Jeremiah 13:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

Before

Your

Proverbs 4:19

1 Peter 2:8

1 John 2:10

While

Gross

Exodus 10:21

Isaiah 60:2

General references

Proverbs 4:19

Jeremiah 10:1

John 11:10

Bible References

Before

I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void, at the heavens, and there was no light there.

Even if a person lives many years, let him enjoy them all, recalling that there will be many days of darkness to come all of which are pointless.

So remember your Creator during your youth! Otherwise, troublesome days will come and years will creep up on you when you'll say, "I find no pleasure in them,"

They will roar over it at that time, like the sea waves roar. If one surveys the land, watch out! There's darkness and distress; even the daylight is darkened by its clouds.

or they'll look toward the earth, but they'll see only distress and darkness, the gloom that comes from anguish, and then they'll be thrown into total darkness."

"So justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We wait for light, but look there is darkness; we wait for brightness, but we walk in deep darkness.

It will come about at that time," declares the Lord GOD, "I will cause the sun to set at noon and the earth to darken in the daylight.

Jesus replied to the crowd, "The light is among you only for a short time. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The person who walks in the darkness is in the darkness and does not know where he is going.

Your

But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness, and they do not know what they are stumbling over.

a stone they stumble over and a rock they trip on." They keep on stumbling because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.

The person who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no reason for him to stumble.

While

We waited for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but instead there was terror.

Have you completely rejected Judah? Do you despise Zion? Why have you struck us, so that there is no healing for us? We hoped for peace, but no good came, for a time of healing, but there was only terror.

"So justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We wait for light, but look there is darkness; we wait for brightness, but we walk in deep darkness.

Our eyes failed, searching in vain for hope; we kept watching and looking for a nation that would not help.

Gross

Then the LORD told Moses, "Stretch your hand toward the sky and there will be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness that one can feel."

For look! Darkness will cover the earth and thick darkness is over the people, but the LORD will arise upon you, and his glory will appear over you.

General references

But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness, and they do not know what they are stumbling over.

Hear the message that the LORD has spoken to you, house of Israel.

But if anyone walks at night he stumbles, because the light is not in him."