1 Thessalonians 5:4

God's Word

But, brothers and sisters, you don’t live in the dark. That day won’t take you by surprise as a thief would.

Cross References

Jeremiah 42:16

Then the wars you fear will catch up with you in Egypt. The famines you dread will follow you to Egypt, and you will die there.

Hosea 10:9

Israel, you have sinned ever since the incident at Gibeah. You never change. War will overtake the wicked people in Gibeah.

Zechariah 1:6

Didn’t my warnings and my laws, which I’ve commanded my servants the prophets ⌞to preach⌟, finally catch up with your ancestors? Then your ancestors turned away from their sins and said, ‘The Lord of Armies has done to us what he had planned to do. He has dealt with us as our ways and deeds deserve.’ ”

Matthew 10:15

I can guarantee this truth: Judgment day will be better for Sodom and Gomorrah than for that city.

Luke 21:34

“Make sure that you don’t become drunk, hung over, and worried about life. Then that day could suddenly catch you by surprise

Acts 26:18

You will open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light and from Satan’s control to God’s. Then they will receive forgiveness for their sins and a share among God’s people who are made holy by believing in me.’

Deuteronomy 19:6

Otherwise, in a rage the relative who has the authority to avenge the death will pursue him. If the place is too far away, the relative may catch up with him and take his life even though he didn’t deserve the death penalty, because in the past he never hated the person he killed.

Deuteronomy 28:15

Obey the Lord your God, and faithfully follow all his commands and laws that I am giving you today. If you don’t, all these curses will come to you and stay close to you:

Deuteronomy 28:45

All these curses will come to you. They will pursue you and stay close to you until you’re destroyed, because you didn’t obey the Lord your God or follow his commands and laws, which I’m giving you.

Colossians 1:13

God has rescued us from the power of darkness and has brought us into the kingdom of his Son, whom he loves.

1 Thessalonians 5:2

You know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

2 Peter 3:10

The day of the Lord will come like a thief. On that day heaven will pass away with a roaring sound. Everything that makes up the universe will burn and be destroyed. The earth and everything that people have done on it will be exposed.

1 John 2:8

On the other hand, I’m writing to give you a new commandment. It’s a truth that exists in Christ and in you: The darkness is fading, and the true light is already shining.

Revelation 16:15

“See, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains alert and doesn’t lose his clothes. He will not have to go naked and let others see his shame.”

Revelation 3:3

So remember what you received and heard. Obey, and change the way you think and act. If you’re not alert, I’ll come like a thief. You don’t know when I will come.