54 occurrences

'Devoured' in the Bible

Are we not accounted by him as foreigners? for he hath sold us, and hath also quite devoured our money.

Verse ConceptsReckoningReckoned As Foreigners

Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, And evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.

Verse ConceptsAnimals Eating PeopleWild Animals DevouringAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleUnfulfilled Word

And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat: an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.

Verse ConceptsPeople Torn To PiecesFine ClothesAnimals Eating PeopleWild Animals Devouring

And there came forth fire from before Jehovah, and devoured them, and they died before Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsAnger Of God, Examples OfDeath As PunishmentBurning PeopleThe Presence Of God

And the people were as murmurers,'speaking evil in the ears of Jehovah: and when Jehovah heard it, his anger was kindled; and the fire of Jehovah burnt among them, and devoured in the uttermost part of the camp.

Verse ConceptsBalaams Donkeydoubt, results ofFireGrudgesHearingProvoking GodResentment, Against GodAnger Of God, Examples OfDivine DispleasureDispleasureComplaintsFire From HeavenGod Paid Attention To ThemGod Will Be AngryProblem PeopleComplaining

For a fire is gone out of Heshbon, A flame from the city of Sihon: It hath devoured Ar of Moab, The lords of the high places of the Arnon.

Verse ConceptsBurning CitiesArnon

and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died; what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men, and they became a sign.

Verse ConceptsSwallowingTwo Hundred And SomeOther References To Mouths

Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come upon them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us?

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentAfflictions Of The WickedAnger Of God, ConsequencesReprobatesGod Will Be Angry

They shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat And bitter destruction; And the teeth of beasts will I send upon them, With the poison of crawling things of the dust.

Verse ConceptsDecayPoisonTeethWasteFamine ComingFamine Will Comehunger

For the battle was there spread over the face of all the country; and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

Verse ConceptsBattle

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.

Verse ConceptsFace Of GodNosesSmokeFire Emanating From Godsmoking

The members of his body shall be devoured, Yea , the first-born of death shall devour his members.

Verse ConceptsDecaySkinDeath Of A Family Member

There was nothing left that he devoured not; Therefore his prosperity shall not endure.

Verse ConceptsNot Prospering

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.

Verse ConceptsNosesSmokeNostrilsFire Emanating From Godsmoking

He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; And frogs, which destroyed them.

Verse ConceptsFliesFrogsInsectsbugs

For they have devoured Jacob, And laid waste his habitation.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of Jerusalem

but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.

Verse ConceptsRebellion, Of IsraelWar As God's JudgmentGod Might Kill His People

Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are found guilty: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

Verse ConceptsFew PeopleGod CursingGuiltThe Earth

In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

Verse ConceptsChastisementIndifferenceLionsResponseAfflictions Of The WickedAdmonition, RecievingSmitten CheeksKilling ProphetsUseless Labour

But the shameful thing hath devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan: at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones the whole land trembleth; for they are come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it; the city and those that dwell therein.

Verse ConceptsNosesNeighing And Braying

Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have devoured Jacob, yea, they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.

Verse ConceptsFamilies, Nature OfCalling upon GodDestruction Of CountriesNot Knowing GodGod Angry With The NationsNot PrayingNot Seeking God

Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that despoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.

Verse ConceptsPlundering

Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Memphis and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand forth, and prepare thee; for the sword hath devoured round about thee.

Verse ConceptsHeraldMemphis

They that fled stand without strength under the shadow of Heshbon; for a fire is gone forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and hath devoured the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.

Verse ConceptsForeheadsShadows

All that found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Jehovah, the habitation of righteousness, even Jehovah, the hope of their fathers.

Verse ConceptsGod, As ShepherdHope, Nature OfPlea Of Innocence

Israel is a hunted sheep; the lions have driven him away: first, the king of Assyria devoured him; and now at last Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.

Verse Conceptsdispersion, theIn Danger From Lions

Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath, like a monster, swallowed me up, he hath filled his maw with my delicacies; he hath cast me out.

Verse ConceptsConfusionSnakesStomachsEmpty People

Jehovah hath accomplished his wrath, he hath poured out his fierce anger; And he hath kindled a fire in Zion, which hath devoured the foundations thereof.

