Amos 5:13

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it [is] an evil time.

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Referenced Verses

  • Mic 2:3 : 3 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time [is] evil.
  • Eccl 3:7 : 7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
  • Hos 4:4 : 4 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people [are] as they that strive with the priest.
  • Amos 6:10 : 10 And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that [is] by the sides of the house, [Is there] yet [any] with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.
  • Eccl 9:12 : 12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so [are] the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
  • Isa 36:21 : 21 But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
  • Isa 37:3 : 3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day [is] a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and [there is] not strength to bring forth.
  • Mic 7:5-7 : 5 Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. 6 For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies [are] the men of his own house. 7 ¶ Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
  • Hab 3:16 : 16 ¶ When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.
  • Zeph 2:2-3 : 2 Before the decree bring forth, [before] the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger come upon you. 3 Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.
  • Matt 27:12-14 : 12 And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. 13 Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee? 14 And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.
  • Eph 5:15-16 : 15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, 16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
  • Eph 6:13 : 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
  • 2 Tim 3:1 : 1 ¶ This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

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