43 occurrences in 12 translations

'Threatened' in the Bible

And Yahweh relented concerning the disaster that he had {threatened} to do to his people.

Verse ConceptsGod, Repentance OfRepentance, Nature OfGod Changing His Mind

While the whole community threatened to stone them, the glory of the Lord appeared to all the Israelites at the tent of meeting.

Verse ConceptsGlory, Revelation OfAppearances Of God In OtStoningTheophanyFear Of Stoning

For I was terrified at the Lord's intense anger that threatened to destroy you. But he listened to me this time as well.

Verse ConceptsDispleasureGod Might Kill His PeopleGod Will Be AngryThose Frightened Of God

“I fell down in the presence of the Lord 40 days and 40 nights because the Lord had threatened to destroy you.

Verse ConceptsForty DaysSecret PrayerMore Than One MonthGod Might Kill His People

He also threatened the men of Penuel, warning, "When I return victoriously, I will tear down this tower."

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of Cities

{Now Saul was threatened by the presence of David} because Yahweh was with him, but had departed from Saul.

Verse ConceptsApostasy Of SaulGod With Specific PeopleFear Of IndividualsBeing Scared

but when Saul saw that he [was] very successful, {he was severely threatened by him}.

Verse ConceptsPersecution, Forms OfFear Of IndividualsThe Righteous Prosper

Saul {was threatened by David still more}, so Saul {became a perpetual enemy of David}.

Verse ConceptsIntimidationFear Of Individuals

{David took these words seriously} and {felt severely threatened by} Achish the king of Gath.

Verse ConceptsAnxiety, Examples OfFear Of Individuals

King Shalmaneser of Assyria threatened him; Hoshea became his subject and paid him tribute.

Verse ConceptsServanthood, In SocietyTaxationThose Subjected To People

Those who seek my life lay snares for me;And those who seek to injure me have threatened destruction,And they devise treachery all day long.

Verse ConceptsDeception In Fallen Human NaturePersecution, Forms OfEvil PlansTrapCharacter Of WickedMan TrappingAll DayAttempting To Kill Me

For the choir director; according to Shoshannim. A Psalm of David.Save me, O God,For the waters have threatened my life.

Verse ConceptsCarvings Of FlowersMusicWaters Of AfflictionSave Us!Water, As A Symbol Of AfflictionFloodswaterfalls

He threatened to destroy them, but Moses, his chosen one, interceded with him and turned back his destructive anger.

Verse Conceptselection, responsibilities ofCalf worshipMoses, Significance OfPlaguesGod Might Kill His PeopleAction Lest God Be Angry

The ransom for a man’s life is his wealth,But the poor man does not even have to listen to a rebuke or threats [from the envious].

Verse ConceptsRansomThreatsSatisfied With RichesSaving Money

“The prophets are like the wind [their prophecy will not come to pass],And the word [of God] is not in them.In this manner it will be done to them [as they prophesied, not to us].”

Verse ConceptsWindWord Of GodProphecy Abolishedprophets

But they did not listen to me or pay any attention to me! Each one of them followed the stubborn inclinations of his own wicked heart. So I brought on them all the punishments threatened in the covenant because they did not carry out its terms as I commanded them to do.'"

Verse ConceptsHardness Of HeartStubbornness, Consequences OfStubbornnessRefusing To Hear

Then the Lord told me about some men from Anathoth who were threatening to kill me. They had threatened, "Stop prophesying in the name of the Lord or we will kill you!"

Verse ConceptsKilling ProphetsProphecy MuzzledAttempting To Kill Specific People

Not one of them will survive. I will bring disaster on those men from Anathoth who threatened you. A day of reckoning is coming for them."

Verse ConceptsYearsNo SurvivorsGod Will Bring Harm

"When you tell these people about all this, they will undoubtedly ask you, 'Why has the Lord threatened us with such great disaster? What wrong have we done? What sin have we done to offend the Lord our God?'

Verse ConceptsGod Harmed ThemWhat Sin?Why Does God Do This?

But if that nation I threatened stops doing wrong, I will cancel the destruction I intended to do to it.

Verse ConceptsGod, Repentance OfGod Changing His MindGod Turned Back From Harming Them

"The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, 'I will soon bring on this city and all the towns surrounding it all the disaster I threatened to do to it. I will do so because they have stubbornly refused to pay any attention to what I have said!'"

Verse ConceptsObstinacy Against GodVillagesNecksObstinate IndividualsGod Will Bring Harm

But correct the way you have been living and do what is right. Obey the Lord your God. If you do, the Lord will forgo destroying you as he threatened he would.

Verse ConceptsCommitment, to GodGod, Repentance OfMind, Of GodReformationObedience To GodGod Changing His MindPeople Changing Their MindsGod's PlanMaking DecisionsGods PlanGod Turning Bad Things Into Good

King Hezekiah and all the people of Judah did not put him to death, did they? Did not Hezekiah show reverence for the Lord and seek the Lord's favor? Did not the Lord forgo destroying them as he threatened he would? But we are on the verge of bringing great disaster on ourselves."

Verse ConceptsGod Changing His MindSeeking The Favour Of God

Why should you and your people die by the sword, famine, or plague as the Lord has threatened against any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon?

