12 Bible Verses about Sudden Destruction
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For when they are saying, "Peace and safety," then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman; and they will in no way escape.
Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.
My son, fear Yahweh and the king. Don't join those who are rebellious: for their calamity will rise suddenly; the destruction from them both -- who knows?
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep were burst open, and the sky's windows were opened.
when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when your disaster comes on like a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come on you.
For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, That was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands were laid on her.
for their calamity will rise suddenly; the destruction from them both -- who knows?
He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.
For man also doesn't know his time. As the fish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly on them.
therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly in an instant.
Therefore evil will come on you; you won't know when it dawns: and mischief will fall on you; you will not be able to put it away: and desolation shall come on you suddenly, which you don't know.
Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas; I have brought on them against the mother of the young men a destroyer at noonday: I have caused anguish and terrors to fall on her suddenly.
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Sudden destruction » The sudden overthrow of sinners
for their calamity will rise suddenly; the destruction from them both -- who knows?
Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.
therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly in an instant.
For man also doesn't know his time. As the fish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly on them.
He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.