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Amos 3:6
When someone blows a trumpet in a city, don’t the people tremble with fear? When trouble comes to a city, hasn’t the Lord caused it?
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Ecclesiastes 7:13-14
Think about what God has done. Who can make straight what he has made crooked?When times are good, be happy. But when times are bad, here’s something to think about. God has made bad times. He has also made good times. So no one can find out anything about what’s ahead for them.
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Psalms 75:7
God is the one who judges. He says to one person,“ You are guilty.” To another he says,“ You are not guilty.”
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Amos 4:13
The Lord forms the mountains. He creates the wind. He makes his thoughts known to human beings. He turns sunrise into darkness. He rules over even the highest places on earth. His name is the Lord God Who Rules Over All.
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Job 2:10
Job replied,“ You are talking like a foolish woman. We accept good things from God. So we should also accept trouble when he sends it.” In spite of everything, Job didn’t say anything that was sinful.
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Isaiah 31:2
He too is wise. He can bring horrible trouble. He does what he says he’ll do. He’ll rise up against that evil nation. He’ll fight against those who help them.
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Jeremiah 51:20
“ Babylon, you are my war club. You are my weapon for battle. I use you to destroy nations. I use you to wipe out kingdoms.
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Acts 4:28
They did what your power and purpose had already decided should happen.
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Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to the Lord your God. Honor him before he sends darkness to cover the land. Do this before you trip and fall on the darkened hills. You hope that light will come. But he will turn it into thick darkness. He will change it to deep shadows.
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Nahum 1:8
But he will destroy Nineveh with a powerful flood. He will chase his enemies into the place of darkness.
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Jeremiah 31:35
The Lord speaks. He makes the sun shine by day. He orders the moon and stars to shine at night. He stirs up the ocean. He makes its waves roar. His name is the Lord Who Rules Over All.
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Amos 5:6
Israel, look to the Lord and live. If you don’t, he will sweep through the tribes of Joseph like a fire. It will burn everything up. And Bethel won’t have anyone to put it out.
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Ezekiel 32:8
I will darken all the bright lights in the sky above you. I will bring darkness over your land,” announces the Lord and King.
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Ezekiel 14:15-21
“ Or suppose I send wild animals through that country. And they kill all its children. It becomes a dry and empty desert. No one can pass through it because of the animals.And suppose these three men were in that country. Then they could not save their own sons or daughters. They alone would be saved. But the land would become a dry and empty desert. And that is just as sure as I am alive,” announces the Lord and King.“ Or suppose I send swords to kill the people in that country. And I say,‘ Let swords sweep all through the land.’ And I kill its people and their animals.And suppose these three men were in that country. Then they could not save their own sons or daughters. They alone would be saved. And that is just as sure as I am alive,” announces the Lord and King.“ Or suppose I send a plague into that land. And I pour out my great anger on it by spilling blood. I kill its people and their animals.And suppose Noah, Daniel and Job were in that land. Then they could not save their own sons or daughters. They could save only themselves by doing what is right. And that is just as sure as I am alive,” announces the Lord and King.The Lord and King says,“ It will get much worse. I will punish Jerusalem in four horrible ways. There will be war, hunger, wild animals and plague. They will destroy the people and their animals.
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Isaiah 10:5-6
The Lord says,“ How terrible it will be for the people of Assyria! They are the war club that carries out my anger.I will send them against the ungodly nation of Judah. I will order them to fight against my own people. My people make me angry. I will order Assyria to take their goods and carry them away. I will order Assyria to walk on my people as if they were walking on mud.
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Job 34:29
But if he remains silent, who can judge him? If he turns his face away, who can see him? He rules over individual people and nations alike.
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Psalms 104:20-23
You, Lord, bring darkness, and it becomes night. Then all the animals of the forest prowl around.The lions roar while they hunt. All their food comes from God.The sun rises, and they slip away. They return to their dens and lie down.Then people get up and go to work. They keep working until evening.
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Jeremiah 18:7-10
Suppose I announce that something will happen to a nation or kingdom. Suppose I announce that it will be pulled up by the roots. And I announce that it will be torn down and destroyed.But suppose the nation I warned turns away from its sins. Then I will not do what I said I would. I will not bring trouble on it as I had planned.But suppose I announce that a nation or kingdom is going to be built up and planted.And then it does what is evil in my eyes. It does not obey me. Then I will think again about the good things I had wanted to do for it.
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Jude 1:6
Some of the angels didn’t stay where they belonged. They didn’t keep their positions of authority. The Lord has kept those angels in darkness. They are held by chains that last forever. On judgment day, God will judge them.
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2 Corinthians 4 6
God said,“ Let light shine out of darkness.”( Genesis 1:3) He made his light shine in our hearts. His light gives us the light to know God’s glory. His glory is shown in the face of Christ.
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Exodus 10:21-23
The Lord spoke to Moses. He said,“ Reach out your hand toward the sky so that darkness spreads over Egypt. It will be so dark that people can feel it.”So Moses reached out his hand toward the sky. Then complete darkness covered Egypt for three days.No one could see anyone else or go anywhere for three days. But all the people of Israel had light where they lived.
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Exodus 14:20
It came between the armies of Egypt and Israel. All through the night the cloud brought darkness to one side and light to the other. Neither army went near the other all night long.
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Psalms 8:3
I think about the heavens. I think about what your fingers have created. I think about the moon and stars that you have set in place.
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Joel 2:2
That day will be dark and sad. It will be black and cloudy. A huge army of locusts is coming. They will spread across the mountains like the sun when it rises. There has never been an army like it. And there will never be another for all time to come.
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Genesis 1:17-18
God put the lights in the huge space of the sky to give light on the earth.He put them there to rule over the day and the night. He put them there to separate light from darkness. God saw that it was good.
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Psalms 29:11
The Lord gives strength to his people. The Lord blesses his people with peace.
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Jude 1:13
They are like wild waves of the sea. Their shame rises up like foam. They are like falling stars. God has reserved a place of very black darkness for them forever.
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James 1:17
Every good and perfect gift is from God. This kind of gift comes down from the Father who created the heavenly lights. These lights create shadows that move. But the Father does not change like these shadows.
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Genesis 1:3-5
God said,“ Let there be light.” And there was light.God saw that the light was good. He separated the light from the darkness.God called the light“ day.” He called the darkness“ night.” There was evening, and there was morning. It was day one.
