Verse 16

Show the LORD your God the respect that is due him. Do it before he brings the darkness of disaster. Do it before you stumble into distress like a traveler on the mountains at twilight. Do it before he turns the light of deliverance you hope for into the darkness and gloom of exile.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 8:22 : 22 When one looks out over the land, he sees distress and darkness, gloom and anxiety, darkness and people forced from the land.
  • Isa 59:9 : 9 Israel Confesses its Sin For this reason deliverance is far from us and salvation does not reach us. We wait for light, but see only darkness; we wait for a bright light, but live in deep darkness.
  • Josh 7:19 : 19 So Joshua said to Achan,“My son, honor the LORD God of Israel and give him praise! Tell me what you did; don’t hide anything from me!”
  • Prov 4:19 : 19 The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what they stumble over.
  • Isa 5:30 : 30 At that time they will growl over their prey, it will sound like sea waves crashing against rocks. One will look out over the land and see the darkness of disaster, clouds will turn the light into darkness.
  • Isa 60:2 : 2 For, look, darkness covers the earth and deep darkness covers the nations, but the LORD shines on you; his splendor appears over you.
  • Jer 23:12 : 12 So the paths they follow will be dark and slippery. They will stumble and fall headlong. For I will bring disaster on them. A day of reckoning is coming for them.” The LORD affirms it!
  • Ps 44:19 : 19 Yet you have battered us, leaving us a heap of ruins overrun by wild dogs; you have covered us with darkness.
  • Ps 96:7-8 : 7 Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the nations, ascribe to the LORD splendor and strength! 8 Ascribe to the LORD the splendor he deserves! Bring an offering and enter his courts!
  • 1 Sam 6:5 : 5 You should make images of the sores and images of the mice that are destroying the land. You should honor the God of Israel. Perhaps he will release his grip on you, your gods, and your land.
  • Exod 10:21 : 21 The Ninth Blow: Darkness The LORD said to Moses,“Extend your hand toward heaven so that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness so thick it can be felt.”
  • Eccl 11:8 : 8 So, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all, but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many– all that is about to come is obscure.
  • Eccl 12:1-2 : 1 Fear God Now Because Old Age and Death Come Quickly So remember your Creator in the days of your youth– before the difficult days come, and the years draw near when you will say,“I have no pleasure in them”; 2 before the sun and the light of the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds disappear after the rain;
  • Lam 4:17 : 17 ע(Ayin)The People of Jerusalem Lament: Our eyes continually failed us as we looked in vain for help. From our watchtowers we watched for a nation that could not rescue us.
  • Amos 8:9-9 : 9 In that day,” says the Sovereign LORD,“I will make the sun set at noon, and make the earth dark in the middle of the day. 10 I will turn your festivals into funerals, and all your songs into funeral dirges. I will make everyone wear funeral clothes and cause every head to be shaved bald. I will make you mourn as if you had lost your only son; when it ends it will indeed have been a bitter day.
  • John 12:35 : 35 Jesus replied,“The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
  • 1 Pet 2:8 : 8 and a stumbling-stone and a rock to trip over. They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
  • 1 John 2:10-11 : 10 The one who loves his fellow Christian resides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. 11 But the one who hates his fellow Christian is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
  • Jer 4:23 : 23 “I looked at the land and saw that it was an empty wasteland. I looked up at the sky, and its light had vanished.
  • Jer 8:15 : 15 We hoped for good fortune, but nothing good has come of it. We hoped for a time of relief, but instead we experience terror.
  • Jer 14:19 : 19 Then I said,“LORD, have you completely rejected the nation of Judah? Do you despise the city of Zion? Why have you struck us with such force that we are beyond recovery? We hope for peace, but nothing good has come of it. We hope for a time of relief from our troubles, but experience terror.