13 occurrences in 6 translations

'Chaos' in the Bible

In those days no one could travel safely, for total chaos had overtaken all the people of the surrounding lands.

Verse ConceptsSafetyTravelUnrestA Hundred And Some

to [the] land of darkness, like [the] darkness of a deep shadow and {chaos}, so that it shines forth like darkness.'"

Verse ConceptsThe Outer DarknessOuter Darkness

The city of chaos is shattered;every house is closed to entry.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of CitiesFormlessnessShutting Doors

The desert owl and the screech owl will possess it,and the great owl and the raven will dwell there.The Lord will stretch out a measuring lineand a plumb line over herfor her destruction and chaos.

Verse ConceptsChaosRavensPlumb LineCrowsOwlsPelicansHedgehogsDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of CreaturesChaos As Judgment

All the nations are as nothing before him they are reckoned by him as nothing and chaos.

Verse ConceptsOther Unimportant People

It is He who reduces dignitaries to nothing,Who makes the judges (rulers) of the earth meaningless (useless).

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeStrength, Divine

All who make carved idols are nothing. Their precious objects are worthless [to them], and their own witnesses (worshipers) fail to see or know, so that they will be put to shame.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfFalse ReligionRefugeIdols Not ExistingVanityUnprofitable SinsUseless PeopleShame Of IdolatryimageHinduism

For this is what the LORD says, who created the heavens he is God, and the one who formed the earth and made it, and he is the one who established it; he didn't create itfor chaos, but formed it to be inhabited "I am the LORD and there is no other.

Verse ConceptsemptinessEarth, Description OfDivine PurposesGod, The CreatorGod, The LordGod, Uniqueness OfMonotheismCreation Of The Physical HeavensOne GodInhabitationNo Other Is GodEmpty By NatureCreationEarthThe EarthGod's CreationSolar EclipseNot Being AloneEarth Being Fixed And Immovable

I didn't speak in secret, from somewhere in a land of darkness; I didn't say to Jacob's descendants, "Seek me in chaos.' I, the LORD, speak truth, declaring what is right.

Verse ConceptsHonestyJacob, The PatriarchLordship, Human And DivineSecrecySeeking GodGod's Word Is Righteoussecrets

The whole city was in chaos. The people rushed together, grabbed Paul, dragged him out of the Temple, and at once the doors were sealed shut.

Verse ConceptsArrestingShutting GatesPulling People

As they were trying to kill him, word went up to the commander of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in chaos.

Verse ConceptsConfusion, Examples OfArmies, RomanAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleChiliarchs

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