Bible Cross References
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Amos 4:2
The Lord swears by His holiness, that behold, the days come upon you, when they shall take you with weapons, and fiery destroyers shall cast those with you into boiling caldrons.
Amos 4:3
And you shall be brought forth naked in the presence of each other, and you shall be cast forth onto Mount Harmon, says the Lord.
Amos 2:14
And flight shall perish from the runner, and the strong shall not hold fast his strength, and the warrior shall not save his life;
Amos 9:1-4
1
I saw the Lord standing on the altar: and He said, Strike the mercy seat, and the porch shall be shaken; and cut through into the heads of all; and I will slay the remnant of them with the sword: he who flees shall not escape, and he who escapes shall not be delivered.
2
Though they hid themselves in hell, from there shall My hand drag them forth; and though they go up to heaven, from there will I bring them down.
3
If they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, from there will I search them out and take them; and if they should go down from My presence into the depths of the sea, there will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them.
4
And if they should go into captivity before the face of their enemies, there will I command the sword, and it shall slay them; and I will set My eyes against them for evil, and not for good.
prepare
Amos 5:4-15
4
Wherefore thus says the Lord to the house of Israel, Seek Me, and you shall live.
5
But seek not Bethel, and go not into Gilgal, and cross not over to the Well of the Oath: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall be as that which is not.
6
But seek the Lord, and you shall live; lest the house of Joseph blaze as fire, and it devour him, and there shall be none to quench it for the house of Israel.
7
[It is He] that executes judgment in the heights [above], and He has established justice on the earth;
8
who makes all things, and changes [them], and turns darkness into the morning, and darkens the day into night; who calls for the water of the sea, and pours it out on the face of the earth: the Lord is His name;
9
who dispenses ruin to strength, and brings distress upon the fortress.
10
They hated him that reproved in the gates, and abhorred holy speech.
11
Therefore because they have smitten the poor with their fists, and you have received of them choice gifts, you have built polished houses, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted desirable vineyards, but you shall not drink the wine of them.
12
For I know your many transgressions, and your sins are great, trampling on the just, taking bribes, and turning aside [the judgment of] the poor in the gates.
13
Therefore the prudent shall be silent at that time; for it is a time of evils.
14
Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the Lord God Almighty shall be with you, as you have said,
15
We have hated evil, and loved good; restore judgment in the gates, so that the Lord God Almighty may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.
Isaiah 47:3
Your shame shall be uncovered, your reproaches shall be brought to light; I will exact of you due vengeance, I will no longer deliver you to men.
Ezekiel 13:5
They have not continued steadfast, and they have gathered flocks against the house of Israel, they that say,
Ezekiel 22:30
And I sought from among them a man behaving uprightly, and standing before Me perfectly in the time of wrath, so that I should not utterly destroy her: but I found [him] not.
Hosea 13:8
I will meet them by the way of the Assyrians, as a female bear excited, and I will tear open their rib cage, and the lions' cubs in the thicket shall devour them there; the wild beasts of the field shall tear them to pieces.
Matthew 5:25
Make friends with your adversary quickly, while you are on the road with him, lest your adversary hand you over to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and you be cast into prison.
Matthew 24:44-51
44
Therefore you also be ready, for in that hour you think not, the Son of Man comes.
45
"Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master appointed over his household, to give them food in due season?
46
Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing.
47
Assuredly I say to you that he will make him ruler over all his possessions.
48
But if that evil servant should say in his heart, 'My master is delaying to come,'
49
"and should begin to beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards,
50
the master of that servant will come on a day which he does not expect, and in an hour which he does not know,
51
and he will cut him in two, and will appoint his share with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 25:1-13
1
"Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who having taken their lamps, went out to meet the bridegroom.
2
Now five of them were wise, and five [were] foolish.
3
Those who [were] foolish, having taken their lamps, did not take oil with them,
4
but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
5
But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept.
6
And at midnight a cry was heard: 'Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!'
7
"Then all those virgins arose, and they trimmed their lamps.
