1 Thes 5:3 Cross References

1 Thessalonians 5:3

3: When people are saying, "All is well; everything is peaceful and secure," then disaster will fall upon them as suddenly as a woman's birth pains begin when her child is about to be born. And there will be no escape.

Luke 21:34

  1. "Watch out! Don't let me find you living in careless ease and drunkenness, and filled with the worries of this life. Don't let that day catch you unaware,
  2. as in a trap. For that day will come upon everyone living on the earth.

Matthew 24:37

  1. "When the Son of Man returns, it will be like it was in Noah's day.
  2. In those days before the Flood, the people were enjoying banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat.
  3. People didn't realize what was going to happen until the Flood came and swept them all away. That is the way it will be when the Son of Man comes.

Hebrews 2:3

  1. What makes us think that we can escape if we are indifferent to this great salvation that was announced by the Lord Jesus himself? It was passed on to us by those who heard him speak,

Daniel 5:3

  1. So they brought these gold cups taken from the Temple of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his nobles, his wives, and his concubines drank from them.
  2. They drank toasts from them to honor their idols made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
  3. At that very moment they saw the fingers of a human hand writing on the plaster wall of the king's palace, near the lampstand. The king himself saw the hand as it wrote,
  4. and his face turned pale with fear. Such terror gripped him that his knees knocked together and his legs gave way beneath him.

Revelation 18:7

  1. She has lived in luxury and pleasure, so match it now with torments and sorrows. She boasts, 'I am queen on my throne. I am no helpless widow. I will not experience sorrow.'
  2. Therefore, the sorrows of death and mourning and famine will overtake her in a single day. She will be utterly consumed by fire, for the Lord God who judges her is mighty."

Luke 17:26

  1. "When the Son of Man returns, the world will be like the people were in Noah's day.
  2. In those days before the flood, the people enjoyed banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat and the flood came to destroy them all.
  3. "And the world will be as it was in the days of Lot. People went about their daily business--eating and drinking, buying and selling, farming and building--
  4. until the morning Lot left Sodom. Then fire and burning sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
  5. Yes, it will be 'business as usual' right up to the hour when the Son of Man returns.

2 Peter 2:4

  1. For God did not spare even the angels when they sinned; he threw them into hell, in gloomy caves and darkness until the judgment day.

Psalms 48:6

  1. They were gripped with terror, like a woman writhing in the pain of childbirth

Jeremiah 13:21

  1. How will you feel when the LORD sets your foreign allies over you as rulers? You will writhe in pain like a woman giving birth!

Psalms 73:18

  1. Truly, you put them on a slippery path and send them sliding over the cliff to destruction.
  2. In an instant they are destroyed, swept away by terrors.
  3. Their present life is only a dream that is gone when they awake. When you arise, O Lord, you will make them vanish from this life.

Jeremiah 22:23

  1. It may be nice to live in a beautiful palace lined with lumber from the cedars of Lebanon, but soon you will cry and groan in anguish--anguish like that of a woman about to give birth.

2 Thessalonians 1:9

  1. They will be punished with everlasting destruction, forever separated from the Lord and from his glorious power

Nahum 1:10

  1. His enemies, tangled up like thorns, staggering like drunks, will be burned like dry straw in a field.

Jeremiah 6:24

  1. We have heard reports about the enemy, and we are weak with fright. Fear and pain have gripped us, like that of a woman about to give birth.

Jeremiah 4:31

  1. I hear a great cry, like that of a woman giving birth to her first child. It is the cry of Jerusalem's people gasping for breath, pleading for help, prostrate before their murderers.

Isaiah 21:3

  1. My stomach aches and burns with pain. Sharp pangs of horror are upon me, like the pangs of a woman giving birth. I grow faint when I hear what God is planning; I am blinded with dismay.
  2. My mind reels; my heart races. The sleep I once enjoyed at night is now a faint memory. I lie awake, trembling.

Psalms 10:11

  1. The wicked say to themselves, "God isn't watching! He will never notice!"
  2. Arise, O LORD! Punish the wicked, O God! Do not forget the helpless!
  3. Why do the wicked get away with cursing God? How can they think, "God will never call us to account"?

