Amos 5:13

New English Translation

For this reason whoever is smart keeps quiet in such a time, for it is an evil time.

Cross References

2 Kings 18:36

The people were silent and did not respond, for the king had ordered, “Don’t respond to him.”

Job 32:16

And I have waited. But because they do not speak, because they stand there and answer no more,

Psalm 38:14

I am like a man who cannot hear and is incapable of arguing his defense.

Ecclesiastes 3:7

A time to rip, and a time to sew; a time to keep silent, and a time to speak.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

Surely, no one knows his appointed time! Like fish that are caught in a deadly net, and like birds that are caught in a snare – just like them, all people are ensnared at an unfortunate time that falls upon them suddenly.

Isaiah 36:21

They were silent and did not respond, for the king had ordered, “Don’t respond to him.”

Isaiah 37:3

“This is what Hezekiah says: ‘This is a day of distress, insults, and humiliation, as when a baby is ready to leave the birth canal, but the mother lacks the strength to push it through.

Hosea 4:4

Do not let anyone accuse or contend against anyone else: for my case is against you priests!

Amos 6:10

When their close relatives, the ones who will burn the corpses, pick up their bodies to remove the bones from the house, they will say to anyone who is in the inner rooms of the house, “Is anyone else with you?” He will respond, “Be quiet! Don’t invoke the Lord’s name!”

Micah 2:3

Therefore the Lord says this: “Look, I am devising disaster for this nation! It will be like a yoke from which you cannot free your neck. You will no longer walk proudly, for it will be a time of catastrophe.

Habakkuk 3:16

I listened and my stomach churned; the sound made my lips quiver. My frame went limp, as if my bones were decaying, and I shook as I tried to walk. I long for the day of distress to come upon the people who attack us.

Ephesians 6:13

For this reason, take up the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand your ground on the evil day, and having done everything, to stand.

2 Timothy 3:1

But understand this, that in the last days difficult times will come.