Amos 5:19
It is as if a man runs from a lion [escaping one danger]
And a bear meets him [so he dies anyway],
Or goes home, and leans with his hand against the wall
And a snake bites him.
Isaiah 24:17-18
Terror and pit [of destruction] and snare
Confront you, O inhabitant of the earth.
Jeremiah 15:2-3
And it shall be that when they say to you, ‘Where should we go?’ then tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord:
Those for the sword, to the sword;
Those for famine, to famine;
Those for captivity, to captivity.”’
1 Kings 20:29-30
So they camped opposite each other for seven days. Then on the seventh day the battle began, and the sons of Israel killed 100,000 of the Aramean foot soldiers in a single day.
Job 20:24-25
“He may flee from the iron weapon,
But the bow of bronze will pierce him through.
Jeremiah 48:43-44
“Terror and pit and snare are before you,
O inhabitant of Moab,” says the Lord.
Amos 9:1-2
I saw [in a vision] the Lord standing at the altar, and He said,
And break them on the heads of all of the people!
Then I will kill the rest of them with the sword;
They will not have a fugitive who will get away,
Or a survivor who will escape.
Acts 28:4
When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they began saying to one another, “Undoubtedly this man is a murderer, and though he has been saved from the sea, Justice [the avenging goddess] has not permitted him to live.”
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And break them on the heads of all of the people!
Then I will kill the rest of them with the sword;
They will not have a fugitive who will get away,
Or a survivor who will escape.
“He may flee from the iron weapon,
But the bow of bronze will pierce him through.
Terror and pit [of destruction] and snare
Confront you, O inhabitant of the earth.
Those for the sword, to the sword;
Those for famine, to famine;
Those for captivity, to captivity.”’
“Terror and pit and snare are before you,
O inhabitant of Moab,” says the Lord.