24 occurrences in 12 translations

'Break' in the Bible

Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:

Verse ConceptsBreaking SticksDrinking WaterFamine ComingFear Will ComePeople AppalledFamine Will ComeAnxiety And FearDespairweight

When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:

Verse ConceptsArrows, Figurative OfArrows, Described AsArchers, Likened To GodFamine Coming From God

so tell those who plaster it over with whitewash, that it will fall. A flooding rain will come, and you, O hailstones, will fall; and a violent wind will break out.

Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The WickedShowersHailPlasterWhitewashingThings Falling

Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “I will make a violent wind break out in My wrath. There will also be in My anger a flooding rain and hailstones to consume it in wrath.

Verse ConceptsWindGod Sending RainGod Dispensing WindFloods

So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

Verse ConceptsFoundationsDestruction Of The WickedFoundations Of NationsPlasterThings StrippedWhitewashingMoral Decay

Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:

Verse ConceptsUnfaithfulness, To GodStretching OutGod's HandDestruction Of All CreaturesGod's Hands Stretched OutBoth Men And Animals KilledUnfaithful

And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare.

Verse ConceptsNakednessDestruction Of Satan's WorksPeople Stripping PeopleTo Be Given Into One's Handsjewelry

For thus said the Lord Jehovah: I have dealt with thee as thou hast done, In that thou hast despised an oath -- to break covenant.

Verse ConceptsPunishment, According To DeedsEquality Of PunishmentBreaking The Covenant

But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?

Verse ConceptsenvoyLargenessRebellion Against God, Shown InNo EscapeAcquiring HorsesLarge Armies

"As long as I live," declares the Lord GOD, "in Babylon, that place where the king has enthroned him, whose oath he despised so as to break his covenant, he'll die with him.

Verse ConceptsBabylon, Israel Exiled ToPossibility Of DeathAuthority Delegated To People

And he despised the oath -- to break covenant, And lo, he hath given his hand, And all these he hath done, he escapeth not.

Verse ConceptsGuaranteeNo Escape

Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.

Verse ConceptsGashing Bodiesbreasts

And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsTowersWallsEmpty CitiesThings Stripped

And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.

Verse ConceptsAxesBattering ramsTowers

And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of HousesBuilding Stones RejectedDrawbacks To RichesWood And Stone

When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.

Verse ConceptsShouldersBreaking SticksPeople Shakingmuscles

At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.

Verse ConceptsendYokesCessationDarkness During DaytimeGod Freeing CaptivesThings StoppingHer Strength

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.

Verse ConceptsBones BrokenGod OpposingThings Falling

"I'm coming to attack Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and I'm going to break both of his arms, the strong one and the wounded one. That will make him drop his sword. I'm going to scatter Egypt throughout the surrounding nations and disperse them throughout the world.

Verse ConceptsScattering The Peoples

And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.

Verse ConceptsBones BrokenGod Strengthening PeopleGod's Sword

Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou wast like a young lion among the nations, and thou wast as a monster in the seas; and thou didst break forth in thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.

Verse ConceptsWhalesCosmic CreaturesLike Creatures

The trees of the field will give their fruit, and the land will yield its produce; My flock will be secure in their land. They will know that I am Yahweh when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the hands of those who enslave them.

Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, NaturalYokesLand ProducingGod Saving From EnemiesGod Freeing CaptivesGod Will Keep SafeBreaking Chains

In your bringing in sons of a stranger, uncircumcised of heart, and uncircumcised of flesh, to be in My sanctuary, to pollute it, even My house, in your bringing near My bread, fat, and blood, and they break My covenant by all your abominations,

Verse ConceptsBlood Of SacrificesPollutionsForeigners In The Holy PlacesBreaking The CovenantFat Of The SacrificesUncircumcised In HeartCovenant Made At Sinai

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Better (302 instances)
Breach (52 instances)
Breakage (1 instance)
Breaking (94 instances)
Breakout (1 instance)
Burst (49 instances)
Crack (10 instances)
Crumble (7 instances)
Dampen (1 instance)
Disclose (36 instances)
Discontinue (1 instance)
Discover (49 instances)
Erupt (4 instances)
Expose (42 instances)
Fault (54 instances)
Fracture (2 instances)
Infringe (1 instance)
Intermission (3 instances)
Interruption (3 instances)
Interval (9 instances)
Misconduct (5 instances)
Offend (33 instances)
Pause (76 instances)
Recess (2 instances)
Respite (8 instances)
Reveal (107 instances)
Rift (1 instance)
Separate (157 instances)
Severance (1 instance)
Shift (4 instances)
Soften (1 instance)
Sunder (9 instances)
Train (18 instances)
Transgress (33 instances)
Uncover (39 instances)
Unwrap (1 instance)
Violate (24 instances)
Weaken (6 instances)

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