Verse ConceptsPestilenceGod KillingFamine KillingGod Kills

Even now siege ramps have been built up around the city in order to capture it. War, starvation, and disease are sure to make the city fall into the hands of the Babylonians who are attacking it. Lord, you threatened that this would happen. Now you can see that it is already taking place.

Verse ConceptsAttackingActual Attacks On JerusalemGod Will Cause Defeat

So I, the Lord, the God who rules over all, the God of Israel, say: "I will soon bring on Judah and all the citizens of Jerusalem all the disaster that I threatened to bring on them. I will do this because I spoke to them but they did not listen. I called out to them but they did not answer."'"

Verse ConceptsRejection Of GodRejection Of God's CallGod's Call, Few RespondAnswering GodOthers Not AnsweringGod Will Bring Harm

Perhaps then they will ask the Lord for mercy and will all stop doing the evil things they have been doing. For the Lord has threatened to bring great anger and wrath against these people."

Verse ConceptsPrayer, Described AsGod Answers PrayerFree Moral AgencyAnger And Forgivenesssupplicationpetition

I will punish him and his descendants and the officials who serve him for the wicked things they have done. I will bring on them, the citizens of Jerusalem, and the people of Judah all the disaster that I threatened to do to them. I will punish them because I threatened them but they still paid no heed."'"

Verse ConceptsGod Will Bring Harm

The captain of the royal guard took Jeremiah aside and said to him, "The Lord your God threatened this place with this disaster.

Verse ConceptsGod Harmed Them

Now he has brought it about. The Lord has done just as he threatened to do. This disaster has happened because you people sinned against the Lord and did not obey him.

Verse ConceptsChains

Raise up a signal flagagainst the walls of Babylon;fortify the watch post;set the watchmen in place;prepare the ambush.For the Lord has both planned and accomplishedwhat He has threatenedagainst those who live in Babylon.

Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerGuardsWatchmanBabylon DestroyedAmbushFlagsThe judgment of babylon

You must say, ‘Lord, You have threatened to cut off this place so that no one will live in it—man or beast. Indeed, it will remain desolate forever.’

Verse ConceptsEmpty CitiesBoth Men And Animals Affected

(Ayin) The Lord has done what he planned; he has fulfilled his promise that he threatened long ago: He has overthrown you without mercy and has enabled the enemy to gloat over you; he has exalted your adversaries' power.

Verse ConceptsCruelty, God's attitude toGuidance, God's Promises OfPlansDeterminismPower Through GodHorns VictoriousGod Speaking Of OldNot SparingRejoicing In Evil

"All Israel has broken your law and turned away by not obeying you. Therefore you have poured out on us the judgment solemnly threatened in the law of Moses the servant of God, for we have sinned against you.

Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forServants Of The LordThe Curse Of The LawThey Do Not Keep CommandsWe Have SinnedWritten In The Law

And He has carried out completely His [threatening] words which He had spoken against us and against our rulers [the kings, princes, and judges] who ruled us, to bring on us a great tragedy; for under the whole heaven there has not been done anything [so dreadful] like that which [He commanded and] was done to Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsUnique EventsFaithful SayingsGod Harmed Them

Then the Lord hurled a violent wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose on the sea that the ship threatened to break apart.

Verse ConceptsStormsWeather, God's Sovereignty OverWindGod Dispensing WindBroken ThingsHurricanessailingjonahGod Controls Storms

Then God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—so God relented from the disaster He had threatened to do to them. And He did not do it.

Verse Conceptsevil, victory overPlansReceptivenessRenunciationRepentance, Importance OfThreatsGod Is UnchangeableGod Changing His MindRepentanceGod Turned Back From Harming ThemSigns Of RepentanceOne's Deedsjonah

He prayed to the Lord and said, "Oh, Lord, this is just what I thought would happen when I was in my own country. This is what I tried to prevent by attempting to escape to Tarshish! -- because I knew that you are gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in mercy, and one who relents concerning threatened judgment.

Verse ConceptsGod, Patience OfGod, Repentance OfKnowing God, Nature OfReceptivenessRestraintGod Is UnchangeableGod Changing His MindHasty ActionSaying The Same ThingsSaying RepeatedlyA Forgiving GodGod Turned Back From Harming ThemKnowing God's CharacterAnger And Forgivenessjonah

I have heard the taunting of Moaband the insults of the Ammonites,who have taunted My peopleand threatened their territory.

Verse ConceptsSpreading

I thought, 'Certainly you will respect me! Now you will accept correction!' If she had done so, her home would not be destroyed by all the punishments I have threatened. But they eagerly sinned in everything they did.

Verse ConceptseagernessPunishment, By GodRashnessFear Of God, Results OfRising EarlyFear God!Roses

But suddenly there arose a great storm on the Lake, so that the waves threatened to engulf the boat; but He was asleep.

Verse ConceptsBody Of Christ, Physical BodySleep, PhysicalStormsTirednessSwampedlakes

So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done.

Verse ConceptsPeople Set Free By PeopleSpecific Praising Of God

Bible Theasaurus

Endanger (5 instances)
Jeopardize (2 instances)
Menace (2 instances)
Peril (9 instances)
Threaten (19 instances)
Threatened (43 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἀπειλέω 
Apeileo 
Usage: 2

ἀπειλή 
Apeile 
Usage: 4

προσαπειλέω 
Prosapeileo 
Usage: 1

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