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 knows not his time: as the fish 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 falls suddenly upon them.
Isaiah 37:3
And they said unto him, Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children have come to birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
Micah 2:3
Therefore thus says the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise a disaster, from which you shall not remove your necks; neither shall you walk haughtily: for this time is evil.
Habakkuk 3:16
When I heard, my body 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 comes up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.
Zephaniah 2:2
Before the decree comes forth, before the day passes like 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 you walk carefully, not as fools, but as wise,
Ephesians 6:13
Therefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
2 Timothy 3:1
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

General references

Job 32:16
When I had waited, (for they spoke not, but stood still, and answered no more;)
Proverbs 29:11
A fool utters all his mind: but a wise man keeps it in till afterwards.
Isaiah 36:21
But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.