2 Samuel 20:19
We are peaceful and faithful Israelites. You seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel? Why should you swallow up what belongs to Jehovah?'
1 Samuel 26:19
Please let my lord the king listen to the words of his servant. If Jehovah has stirred you up against me, let Him accept an offering. If it is men, cursed are they before Jehovah. They have driven me out today so that I would have no attachment with the inheritance of Jehovah, saying: 'Go serve other gods.'
2 Samuel 21:3
He asked them: What can I do for you? What shall I give you to make peace with you so that you will bless what belongs to Jehovah?
2 Samuel 17:16
Quickly send messengers to tell David: 'Do not rest tonight in the river crossings in the desert. Make sure you cross the river. Otherwise Your Majesty and all the troops with him will be wiped out.'
Genesis 18:23
Abraham came near and said: Will you destroy the righteous with the wicked?
Exodus 19:5-6
If you will obey me and are faithful to the terms of my covenant, then out of all the nations you will be my own special possession, for all the earth is mine.
Numbers 16:32
and the earth opened up to swallow them, their families, the followers of Korah, and all their property.
Numbers 26:10
The ground opened up and swallowed them along with Korah. They and their followers died when the fire consumed the two hundred and fifty men. This was a warning.
Deuteronomy 32:9
Jehovah's people were his property. Jacob was God's own possession.
Judges 5:7
The towns of Israel were abandoned. They stood empty until I Deborah came, came like a mother for Israel.
Psalm 124:3
Then they would have swallowed us up quickly, when their wrath was kindled against us.
Jeremiah 51:34
The people of Jerusalem say: King Nebuchadnezzar made us panic. That monster (big snake) filled up with our treasures, leaving us empty. He gobbled down what he wanted and spit out the rest.
Jeremiah 51:44
I will punish Bel in Babylon. I will make Bel spit out everything that it has swallowed. Nations will no longer stream to Babylon. Its walls will fall.
Lamentations 2:2
Without mercy Jehovah destroyed every village in Judah. He tore down the forts that defended the land. He brought disgrace on the kingdom and its rulers.
Lamentations 2:5
Jehovah has become like an enemy fighting against her, sending destruction on Israel. He has sent destruction on all her great houses, turning his strong places into waste. He increases the grief and the sorrow of the daughter of Judah.
Lamentations 2:16
All your enemies are opening their mouths wide against you. They hiss and whistle through their teeth and say: We have made a meal of her. Certainly this is the day we have been looking for. It has come and we see it.
Ezekiel 16:45-49
You are the daughter of your mother, who loathed her husband and children. You are also the sister of your sisters, who loathed their husbands and children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.
Romans 13:3-4
For rulers are objects of fear, not to good works, but to the evil. Will you not have respect for the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from it.
1 Corinthians 15:54
When this corruptible shall be clothed with (Greek: enduo: dressed, put on) incorruption, and this mortal shall be clothed with immortality, then the saying will come true: Death is swallowed up in victory.
2 Corinthians 5:4
While in this tabernacle we groan and sigh with prayer. We are concerned that we would be clothed with what is mortal and be swallowed up (devoured) by this life.
1 Timothy 2:2
They should be made for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.