you do not abandon anyone who comes to you.

Continue to love those who know you and to do good to those who are righteous.

And eternal life means to know you, the only true God, and to know Jesus Christ, whom you sent.

Seven days from now I am going to send rain that will fall for forty days and nights, in order to destroy all the living beings that I have made."

And the LORD said to himself, "I will not hide from Abraham what I am going to do.

Then the LORD said to Abraham, "There are terrible accusations against Sodom and Gomorrah, and their sin is very great.

I must go down to find out whether or not the accusations which I have heard are true."

I tried to think this problem through, but it was too difficult for me

You will put them in slippery places and make them fall to destruction!

" LORD, if I argued my case with you, you would prove to be right. Yet I must question you about matters of justice. Why are the wicked so prosperous? Why do dishonest people succeed?

But, LORD, you know me; you see what I do and how I love you. Drag these evil people away like sheep to be butchered; guard them until it is time for them to be slaughtered.

In the days before the flood people ate and drank, men and women married, up to the very day Noah went into the boat;

But you have a hard and stubborn heart, and so you are making your own punishment even greater on the Day when God's anger and righteous judgments will be revealed.