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'In an Instant' in the Bible

'And when the dead dieth beside him in an instant, suddenly, and he hath defiled the head of his separation, then he hath shaved his head in the day of his cleansing; on the seventh day he doth shave it,

Verse ConceptsBaldnessHairsHeadsThe Seventh Day Of The WeekPossibility Of DeathDay 7

"Separate yourselves from among this community, that I may consume them in an instant."

Verse ConceptsSeparationSeparation From Evil PeopleGod Might Kill His People

"Get away from the midst of this community, and I will finish them in an instant," but they fell on their faces.

Verse ConceptsSeparation From Evil PeopleGod Might Kill His People

'And if, in an instant, without enmity, he hath thrust him through, or hath cast at him any instrument, without lying in wait;

Verse ConceptsLack Of Expectation

They spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol.

Verse ConceptsDeath Of The WickedSudden DeathThe Wicked ProsperWealth And Prosperity

For I do not know how to give such titles;otherwise, my Maker would remove me in an instant.

Verse ConceptsSkillPeople Ended

But the multitude of thy foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be in an instant suddenly.

Verse ConceptsChaffSuddenlyLight As ChaffCreatures Returning To DustProtection From EnemiesEnemy Attacksdust

therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly in an instant.

Verse ConceptsSin, God's Judgment OnWallsAfflictions Of The WickedThe Insecurity Of The WickedSudden DestructionSuddenlyThings Falling

Who has heard of such a thing?Who has seen such things?Can a land be born in one dayor a nation be delivered in an instant?Yet as soon as Zion was in labor,she gave birth to her sons.

Verse ConceptsDevelopmentUnique Eventsrebirth

Disaster on disaster is proclaimed,For the whole land is devastated;Suddenly my tents are devastated,My curtains in an instant.

Verse ConceptsSuddenly

Look, like a lion comes up from the thicket of the Jordan to a pasture that grows year round, so I'll drive them away from her in an instant, and I'll appoint whomever is chosen over her. Indeed, who is like me? Who gives me counsel? Who is the shepherd who will stand against me?"

Verse ConceptsChallengesShepherds, As Kings And LeadersInadequate ShepherdingGod Like A LionWho Is Like God?The Region Of JordanLeadership Qualities

"Look, like a lion comes up from the thicket of the Jordan to a pasture that grows year round, so I'll drive them away from her in an instant, and I'll appoint whomever is chosen over her. Indeed, who is like me? Who gives me counsel? Who is the shepherd who will stand against me?"

Verse ConceptsChallengesShepherds, As Kings And LeadersInadequate ShepherdingGod Like A LionWho Is Like God?The Region Of Jordan

ו VavThe punishment of my dear peopleis greater than that of Sodom,which was overthrown in an instantwithout a hand laid on it.

Verse ConceptsSodom And GomorrahSudden DestructionGod's People SinningPunishments

When the disciples saw this they marvelled. "How did the fig tree wither up in an instant?" they said.

Verse ConceptsAmazement, Of Christ's MiraclesSuddenlyThe Disciples ReactionsWhy Does This Happen?

and while he was speaking, the leprosy left him in an instant, and he was cur'd.

Verse ConceptsHow Healing Came

all of a sudden there was a great earthquake which shook the very foundations of the prison; the doors all flew open in an instant and the fetters of all the prisoners were unfastened.

Verse ConceptsFoundationsearthquakesChainsPrisonsSudden EventsIron ChainsFoundations Of BuildingsGod ShakingGod Freeing CaptivesBreaking Chainsjailevangelising

in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

Verse ConceptsFutureResurrection, Of The DeadSudden EventsEternal ExistenceNo DecayOur ResurrectionTrumpets At The EndThe ResurrectionEyesThe Rapture

they will scatter dust on their heads, and cry with tears, and bemoaning, "alas, alas, that great city, which enrich'd all the traders by sea, by the consumption she made: how is she reduc'd to a desert, in an instant!"

Verse ConceptsDust, Figurative UseCommerceA Short TimeDestruction Of BabylonShips For TradingDust On The HeadShort Time For ActionRegretting

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