21 occurrences

'Overtaken' in the Bible

And the children of Israel said to Moses, Truly, destruction has come on us; an evil fate has overtaken us all.

And the people were angry with Moses and said, If only death had overtaken us when our brothers came to their death before the Lord!

Verse ConceptsRebellion Against God, Shown InDisputesCynicismDesire For DeathDeath

So when death had overtaken all the men of war among the people,

Verse ConceptsWar

Then when evils and troubles without number have overtaken them, this song will be a witness to them, for the words of it will be clear in the memories of their children: for I see the thoughts which are moving in their hearts even now, before I have taken them into the land of my oath.

Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingFutureGod's ForeknowledgeNot ForgettingThings As Witnesses

And this is the reason why Joshua did so: all the males of the people who came out of Egypt, all the fighting-men, had been overtaken by death in the waste land on the way, after they came out of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsDying In The WildernessDeath As PunishmentDeath Of All Males

And the men of Israel had made a turn about, and the men of Benjamin were overcome with fear, for they saw that evil had overtaken them.

And those men who were not overtaken by death were cruelly diseased: and the cry of the town went up to heaven.

So get up now, and go out and say some kind words to your servants; for, by the Lord, I give you my oath, that if you do not go out, not one of them will keep with you tonight; and that will be worse for you than all the evil which has overtaken you from your earliest years.

Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofTreatment From YouthGet Up!Scattering Followers

My feelings are strongly moved, and give me no rest; days of trouble have overtaken me.

Verse ConceptsStressBowelsIndigestion

For unnumbered evils are round about me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I am bent down with their weight; they are more than the hairs of my head, my strength is gone because of them.

Verse ConceptsAn Innumerable NumberGuilty ConsciencesDespair, Description OfNumber Of HairsHair

Everyone who is overtaken will have a spear put through him, and everyone who goes in flight will be put to the sword.

Verse ConceptsCruelty, examples ofSurvivors Destroyed

And it will be that he who goes in flight from the sound of fear will be overtaken by death; and he who gets free from death will be taken in the net: for the windows on high are open, and the bases of the earth are shaking.

Verse ConceptsClimbingEarth's FoundationWindows Of HeavenMoving UpwardsPeople Falling From A HeightGod TrappingFear Will Come

How long will the land have grief, and the plants of all the land be dry? because of the sins of the people living in it, destruction has overtaken the beasts and the birds; because they said, God does not see our ways.

Verse ConceptsdrynessGrassPunishment, Nature OfShepherds, As OccupationsBeastsGod Not SeeingBefore God ActsHerbs

For this cause, let their children be without food, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives be without children and become widows; let their men be overtaken by death, and their young men be put to the sword in the fight.

Verse ConceptsRevenge, Examples OfFamine KillingApproval To Kill

He who goes in flight from the fear will be overtaken by death; and he who gets free from death will be taken in the net: for I will make this come on Moab, even the year of their punishment, says the Lord.

Verse ConceptsYearsThe Day Of JudgementGod TrappingFear Will Come

Judah has been taken away as a prisoner because of trouble and hard work; her living-place is among the nations, there is no rest for her: all her attackers have overtaken her in a narrow place.

Verse ConceptsPursuing PeopleWorryExile Of Judah To BabylonOvertaking

Destruction has overtaken my people because they have no knowledge; because you have given up knowledge, I will give you up, so that you will be no priest to me, because you have not kept in mind the law of your God, I will not keep your children in my memory.

Verse ConceptsBad CounselDangers Of IgnorancedecisionsPoverty, SpiritualRejection Of GodRejection Of God, Results OfRetributionAdvice, Rejecting God's AdviceWisdom, Source Of HumanValuing KnowledgeGod ForgettingForsaking God's ThingsDeposingIgnorance of GodRejectionignorance

I have had the nations cut off, their towers are broken down; I have made their streets a waste so that no one goes through them: destruction has overtaken their towns, so that there is no man living in them.

Verse ConceptsRoadsDestruction Of CitiesEmpty CitiesTragedy On The StreetsGod Saves From Sin And DeathGod Killed The Peoples

But my words and my orders, which I gave to my servants the prophets, have they not overtaken your fathers? and turning back they said, As it was the purpose of the Lord of armies to do to us, in reward for our ways and our doings, so has he done.

Verse ConceptsGod Spoke By The ProphetsRepaid For DeedsSigns Of RepentanceGod's Will Be Done

Bible Theasaurus

Catch (67 instances)
Overcome (324 instances)
Overpower (17 instances)
Overtake (129 instances)
Overtaken (48 instances)
Overwhelm (38 instances)

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain