What Does the Bible Say About Bad Times?

2 Timothy 3:1 ESV / 9 helpful votes

But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty.

Micah 7:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Put no trust in a neighbor; have no confidence in a friend; guard the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms;

Amos 5:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Therefore he who is prudent will keep silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.

Daniel 11:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

In his place shall arise a contemptible person to whom royal majesty has not been given. He shall come in without warning and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.

Daniel 7:25 ESV / 3 helpful votes

He shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and shall think to change the times and the law; and they shall be given into his hand for a time, times, and half a time.

Psalm 119:1-176 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord! Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart, who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways! You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently. Oh that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes! ...

Jeremiah 9:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Let everyone beware of his neighbor, and put no trust in any brother, for every brother is a deceiver, and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.

Jeremiah 5:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, look and take note! Search her squares to see if you can find a man, one who does justice and seeks truth, that I may pardon her.

Psalm 102:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You will arise and have pity on Zion; it is the time to favor her; the appointed time has come.

Psalm 66:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance.

Psalm 12:1-8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

To the choirmaster: according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Save, O Lord, for the godly one is gone; for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man. Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak. May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts, those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail, our lips are with us; who is master over us?” “Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.” ...

Psalm 10:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

His ways prosper at all times; your judgments are on high, out of his sight; as for all his foes, he puffs at them.

Job 2:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

Exodus 5:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Afterward Moses and Aaron went and said to Pharaoh, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.’”

Romans 11:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life.”

Micah 7:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For the son treats the father with contempt, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.

Jeremiah 9:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Everyone deceives his neighbor, and no one speaks the truth; they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves committing iniquity.

17 Bible Verses about Bad Times

2 Timothy 3:1 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Micah 7:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Amos 5:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Daniel 11:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Daniel 7:25 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 119:1-176 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Jeremiah 9:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 5:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 102:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 66:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 12:1-8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 10:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Job 2:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 5:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 11:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Micah 7:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Jeremiah 9:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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17 Bible Verses about Bad Times

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2 Timothy 3:1 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Micah 7:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Amos 5:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Daniel 11:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Daniel 7:25 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 119:1-176 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Jeremiah 9:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 5:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 102:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 66:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 12:1-8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 10:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Job 2:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 5:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 11:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Micah 7:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Jeremiah 9:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote