Amos 5:13

A Lament And Call To Repentance

¹² For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins--ye who afflict the just man, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the gate [from their right]. ¹³ Therefore he who is prudent shall keep silence in such a time, for it is an evil time. ¹⁴ Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live, and so LORD, the God of hosts, will be with you, as ye say.

Keep Silent

Prudent Man

Amos

Ecclesiastes 3:7

a time to tear, and a time to sew, a time to keep silence, and a time to speak,

Hosea 4:4

Yet, let no man strive, nor let any man reprove, for thy people are as those who strive with the priest.

Micah 2:3

Therefore thus says LORD: Behold, I devise an evil against this family, from which ye shall not remove your necks, nor shall ye walk haughtily, for it is an evil time.

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, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time when it falls suddenly upon them.

Isaiah 36:21

But they held their peace, and answered him not a word. For the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

Isaiah 37:3

And they said to him, Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy, for the sons have come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

Amos 6:10

And when a man's uncle shall take him up, even he who burns him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say to him who is in the innermost parts of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No, then he sh

Micah 7:5-7

Trust ye not in a neighbor. Put ye not confidence in a friend. Keep the doors of thy mouth from her who lays in thy bosom.

Habakkuk 3:16

I heard, and my body trembled. My lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness enters into my bones, and I tremble in my place, because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, for the coming up of the people who invade us.

Zephaniah 2:2-3

Before the decree bring forth, [before] the day passes as the chaff, before the fierce anger of LORD comes upon you, before the day of LORD's anger comes upon you.

Matthew 27:12-14

And when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.

Ephesians 5:15-16

Therefore watch carefully how ye walk, not as unwise but as wise,

Ephesians 6:13

Because of this take ye up the full armor of God, so that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

2 Timothy 3:1

But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come.