'Sweep' in the Bible

Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

What if there are 50 righteous people in the city? Will You really sweep it away instead of sparing the place for the sake of the 50 righteous people who are in it?

He warned the Kenites, “Since you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came out of Egypt, go on and leave! Get away from the Amalekites, or I’ll sweep you away with them.” So the Kenites withdrew from the Amalekites.

Because of all this, I am about to bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam:I will eliminate all of Jeroboam’s males,both slave and free, in Israel;I will sweep away the house of Jeroboamas one sweeps away dung until it is all gone!

take note: I will sweep away Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat:

This is what the Lord says: ‘I am about to bring disaster on you and will sweep away your descendants:I will eliminate all of Ahab’s males,both slave and free, in Israel;

They sweep by like boats made of papyrus,like an eagle swooping down on its prey.

My heart shudders within me;terrors of death sweep over me.

Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns—whether green or burning—He will sweep them away.

Don’t let the floodwaters sweep over meor the deep swallow me up;don’t let the Pit close its mouth over me.

Mighty waters cannot extinguish love;rivers cannot sweep it away.If a man were to give all his wealth for love,it would be utterly scorned.

It will pour into Judah,flood over it, and sweep through,reaching up to the neck;and its spreading streamswill fill your entire land, Immanuel!

And I will make justice the measuring lineand righteousness the mason’s level.”Hail will sweep away the false refuge,and water will flood your hiding place.

“It is I who sweep away your transgressionsfor My own sakeand remember your sins no more.

I will send famine and dangerous animals against you. They will leave you childless, Jerusalem. Plague and bloodshed will sweep through you, and I will bring a sword against you. I, Yahweh, have spoken.”

“At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, but the king of the North will storm against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships. He will invade countries and sweep through them like a flood.

Then they sweep by like the windand pass through.They are guilty; their strength is their god.

I will sweep away man and animal;I will sweep away the birds of the skyand the fish of the sea,and the ruins along with the wicked.I will cut off mankindfrom the face of the earth.This is the Lord’s declaration.

“Or what woman who has 10 silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?

From his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river flowing after the woman, to sweep her away in a torrent.