49 occurrences

'Broke' in the Bible

In the greatness of your majesty you broke down your enemies. You sent forth your anger, it consumed them like stubble.

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfAnger Of God, ConsequencesConfrontationGod Angry With The Nations

The LORD told Moses, "Cut out for yourself two stone tablets like the first ones, and I'll write on the tablets the words which were on the first tablets that you broke.

Verse ConceptsFinger Of GodTwoLaw, Ten CommandmentsLeaders, PoliticalToolsWritingSplitting RocksCutting StonesStone ItemsTwo Stone TabletsBreaking The Ten CommandmentsGod Writing With His Finger

I'll write on the tablets what was on the first tablets that you broke. Then place them in the wooden chest.'

Later, the Israelis broke their promise regarding the things that had been turned over to destruction. Carmi's son Achan, grandson of Zabdi and great-grandson of Zerah from the tribe of Judah, appropriated some of the things that had been turned over to destruction. As a result, the LORD became angry with the Israelis.

Verse ConceptsThe AccursedAnger Of God, CausesGod's Intolerance Of EvilMaterialism, As An Aspect Of SinProvoking GodUnfaithfulness, To GodUnder The BanPeople Of JudahUnfaithful

Israel has sinned. They broke my covenant that I commanded them by taking some of the things that had been turned over to destruction. They have stolen, have been deceitful, and have stored what they stole among their own belongings.

Verse ConceptsRiches, Dangers OfStealingDishonesty, Examples OfBreaking The CovenantIndividuals Who LiedUnder The Ban

The angel of the LORD extended the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and unleavened bread. Fire broke out from inside the boulder, consuming the meat and unleavened bread. Then the angel of the LORD vanished in front of him.

Verse ConceptsStaffFire From HeavenBurning SacrificesDisappearance

When the three companies sounded their trumpets and broke the jars, they held the torches in their left hands and sounded their trumpets with their right hands. Then they cried out, "A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!"

Verse ConceptsShoutingBattle CriesGod's Swordgideon

The cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh, and stopped there. In that place there was a large stone. They broke up the wood from the cart, and offered up the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD.

Verse ConceptsWoodCartsSplitting WoodFirewood

When the Ammonites saw the Arameans retreating, they also retreated from Abishai back to the city. Then Joab broke off his attack against the Ammonites and went back to Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsFugitivesPeoples Who Fled

Afterwards, war broke out between the Philistines and Israel, so David went down to fight the Philistines. David became weary,

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahTirednessTired In ActivityFighting EnemiesstruggleWarBattleResolving Conflict

So the Three elite warriors broke through the Philistine ranks, drew some water from the Bethlehem well that was next to the city gate, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it. Instead, he poured it out in the LORD's presence,

Verse ConceptsExamples Of ConsecrationDrawing WaterPouring WaterBreaking Forthrisk

Also, the altar broke apart and the ashes that were on it spilled out from the altar, providing just the proof that the man of God had predicted in his message from the LORD!

Verse ConceptsSplitting RocksAshes Of SacrificesBurning Idolatrous Things

Then all of the people of the land entered Baal's temple, tore it down, and broke his altars and his images to pieces, killing Mattan the priest of Baal right in front of the altars. Furthermore, Jehoiada the priest appointed officers to guard the LORD's Temple,

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsDestruction Of Satan's WorksKilling Priests

He broke the pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherim, and filled their locations with human bones.

Verse ConceptsStonesObelisksBones

Furthermore, he even broke down the altar that had been at Bethel as well as the high place constructed by Nebat's son Jeroboam, who had caused Israel to sin. He demolished its stones, pulverized them to dust, and burned the Asherah.

Verse ConceptsGrindingAltars, Pagan

The Chaldeans also broke into pieces and carried back to Babylon the bronze pillars that stood in the LORD's Temple, along with the stands and the bronze sea that used to be in the LORD's Temple.

Verse ConceptsPossessions Taken To BabylonSeaSacrilegeBreaking ContainersPillars For Solomon's TempleAmassing BronzeBronze Items For The Tabernacle

So the Three Warriors broke through the Philistine ranks, drew some water from the Bethlehem well that was next to the city gate, and brought it back to David. But David refused to drink it, poured it out in the LORD's presence, and

Verse ConceptsDrawing WaterPouring Water

Afterwards, war broke out against the Philistines at Gezer, where Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, one of the descendants of the Rephaim, defeating the Philistines.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahGiants

Then all the people went to the temple of Baal, broke its altars and idols to pieces, and executed Mattan, the priest of Baal, in front of the altars.

Verse ConceptsTemples, HeathenDestruction Of Satan's Works

King Joash of Israel captured Joash's son King Amaziah of Judah, the grandson of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh and brought him back to Jerusalem, where he broke down 400 cubits of the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.

Verse ConceptsGatesBattering ramsNamed GatesTwelve Beings

Uzziah flew into a rage while he held in his hand a censer to burn incense. As he got angry at the priests, leprosy broke out all over his forehead right in front of the priests beside the incense altar in the LORD's Temple.

Verse ConceptsAnger, HumanAnger, Sinful Examples

At the conclusion of all of these activities, everybody in Israel who was in attendance traveled throughout the cities of Judah, broke down the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherim, and broke down the high places and altars throughout the territories of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh until they had eliminated all of them. Then the people of Israel went back to their cities and back to their work.