Isaiah 56:12

  1. "Come," they say. "We will get some wine and have a party. Let's all get drunk. Let this go on and on, and tomorrow will be even better."

2 Chronicles 32:19

  1. These officials talked about the God of Jerusalem as though he were one of the pagan gods, made by human hands.
  2. Then King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out in prayer to God in heaven.
  3. And the LORD sent an angel who destroyed the Assyrian army with all its commanders and officers. So Sennacherib returned home in disgrace to his own land. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons killed him there with a sword.

Deuteronomy 29:19

  1. Let none of those who hear the warnings of this curse consider themselves immune, thinking, `I am safe, even though I am walking in my own stubborn way.' This would lead to utter ruin!

Joshua 8:20

  1. When the men of Ai looked behind them, smoke from the city was filling the sky, and they had nowhere to go. For the Israelites who had fled in the direction of the wilderness now turned on their pursuers.
  2. When Joshua and the other Israelites saw that the ambush had succeeded and that smoke was rising from the city, they turned and attacked the men of Ai.
  3. Then the Israelites who were inside the city came out and started killing the enemy from the rear. So the men of Ai were caught in a trap, and all of them died. Not a single person survived or escaped.

Exodus 15:9

  1. "The enemy said, `I will chase them, catch up with them, and destroy them. I will divide the plunder, avenging myself against them. I will unsheath my sword; my power will destroy them.'
  2. But with a blast of your breath, the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

Proverbs 29:1

  1. Whoever stubbornly refuses to accept criticism will suddenly be broken beyond repair.

Hebrews 12:23

  1. You have come to the assembly of God's firstborn children, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God himself, who is the judge of all people. And you have come to the spirits of the redeemed in heaven who have now been made perfect.

Isaiah 43:6

  1. and from north and south. I will bring my sons and daughters back to Israel from the distant corners of the earth.
  2. All who claim me as their God will come, for I have made them for my glory. It was I who created them."
  3. Bring out the people who have eyes but are blind, who have ears but are deaf.
  4. Gather the nations together! Which of their idols has ever foretold such things? Can any of them predict something even a single day in advance? Where are the witnesses of such predictions? Who can verify that they spoke the truth?

Judges 18:27

  1. Then, with Micah's idols and his priest, the men of Dan came to the town of Laish, whose people were peaceful and secure. They attacked and killed all the people and burned the town to the ground.
  2. There was no one to rescue the residents of the town, for they lived a great distance from Sidon and had no allies nearby. This happened in the valley near Beth-rehob. Then the people of the tribe of Dan rebuilt the town and lived there.

Acts 13:41

  1. 'Look, you mockers, be amazed and die! For I am doing something in your own day, something you wouldn't believe even if someone told you about it.'"

Judges 20:41

  1. the Israelites turned and attacked. At this point Benjamin's warriors realized disaster was near and became terrified.
  2. So they ran toward the wilderness, but the Israelites chased after them and killed them.

Matthew 23:33

  1. Snakes! Sons of vipers! How will you escape the judgment of hell?

Acts 12:22

  1. The people gave him a great ovation, shouting, "It is the voice of a god, not of a man!"
  2. Instantly, an angel of the Lord struck Herod with a sickness, because he accepted the people's worship instead of giving the glory to God. So he was consumed with worms and died.

Isaiah 30:13

  1. calamity will come upon you suddenly. It will be like a bulging wall that bursts and falls. In an instant it will collapse and come crashing down.

Micah 4:9

  1. But why are you now screaming in terror? Have you no king to lead you? He is dead! Have you no wise people to counsel you? All are gone! Pain has gripped you like it does a woman in labor.
  2. Writhe and groan in terrible pain, you people of Jerusalem, for you must leave this city to live in the open fields. You will soon be sent into exile in distant Babylon. But the LORD will rescue you there; he will redeem you from the grip of your enemies.

Hosea 13:13

  1. The people have been offered new birth, but they are like a child who resists being born. How stubborn they are! How foolish!
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