Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

Bible References

In prosperity

Acts 12:21
one court-day, Herod array'd in his robes of state, and seated upon the throne, made a publick oration:
1 Thessalonians 5:3
whilst they flatter themselves with peace and safety, destruction shall fall upon them, like the pangs of a woman in travail, and they shall not escape.

The destroyer

1 Corinthians 10:10
neither murmur ye, as some of them murmured, and were slain by the destroying angel.
Revelation 9:11
they had for their king the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek his name is Apollyon.