Verse ConceptsAbolitionHigh PlacesLeaders, PoliticalReformationSacrifice, In OtStonesAnnihilationDestruction Of Satan's WorksObelisks

They tore down the altars of Baals in his presence. He chopped down the incense altars that stood high above them. He broke into pieces the Asherim, the carved images, and the cast images, ground them to dust, and scattered the residue on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.

You sent away widows empty-handed, and broke the outstretched arms of orphans.

Verse ConceptsOrphansPoverty, Attitudes TowardsNot Helping Widows

I broke the fangs of the wicked, and made him drop the prey."

Verse ConceptsTeethDentistryBreaking TeethIndividuals Saving Others

You made the earth quake; you broke it open. Repair its fractures, because it has shifted.

Verse ConceptsGod Shaking The EarthRestoring ThingsHealing A Broken Heart

Therefore, when the LORD heard this, he was angry, and fire broke out against Jacob. Moreover, his anger flared against Israel,

Verse ConceptsGod Paid Attention To Them

They had provoked anger by their deeds, so that a plague broke out against them.

By his knowledge the depths broke open, and the clouds drip with dew.

Verse ConceptsClouds, Natural Useclosure

"The LORD will bring to you, to your people, and to your ancestor's house such a time as has never been since Ephraim broke away from Judah the king of Assyria will come.

Verse Conceptselection, responsibilities ofUnique EventsOther Times

King Sennacherib broke camp, retreated, returned home to Nineveh, and remained there.

"For long ago I broke your yoke and tore off your bonds, But you said, "I won't serve you!' Instead, on every high hill and under every green tree, you bend down to commit fornication.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual HarlotryServanthood, And Worship Of GodShrinesYokesNot Serving GodSacrificing On The High PlacesWorship At TreesBreaking Chains

They have turned back to the iniquities of their ancestors of old who refused to listen to my words. They followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah broke my covenant which I made with their ancestors."

Verse ConceptsServanthood, And Worship Of GodRefusing To HearDifferent GodsReturning to the oldBreaking The Covenant

Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.

Verse ConceptsConfrontationBreaking Chains

It won't be like the covenant I made with their ancestors on the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt. They broke my covenant, although I was a husband to them," declares the LORD.

Verse Conceptsdivorce, in OTHusbandsKnowing God, Effects OfMarriage, Between God And His PeopleRejection Of God, Results OfUnfaithfulness, To GodUnion With Christ, Nature OfUnity, God's Goal OfBreaking The CovenantMarriage To GodGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptGod As A Husband

The Chaldeans burned the palace and the houses of the people with fire, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsPalacesDestruction Of Jerusalem's WallBurning Jerusalem

The Chaldeans broke in pieces the bronze pillars that were in the LORD's Temple and the stands and the bronze sea that were in the LORD's Temple, and they carried all the bronze to Babylon.

Verse ConceptsPossessions Taken To BabylonPillars For Solomon's Temple

Jerusalem's gates collapsed to the ground; he destroyed and broke the bars of her gates. Both king and prince have gone into captivity. There is no instruction, and the prophets receive no vision from the LORD.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual Famine,Poverty, SpiritualVisionsSpiritual DestitutionBreaking SticksDestruction Of JerusalemKings ExiledCity GatesNo VisionsProphecy AbolishedPutting Things Down

He made my flesh and skin prematurely old; he broke my bones.

Verse ConceptsSkinBones BrokenHuman SkinDamage To The Body

He despised the oath he had made and broke the covenant. Look! Because he willingly submitted, yet he has done all these things, he won't escape.

Verse ConceptsGuaranteeNo Escape

Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says, "As long as I live, because he despised my oath and broke my covenant, he's going to suffer the consequences.

Verse ConceptsBreaking The Covenant

Yet in anger it was uprooted and cast down to the earth. An east wind desiccated its fruit; its strong branches broke off and withered, and a fire consumed them.

Verse ConceptsRootsWindDestruction Of PlantsOut Of The EastBurning PlantsPutting Things Down

"But like Adam, they broke the covenant; in this they have acted deceitfully against me.

Verse ConceptsCovenant breakersParticipation, In SinLike People In CharacterBreaking The CovenantUnfaithful

Then the LORD sent a great wind over the sea, and a severe storm broke out. It seemed as if the ship were about to break up.

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

Then I took the staff that I had named "Pleasant" and broke it, showing I was breaking my covenant that I had made with all of the people.

Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with NoahBreaking SticksBlessingBreaking The Covenantgraciousness

So I took the 30 shekels of silver and threw them into the treasury of the Temple of the LORD. Then I broke my second staff the one I had named "Union" - breaking the union between the house of Judah and the house of Israel.

Verse ConceptsBrotherhoodBreaking SticksNations UnitedUnrelated PeopleTogetherness

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Bankrupt (2 instances)
Better (302 instances)
Breach (52 instances)
Burst (49 instances)
Collapse (34 instances)
Dampen (1 instance)
Demote (2 instances)
Disclose (36 instances)
Discontinue (1 instance)
Discover (49 instances)
Erupt (4 instances)
Expose (42 instances)
Founder (7 instances)
Offend (33 instances)
Reveal (107 instances)
Separate (157 instances)
Smash (27 instances)
Soften (1 instance)
Split (48 instances)
Transgress (33 instances)
Uncover (39 instances)
Unwrap (1 instance)
Violate (24 instances)
Weaken (6 instances)

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