1 Thessalonians 5:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

People will think they are safe and secure. But destruction will suddenly strike them like the pains of a woman about to give birth. And they won't escape.

Cross References

Job 15:21

Even in times of success, they constantly hear the threat of doom.

Job 24:23

God may let them feel secure, but they are never out of his sight.

Psalm 35:8

Surprise them with disaster! Trap them in their own nets and let them fall and rot in the pits they have dug.

Psalm 48:6

They trembled all over like women giving birth

Psalm 55:15

All who hate me are controlled by the power of evil. Sentence them to death and send them down alive to the world of the dead.

Psalm 69:22

Make their table a trap for them and their friends.

Proverbs 29:1

If you keep being stubborn after many warnings, you will suddenly discover you have gone too far.

Isaiah 20:6

When this happens, the people who live along the coast will say, “Look what happened to them! We ran to them for safety, hoping they would protect us from the king of Assyria. But now, there is no escape for us.”

Isaiah 29:5

Then your cruel enemies will suddenly be swept away like dust in a storm.

Isaiah 30:13

This sin is like a crack that makes a high wall quickly crumble

Isaiah 47:11

But without warning, disaster will strike— and your magic charms won't help at all.

Isaiah 47:9

Your magic powers and charms will suddenly fail, then you will be a widow and lose your children.

Isaiah 56:12

You say to each other, “Let's drink till we're drunk! Tomorrow we'll do it again. We'll really enjoy ourselves.”

Jeremiah 13:21

You once trusted them to help, but now I'll let them rule you. What do you say about that? You will be in pain like a woman giving birth.

Jeremiah 14:19

Have you rejected Judah, LORD? Do you hate Jerusalem? Why did you strike down Judah with a fatal wound? We had hoped for peace and a time of healing, but all we got was terror.

Jeremiah 22:23

Those who live in the palace panelled with cedar will groan with pain like women giving birth.

Jeremiah 4:31

I heard groaning and crying. Was it a woman giving birth to her first child? No, it was Jerusalem. She was gasping for breath and begging for help. “I'm dying!” she said. “They have murdered me.”

Jeremiah 6:14

All they ever offer to my deeply wounded people are empty hopes for peace.

Jeremiah 6:24

Then the people said, “Just hearing about them makes us tremble with fear, and we twist and turn in pain like a woman giving birth.”

Jeremiah 8:11

All they ever offer to my deeply wounded people are empty hopes for peace.

Ezekiel 13:10

Those prophets refuse to be honest. They tell my people there will be peace, even though there's no peace to be found. They are like workers who think they can fix a shaky wall by covering it with paint.

Hosea 13:13

You are like a senseless child who refuses to be born at the proper time.

Nahum 1:10

They are like drunkards overcome by wine, or like dry thorn bushes burning in a fire.

Matthew 23:33

You are nothing but snakes and the children of snakes! How can you escape going to hell?

John 16:21

When a woman is about to give birth, she is in great pain. But after it is all over, she forgets the pain and is happy, because she has brought a child into the world.

Acts 13:41

“Look, you people who make fun of God! Be amazed and disappear. I will do something today that you won't believe, even if someone tells you about it!”

Deuteronomy 29:19

You may be an Israelite and know-all about the LORD's agreement with us, but he won't bless you if you rebel against him. You may think you can get away with it, but you will cause the rest of Israel to be punished along with you.

2 Thessalonians 1:9

Their punishment will be eternal destruction, and they will be kept far from the presence of our Lord and his glorious strength.

Hebrews 12:23

Here you will find all God's dearest children, whose names are written in heaven. And you will find God himself, who judges everyone. Here also are the spirits of those good people who have been made perfect.

Hebrews 2:3

So if we refuse this great way of being saved, how can we hope to escape? The Lord himself was the first to tell about it, and people who heard the message proved to us that it was true.

2 Peter 2:4

God did not have pity on the angels that sinned. He had them tied up and thrown into the dark pits of hell until the time of judgment.

Judges 8:11

Gideon reached the enemy camp by going east along Nomad Road past Nobah and Jogbehah. He made a surprise attack,