1 Thessalonians 5:3

Catholic Public Domain Version

For when they will say, "Peace and security!" then destruction will suddenly overwhelm them, like the labor pains of a woman with child, and they will not escape.

Cross References

Job 15:21

The sound of terror is always in his ears; and when there is peace, he always suspects treason.

Job 24:23

God has given him a place for repentance, and he abuses it with arrogance, but his eyes are upon his ways.

Psalm 35:8

How you have multiplied your mercy, O God! And so the sons of men will hope under the cover of your wings.

Psalm 48:6

Why should I fear in the evil day? The iniquity at my heel will surround me.

Proverbs 29:1

The man who, with a stiff neck, treats the one who corrects him with contempt will be suddenly overwhelmed to his own destruction, and reason shall not follow him.

Isaiah 20:6

And in that day, the inhabitants of a certain island will say: "Behold, this was our hope, we fled to them for help, to free us from the face of the king of the Assyrians. And now, how will we be able to escape?"

Isaiah 29:5

And the multitude of those who fan you will be like fine dust. And the multitude of those who have prevailed against you will be like embers fading away.

Isaiah 30:13

for this reason, this iniquity will be to you like a breach that has fallen, and like a gap in a high wall. For its destruction will happen suddenly, when it is not expected.

Isaiah 47:11

Evil will overwhelm you, and you will not notice its rising. And calamity will fall violently over you, and you will not be able to avert it. You will suddenly be overwhelmed by a misery such as you have never known.

Isaiah 47:9

These two things will suddenly overwhelm you in one day: barrenness and widowhood. All things shall overwhelm you, because of the multitude of your sorceries and because of the great cruelty of your enchantments.

Isaiah 56:12

"Come, let us take wine, and be filled by inebriation. And as it is today, so shall it be tomorrow and for a long time."

Jeremiah 13:21

What will you say when he visits upon you? For you have taught them against you, and you have instructed them with your own head. Will not pains take hold of you, as with a woman in labor?

Jeremiah 14:19

Could you have utterly cast out Judah? Or has your soul abhorred Zion? Then why have you struck us, so much so that there is no health for us? We have waited for peace, but there is nothing good, and for the time of healing, and behold, trouble.

Jeremiah 22:23

You who sit in Lebanon, and who nest in the cedars, in what way did you mourn when suffering came to you, like the suffering of a woman giving birth?

Jeremiah 4:31

For I have heard a voice, like that of a woman giving birth, during the difficulties of labor. It is the voice of the daughter of Zion, dying, extending her hands: 'Woe to me! For my soul is failing because of those who have been slain!' "

Jeremiah 6:14

And they healed the destruction of the daughter of my people with disgrace, by saying: 'Peace, peace.' And there was no peace.

Jeremiah 6:24

'We have heard of their fame. Our hands have become weakened. Tribulation has overtaken us, like the pains of a woman giving birth.'

Jeremiah 8:11

And they healed the destruction of the daughter of my people with disgrace, by saying: 'Peace, peace,' though there was no peace.

Ezekiel 13:10

For they have deceived my people, saying, 'Peace,' and there is no peace. And they have built a wall, but they have covered it in clay without straw.

Hosea 13:13

The pains of giving birth will reach him. He is an unwise son. For now he will not remain firm during the contrition of his sons.

Nahum 1:10

For just as thorns entwine one another, so also, while they are feasting and drinking together, they will be consumed like stubble that is completely dry.

Matthew 23:33

You serpents, you brood of vipers! How will you escape from the judgment of Hell?

John 16:21

A woman, when she is giving birth, has sorrow, because her hour has arrived. But when she has given birth to the child, then she no longer remembers the difficulties, because of the joy: for a man has been born into the world.

Acts 13:41

'You despisers! Look, and wonder, and be scattered! For I am working a deed in your days, a deed which you would not believe, even if someone were to explain it to you.' "

Deuteronomy 29:19

And if he were to hear the words of this oath, he would bless himself in his own heart saying: 'There will be peace for me, and I will walk in the depravity of my heart.' And so, the one who is inebriated would consume the one who is thirsty.

2 Thessalonians 1:9

These shall be given the eternal punishment of destruction, apart from the face of the Lord and apart from the glory of his virtue,

Hebrews 12:23

and to the Church of the first-born, those who have been inscribed in the heavens, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the just made perfect,

Hebrews 2:3

in what way might we escape, if we neglect such a great salvation? For though initially it had begun to be described by the Lord, it was confirmed among us by those who heard him,

2 Peter 2:4

For God did not spare those Angels who sinned, but instead delivered them, as if dragged down by infernal ropes, into the torments of the underworld, to be reserved unto judgment.

Judges 8:11

And Gideon ascended by the way of those who were dwelling in tents, to the eastern part of Nobah and Jogbehah. And he struck the camp of the enemies, who were confident and were suspecting nothing adverse.