8
And the foolish said to the wise, 'Give us [some] of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'
9
"But the wise answered, saying, 'No, lest there should not be enough for you and us; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.'
10
"But as they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut.
11
Afterward the remaining virgins came also, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!'
12
"But he answered and said, 'Assuredly I say to you, I do not know you.'
13
"Watch therefore, for you do not know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
Mark 13:32-37
32
"But concerning that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father.
33
Take heed, stay awake and pray; for you do not know when the time is.
34
It is like a man going away on a journey, having left his house and having given authority to his servants, and to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper that he should watch.
35
Watch therefore, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming--at evening, or at midnight, or at dawn, or early in the morning--
36
lest having come suddenly, he should find you sleeping.
37
And the things I say to you, I say to all: watch!"
Luke 14:31
Or what king, going to engage another king in battle, [does] not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
Luke 14:32
Otherwise, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks the [terms] for peace.
Luke 21:3-36
3
And He said, "Truly I say to you that this poor widow has put [in] more than all.
4
For all these out of their abundance have put in offerings for God, but she out of her poverty put [in] all the livelihood which she had."
5
Then, as some spoke about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and donations, He said,
6
These things which you see--the days will come in which not one stone shall be left upon another that shall not be thrown down."
7
So they asked Him, saying, "Teacher, so when will these things be? And what [will be] the sign when these things are about to happen?"
8
And He said: "Take heed that you not be deceived. For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am [He],' and, 'The time has drawn near.' Therefore do not go after them.
9
But whenever you hear of wars and insurrections, do not be terrified; for these things must happen first, but the end will not come immediately."
10
Then He said to them, "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
11
And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful events and great signs from heaven.
12
But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and they will persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and rulers on account of My name.
13
But it shall turn out for you for a testimony.
14
Put it then in your hearts not to practice beforehand giving your defense;
15
for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to contradict nor to withstand.
16
You will be betrayed even by parents and relatives, friends and brothers; and they will put [some] of you to death.
17
And you will be hated by all [people] for My name's sake.
18
But not a hair of your head shall by any means perish.
19
By your patient endurance you shall possess your souls.
20
"But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has drawn near.
21
Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those who are in the midst of her depart, and let not those who are in the fields enter into her.
22
For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that has been written.
23
But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing a baby in those days! For there will be great distress in the land and wrath among this people.
24
And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
25
"And there shall be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, as the sea and the waves roar,
26
men's hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming upon the earth, for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
27
Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
28
Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near."
29
Then He spoke to them a parable: "Look at the fig tree, and all the trees.
30
When they are already budding, you see and know for yourselves that summer is now near.
31
So you also, when you see these things coming to pass, know that the kingdom of God is near.
32
Assuredly I say to you, this generation shall by no means pass away till all things are fulfilled.
33
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My words shall by no means pass away.
34
"But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and worries of life, and that Day come upon you unexpectedly.
35
For it will come as a snare on all those who live on the face of the whole earth.
36
Watch therefore, praying always that you may be counted worthy to escape everything that is about to happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."
1 Thessalonians 5:2-4
2
For you yourselves know accurately that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night.
3
For when they say, "Peace and safety!" then sudden destruction comes upon them, just as labor pains upon the woman that is pregnant, and they shall by no means escape.
4
But you, brothers, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief.
James 4:1-10
1
From where [come] wars and disputes among you? Is it not from here, from your lusts, which war in your members?
2
You lust and you do not have. You murder and are jealous and you cannot obtain. You fight and make war. You do not have because you do not ask.
3
You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend [it] in [gratifying] your lusts.
4
Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world is constituted an enemy of God.
5
Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously"?
6
But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."
7
Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
8
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [you] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [you] double-minded.
9
Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter change into mourning and your joy into dejection.
10
Be humbled before the Lord, and He will exalt you.
Revelation 3:3
Remember therefore how you have received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you like a thief, and by no means shall you know what hour I will come upon you.