12 occurrences

'Overwhelming' in the Bible

So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for every Egyptian sold his field because the famine was severe upon them. So the land became Pharaoh’s.

Verse ConceptsFieldsProperty, LandPurchasingReal EstatePeople Possessing Other Things

He will execute judgment [in overwhelming punishment] among the nations;He will fill them with corpses,He will crush the chief men over a broad country.

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeChrist Judging

Wrath is cruel and anger is an overwhelming flood,But who is able to endure and stand before [the sin of] jealousy?

Verse ConceptsEnvyJealousyAble To StandPassionBeing Overwhelmedwrath

“Your covenant with death will be annulled,And your agreement with Sheol (the place of the dead) will not stand;When the overwhelming scourge passes through,Then you will become its trampling ground.

Verse ConceptsAgreementTrampling PeopleNot DyingDeath Preventedcovenantcheaters

Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “I will make a violent wind break out in My wrath, and there will be in My anger an overwhelming rain and great hailstones to destroy [that wall] in wrath.

Verse ConceptsWindGod Sending RainGod Dispensing WindFloods

and you will go up against My people Israel like a cloud to cover the land. In the last days it will come about that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I show Myself holy through you before their eyes, O Gog.”

Verse ConceptsMission, Of IsraelEnd Of The WorldCovering The EarthNations Attacking Israel

The overwhelming forces [of the invading armies of Egypt] will be flooded away before him and smashed; and also the prince of the covenant [will be smashed].

Verse ConceptsCovenant Made At Sinai

all the families that remain, each by itself, and their wives by themselves [each with an overwhelming individual regret for having blindly rejected their Messiah].

Verse ConceptsOther Wives

They were all astonished, and they began glorifying God; and they were filled with [reverential] fear and kept saying, “We have seen wonderful and incredible things today!”

Verse ConceptsAmazingReverence, And God's NatureAmazement, Of Christ's MiraclesTodayFear Of ChristSpecific Praising Of GodAwesurprises

Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with [transcendent, overwhelming] power [subduing the nations] and with great glory.

Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfFutureGod, Power OfLast ThingsGod's Glory In Jesus ChristSeeing The Risen ChristCloud of gloryThe Second Coming

Indeed, what had glory [the Law], in this case no longer has glory because of the glory that surpasses it [the gospel].

Verse ConceptsImperfect Nature Of Human Glory

But more than that, I count everything as loss compared to the priceless privilege and supreme advantage of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord [and of growing more deeply and thoroughly acquainted with Him—a joy unequaled]. For His sake I have lost everything, and I consider it all garbage, so that I may gain Christ,

Verse ConceptsGoalsGiving, Of OneselfBad Languagedung and manureCertaintyHeaven, Inheritance OfRenunciationSelf SacrificeValuesKnowledgeSpiritual InvestmentGain Through LossCrude LanguageConsecration, Examples OfSpiritual TreasuresDeath To SelfDefecationKnowing Christ PersonallyRubbishlosing a loved oneWorthBeing LostValueExcellenceLosing Someoneaccomplishmentsaccomplishmentpoop

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