The expression appears 14x in the OT, and 5x in the NT (citations from NIB):
Isa 13:6 — Wail, for the day of the Lord is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty.
Isa 13:9 — See, the day of the Lord is coming—a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger—to make the land desolate and destroy the sinners within it.
Joel 1:15 — Alas for that day! For the day of the Lord is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty.
Joel 2:1 — Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy hill. Let all who live in the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming. It is close at hand—. . .
Joel 2:11 — The LORD thunders at the head of his army; his forces are beyond number, and mighty are those who obey his command. the day of the Lord is great; it is dreadful. Who can endure it?
Joel 2:31 — The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.
Joel 4:14 — Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.
Amos 5:18-20 — Woe to you who long for the day of the Lord! Why do you long for the day of the Lord? That day will be darkness, not light. [It will be as though a man fled from a lion only to meet a bear, as though he entered his house and rested his hand on the wall only to have a snake bite him.] Will not the day of the Lord be darkness, not light— pitch-dark, without a ray of brightness?
Oba 1:15 — "the day of the Lord is near for all nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your deeds will return upon your own head.
Zeph 1:7 — Be silent before the Sovereign LORD, for the day of the Lord is near. The LORD has prepared a sacrifice; he has consecrated those he has invited.
Zeph 1:14 — "The great day of the LORD is near—near and coming quickly. Listen! The cry on the day of the Lord will be bitter, the shouting of the warrior there.
Mal 4:5 — "See, I will send you the prophet Elijah before that great and dreadful day of the LORD comes.
Acts 2:20 — The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.
1 Cor 5:5 — hand this man over to Satan, so that the sinful nature may be destroyed and his spirit saved on the day of the Lord.
2 Cor 1:14 — [And I hope that,] as you have understood us in part, you will come to understand fully that you can boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of the Lord Jesus.
1 Thess 5:2 — {Now, brothers, about times and dates we do not need to write to you,] for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
2 Thess 2:2 — [Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers,] not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy, report or letter supposed to have come from us, saying that the day of the Lord has already come.
2 Pet 3:10 — But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare.
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