Verse 1
Why are times not stored up by the Ruler of all, and why do those who have knowledge of him not see his days?
Referenced Verses
- Acts 1:7 : 7 And he said to them, It is not for you to have knowledge of the time and the order of events which the Father has kept in his control.
- Eccl 3:17 : 17 I said in my heart, God will be judge of the good and of the bad; because a time for every purpose and for every work has been fixed by him.
- Eccl 8:6-7 : 6 For every purpose there is a time and a decision, because the sorrow of man is great in him. 7 No one is certain what is to be, and who is able to say to him when it will be?
- 2 Pet 3:7-8 : 7 But the present heaven and the present earth have been kept for destruction by fire, which is waiting for them on the day of the judging and destruction of evil men. 8 But, my loved ones, keep in mind this one thing, that with the Lord one day is the same as a thousand years, and a thousand years are no more than one day.
- Eccl 9:11-12 : 11 And again I saw under the sun that the reward goes not to him who is quick, or the fruits of war to the strong; and there is no bread for the wise, or wealth for men of learning, or respect for those who have knowledge; but time and chance come to all. 12 Even man has no knowledge of his time; like fishes taken in an evil net, or like birds taken by deceit, are the sons of men taken in an evil time when it comes suddenly on them.
- Isa 2:12 : 12 For the day of the Lord of armies is coming on all the pride of men, and on all who are high and lifted up;
- Isa 60:22 : 22 The smallest of their families will become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I, the Lord, will make it come quickly in its time.
- Jer 12:1-3 : 1 You are in the right, O Lord, when I put my cause before you: still let me take up with you the question of your decisions: why does the evil-doer do well? why are the workers of deceit living in comfort? 2 They have been planted by you, they have taken root; they go on and give fruit: you are near in their mouths but far from their thoughts. 3 But you, O Lord, have knowledge of me; you see me, searching and testing how my heart is with you: let them be pulled out like sheep to be put to death, make them ready for the day of death.
- Jer 46:10 : 10 But that day is the day of the Lord, the Lord of armies, a day of punishment when he will take payment from his haters: and the sword will have all its desire, drinking their blood in full measure: for there is an offering to the Lord, the Lord of armies, in the north country by the river Euphrates.
- Dan 2:21 : 21 By him times and years are changed: by him kings are taken away and kings are lifted up: he gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those whose minds are awake:
- Matt 24:38 : 38 Because as in those days before the overflowing of the waters, they were feasting and taking wives and getting married, till the day when Noah went into the ark,
- Luke 21:22-24 : 22 For these are the days of punishment, in which all the things in the Writings will be put into effect. 23 It will be hard for women who are with child, and for her with a baby at the breast, in those days. For great trouble will come on the land, and wrath on this people. 24 And they will be put to death with the sword, and will be taken as prisoners into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be crushed under the feet of the Gentiles, till the times of the Gentiles are complete.
- John 17:3 : 3 And this is eternal life: to have knowledge of you, the only true God, and of him whom you have sent, even Jesus Christ.
- Acts 17:26 : 26 And he has made of one blood all the nations of men living on all the face of the earth, ordering their times and the limits of their lands,
- Rom 2:5 : 5 But by your hard and unchanged heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of the revelation of God's judging in righteousness;
- 1 Thess 5:1 : 1 But about the times and their order, my brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you.
- 1 Tim 4:1 : 1 But the Spirit says clearly that in later times some will be turned away from the faith, giving their minds to spirits of deceit, and the teachings of evil spirits,
- 1 Tim 6:15 : 15 Which at the right time he will make clear, who is the eternal and only Ruler, King of kings, and Lord of lords;
- 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them.
- Gen 7:4 : 4 For after seven days I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, for the destruction of every living thing which I have made on the face of the earth.
- Gen 18:17 : 17 And the Lord said, Am I to keep back from Abraham the knowledge of what I do;
- Gen 18:20-21 : 20 And the Lord said, Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is very great, and their sin is very evil, 21 I will go down now, and see if their acts are as bad as they seem from the outcry which has come to me; and if they are not, I will see.
- Ps 9:10 : 10 And those who have knowledge of your name will put their faith in you; because you, Lord, have ever given your help to those who were waiting for you.
- Ps 31:15 : 15 The chances of my life are in your hand; take me out of the hands of my haters, and of those who go after me.
- Ps 36:10 : 10 O let there be no end to your loving mercy to those who have knowledge of you, or of your righteousness to the upright in heart.
- Ps 73:16-19 : 16 When my thoughts were turned to see the reason of this, it was a weariness in my eyes; 17 Till I went into God's holy place, and saw the end of the evil-doers. 18 You put their feet where there was danger of slipping, so that they go down into destruction. 19 How suddenly are they wasted! fears are the cause of their destruction.