Amos 5:13

A Lament And Call To Repentance

¹² Certainly I am aware of your many rebellious acts and your numerous sins. You torment the innocent, you take bribes, and you deny justice to the needy at the city gate. ¹³ For this reason whoever is smart keeps quiet in such a time, for it is an evil time. ¹⁴ Seek good and not evil so you can live! Then the Lord, the God who commands armies, just might be with you, as you claim he is.

Keep Silent

Prudent Man

Amos

Ecclesiastes 3:7

A time to rip, and a time to sew; a time to keep silent, and a time to speak.

Hosea 4:4

Do not let anyone accuse or contend against anyone else: for my case is against you priests!

Micah 2:3

Therefore the Lord says this: "Look, I am devising disaster for this nation! It will be like a yoke from which you cannot free your neck. You will no longer walk proudly, for it will be a time of catastrophe.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

Surely, no one knows his appointed time! Like fish that are caught in a deadly net, and like birds that are caught in a snare -- just like them, all people are ensnared at an unfortunate time that falls upon them suddenly.

Isaiah 36:21

They were silent and did not respond, for the king had ordered, "Don't respond to him."

Isaiah 37:3

"This is what Hezekiah says: 'This is a day of distress, insults, and humiliation, as when a baby is ready to leave the birth canal, but the mother lacks the strength to push it through.

Amos 6:10

When their close relatives, the ones who will burn the corpses, pick up their bodies to remove the bones from the house, they will say to anyone who is in the inner rooms of the house, "Is anyone else with you?" He will respond, "Be quiet! Don't invoke the Lord's name!"

Micah 7:5-7

Do not rely on a friend; do not trust a companion! Don't even share secrets with the one who lies in your arms!

Habakkuk 3:16

I listened and my stomach churned; the sound made my lips quiver. My frame went limp, as if my bones were decaying, and I shook as I tried to walk. I long for the day of distress to come upon the people who attack us.

Zephaniah 2:2-3

before God's decree becomes reality and the day of opportunity disappears like windblown chaff, before the Lord's raging anger overtakes you -- before the day of the Lord's angry judgment overtakes you!

Matthew 27:12-14

But when he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he did not respond.

Ephesians 5:15-16

Therefore be very careful how you live -- not as unwise but as wise,

Ephesians 6:13

For this reason, take up the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand your ground on the evil day, and having done everything, to stand.

2 Timothy 3:1

But understand this, that in the last days difficult times will come.