Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

An evil

Ecclesiastes 9:12
For man also does not know 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 the evil time, when it falls suddenly upon them.
Isaiah 37:3
And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble and of rebuke and of blasphemy, for the sons are come to the breaking of the water, and there is no strength in her who is to bring them forth.
Micah 2:3
Therefore thus hath the LORD said; Behold, I devise an evil against this family, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye walk haughtily; for the time shall be evil.
Habakkuk 3:16
When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice; rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in my seat, that I might rest in the day of trouble when he comes up unto the people to destroy them.
Zephaniah 2:2
before the decree is executed, before the day passes as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the day of the LORD's anger comes upon you.
Ephesians 5:15
See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
Ephesians 6:13
Therefore, take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day and stand fast, all the work having been finished.
2 Timothy 3:1
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

General references

Job 32:16
And I waited, (for they did not speak, but stopped, and answered no more);
Proverbs 29:11
The fool gives full rein to his spirit, but the wise man in the end will bring it into rest.
Isaiah 36:21
But they held their peace and did not answer him a word, for the king had commanded thus, saying, Answer him not.