Habakkuk 2:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

But without warning, those you owe will demand payment. Then you will become a frightened victim.

Cross References

Proverbs 29:1

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

Ecclesiastes 10:8

If you dig a pit, you might fall in; if you break down a wall, a snake might bite you.

Isaiah 11:13

Israel will stop being jealous of Judah, and Judah will no longer be the enemy of Israel.

Isaiah 41:25

I, the LORD, appointed a ruler in the north; now he comes from the east to honour my name. He tramples kings like mud, as potters trample clay.

Isaiah 46:11

and brought someone from a distant land to do what I wanted. He attacked from the east, like a hawk swooping down. Now I will keep my promise and do what I planned.

Isaiah 47:11

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

Jeremiah 51:11

I, the LORD, want Babylon destroyed, because its army destroyed my temple. So, you kings of Media, sharpen your arrows and pick up your shields.

Jeremiah 51:57

I, the LORD All-Powerful, the true King, promise that the officials and advisers, the governors and leaders and the soldiers of Babylon will get drunk, fall asleep, and never wake up.

Jeremiah 8:17

“Watch out!” the LORD says. “I'm sending poisonous snakes to attack you, and no one can stop them.”

1 Thessalonians 5:3

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.