Verse 8

I tell you, he will give them justice quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?

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  • Heb 10:23-26 : 23 Let us hold firmly to the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. 26 For if we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left,
  • Matt 24:9-9 : 9 'Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.' 10 'At that time many will turn away from the faith, betray, and hate each other.' 11 'And many false prophets will appear and deceive many people.' 12 'Because of the increase in lawlessness, the love of most will grow cold.' 13 'But the one who endures until the end will be saved.'
  • 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 In their greed, they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
  • 2 Pet 3:8-9 : 8 But do not let this one thing escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day. 9 The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wanting any to perish but for all to come to repentance.
  • Matt 24:24 : 24 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
  • Luke 17:26-30 : 26 Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 People were eating, drinking, marrying, and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all. 28 It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, 29 But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. 30 It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed.
  • 1 Thess 5:1-3 : 1 Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need for anything to be written to you. 2 For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 3 While people are saying, "Peace and safety," sudden destruction will come upon them like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
  • Jas 5:1-8 : 1 Come now, you rich people, weep and wail over the miseries that are coming upon you. 2 Your wealth has rotted, and your clothes have become moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will serve as a testimony against you and will consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. 4 Look, the wages that you withheld from the workers who harvested your fields are crying out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts. 5 You have lived luxuriously on the earth and indulged yourselves. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter. 6 You have condemned and murdered the righteous person, who does not resist you. 7 Therefore, be patient, brothers and sisters, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it until it receives the early and late rains. 8 You too must be patient. Strengthen your hearts, because the coming of the Lord is near.
  • Ps 46:5 : 5 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy dwelling places of the Most High.
  • Ps 143:7-9 : 7 Answer me quickly, Lord, for my spirit is fading. Do not hide your face from me, or I will be like those who go down to the pit. 8 Let me hear of your lovingkindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Teach me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul. 9 Rescue me from my enemies, Lord, for I seek refuge in you.