'Utterly' in the Bible

"Anyone who sacrifices to a god, except the LORD alone, is to be utterly destroyed.

Indeed, the hand of the LORD was against them to root them out from the camp until they were utterly destroyed."

We captured all his towns at that time. We utterly destroyed every town the men, the women, and the children leaving no survivors.

We utterly destroyed them, just as we did King Sihon of Heshbon, attacking them in every city the men, women, and children.

So when the LORD your God delivers them to you and you have defeated them, then utterly destroy them. You are not to make any covenant with them nor be gracious to them.

You are to utterly destroy everyone whom the LORD your God will deliver to you. Don't have pity on them nor serve their gods. Otherwise, they will become a snare for you."

He will deliver kings into your control, and you are to wipe out the memory of them from under heaven. No one will be able to stand before you. You are to utterly destroy them.

Don't bring any detestable thing to your house, because you yourself will be utterly destroyed along with these detestable things. You must absolutely abhor and detest all of it, because it has been devoted to destruction."

King Adoni-zedek of Jerusalem eventually heard how Joshua had conquered Ai, utterly destroying it, doing to Ai and its king the same thing that he had done to Jericho and its king, and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were now living among them.

Joshua captured Makkedah that very day, and attacked both it and its king with swords, utterly destroying it along with every person in it, leaving no survivors. He dealt with the king of Makkedah the same way he had dealt with the king of Jericho.

""Meroz is cursed!' declared the angel of the LORD. "Utterly and totally cursed are its inhabitants, because they never came to the aid of the LORD, to the aid of the LORD against the valiant warriors!'"

One spring day, during the time of year when kings go off to war, David sent out Joab, along with his personal staff and all of Israel's army. They utterly destroyed the Ammonites and then attacked Rabbah while David remained in Jerusalem.

"No, my brother!" she kept telling him. "Don't humiliate me like this! This just isn't done in Israel! Don't do this utterly foolish thing!

When Jehu arrived in Samaria, he executed everyone who remained of Ahab's household in Samaria, until he had utterly destroyed Ahab in accordance with the message from the LORD that he spoke to Elijah.

and ordered him, "Open a window that faces east." So he did so. Elisha ordered him, "Shoot!" So he shot. Then Elisha said, "This is the LORD's arrow of victory the victory arrow against Aram, because you will defeat the Arameans at Aphek until you will have utterly finished them off."

What god, out of all the gods of those nations that my predecessors utterly destroyed, has been able to deliver his people from my control or from the control of my predecessors?

The one who despises those who are utterly wicked, but who honors the one who fears the LORD, who keeps his word even when it hurts and does not change,

I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn around until they were utterly defeated.

I am weak and utterly crushed; I cry out in distress because of my heart's anguish.

Moreover, my tongue will speak all day about your justice; for those who seek my destruction will be utterly humiliated. Solomonic

The Lord is at your right hand; he will utterly destroy kings in the time of his wrath.

He will execute judgment against the nations, filling graves with corpses. He will utterly destroy leaders far and wide.

Even though the arrogant utterly deride me, I do not turn away from your instruction.

Indeed, a perverse man is utterly disgusting to the LORD, but he takes the upright into his confidence.

"Utterly pointless," says the Teacher. "Absolutely pointless; everything is pointless."

"Utterly pointless," says the Teacher. "Everything is pointless."

Their idols will utterly vanish.

Then I asked, "For how long, LORD?" He replied: "Until cities lie waste, without inhabitants, and houses without people; and the land becomes utterly desolate.

The earth will be utterly depopulated and completely laid waste for the LORD has spoken this message.

The earth is utterly shattered, the earth is split apart, the earth is violently shaken.

For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; those nations will be utterly ruined.

Heavens, be appalled at this, be shocked, be utterly devastated," declares the LORD.

For both the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been utterly unfaithful to me," declares the LORD.

I'm now sending for all the tribes from the north, declares the LORD, and for my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I'll bring them against this land, against its inhabitants, and against all these surrounding nations. I'll utterly destroy them and make them an object of horror and scorn, and an everlasting desolation.

They built the high places of Baal that are in the Hinnom Valley in order to sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molech something that I didn't command, nor did it ever enter my mind for them to require this utterly repugnant thing and lead Judah into sin."

Because of the anger of the LORD she won't be inhabited, but will be utterly devastated. Everyone who passes by Babylon will be horrified and will scoff because of all her wounds.

unless you have utterly rejected us and are angry with us without limit.

That's when all the kings of the seafaring nations will abandon their thrones, strip off their fancy clothes, and collapse trembling on the ground. They'll be so frightened as they observe what has happened to you that they'll be unable to stop trembling. They will be utterly appalled at you!

While the king watched the back of the hand as it was writing, his facial expression changed. Utterly frightened, he lost control of his own bowels and his knees knocked together.

"The Lord GOD has sworn by himself," declares the LORD, the God of the Heavenly Armies, "I utterly detest the arrogance of Jacob; I hate his fortresses; and I will deliver up the city, along with everyone in it.

"Look! I will make you insignificant among the nations; you will be utterly despised.

"I'll utterly sweep away everything from the land," declares the LORD.

and he will turn the hearts of fathers to children, and the hearts of children to their fathers. Otherwise, I'll come, strike the land, and utterly destroy it."

When Jesus had finished saying all these things, the crowds were utterly amazed at his teaching,

The people were utterly amazed at his teaching, because he was teaching them like one with authority, and not like their scribes.

So the man left and began proclaiming in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And everyone was utterly amazed.

When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were utterly amazed. "Where did this man get all these things?" they asked. "What is this wisdom that has been given to him? What great miracles are being done by his hands!

Then he got into the boat with them, and the wind stopped blowing. The disciples were utterly astounded,

The disciples were utterly amazed and asked one another, "Then who can be saved?"

So Jesus told them, "Give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." And they were utterly amazed at him.

As they went into the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were utterly astonished.

They were utterly amazed at what he taught, because his message was spoken with authority.

"The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to everything he tells you. Any person who will not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.'

When the commander of the Temple guards and the high priests heard these words, they were utterly at a loss as to what could have happened to them.