Verse ConceptsFoundationsDestruction Of JerusalemBurning Jerusalemventing

Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire hath devoured both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned: is it profitable for any work?

Verse ConceptsScorching

Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned, shall it yet be meet for any work!

Verse ConceptsScorching

Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Were thy whoredoms a small matter,

Verse ConceptsIdol WorshipUnimportant Things

And she brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

Verse ConceptsAnimals Eating People

And he went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

Verse ConceptsHuntingAnimals Eating People

And fire is gone out of the rods of its branches, it hath devoured its fruit, so that there is in it no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

Verse ConceptsSceptreBurning Plants

There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey: they have devoured souls; they take treasure and precious things; they have made her widows many in the midst thereof.

Verse ConceptsConspiraciesHuntingWidowsPeople Torn To PiecesLike CreaturesJudged As MurderersTaking PossessionConspiracy

And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal with thee in fury; they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy residue shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesGod, Zeal OfJealousyMutilationNosesDisfigurementSurvivors DestroyedKilled With The SwordBurning PeopleChildren SufferingSevering Body Parts

For they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands; and with their idols have they committed adultery; and they have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass through the fire unto them to be devoured.

Verse ConceptsChild sacrificeFood For Other godsFood Offered To IdolsKilling Sons And Daughters

By the multitude of thine iniquities, in the unrighteousness of thy traffic, thou hast profaned thy sanctuaries; therefore have I brought forth a fire from the midst of thee; it hath devoured thee, and I have turned thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

Verse ConceptsAshesMoney, Stewardship OfSanctuaryTradeTrustworthinessFire Of Judgement

Thus shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As I live, surely they that are in the waste places shall fall by the sword; and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured; and they that are in the strongholds and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.

Verse ConceptsAnimals, religious role ofCavesPlaguesPeople In CavesAnimals Eating PeopleKilled With The SwordWild Animals DevouringCaves As Places Of Refuge

Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy hordes, and the peoples that are with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.

Verse ConceptsAnimals Eating PeoplePossibility Of DeathBirds EatingThe Mountains Of Israel

After this I saw in the night-visions, and, behold, a fourth beast, terrible and powerful, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth; it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.

Verse ConceptsIronFractions, One FourthTen ThingsStrength Of AnimalsHorns In AllegoryTeethStampingIron ObjectsResidueDifferent ThingsFourthFear And AnimalsFour Beasts Of Daniel

Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth beast, which was diverse from all of them, exceeding terrible, whose teeth were of iron, and its nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet;

Verse ConceptsBronzeBeastsBrassFractions, One FourthTeethStampingGrinding PeopleCosmic CreaturesMeaningIron ObjectsResidueDifferent ThingsFourthFear And AnimalsFour Beasts Of Daniel

Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, and he knoweth it not.

Verse ConceptsForeignersFalse ConfidenceHairsGreyIgnorance Of EvilIgnorant Of FactsAliensHair

O Jehovah, to thee do I cry; for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.

Verse ConceptsCalling upon GodBurning PlantsHarming TreesI Pray

Yea, the beasts of the field pant unto thee; for the water brooks are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

Verse ConceptsdrynessWaters Drying UpBurning PlantsBrooks

I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: the multitude of your gardens and your vineyards and your fig-trees and your olive-trees hath the palmer-worm devoured: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsFig treeGarden, NaturalBlightHorticultureLocustsMildewOlivesDestroying VineyardsNot Returning To GodScorching

Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, the Lord Jehovah called to content by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and would have eaten up the land.

Verse ConceptsIvoryFire Of Judgement

Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women; the gates of thy land are set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire hath devoured thy bars.

Verse ConceptsFeeblenessPowerlessnessEffeminacyThe Act Of OpeningOpening GatesWeak WomenLocks And BarsWomen's Strength

Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he will make an end, yea, a terrible end, of all them that dwell in the land.

Verse ConceptsGod, Zeal OfGoldHell, As An ExperienceJealousyTreasureProtection, Not Found InAbilityTo DeliverDestruction Of The WorldThe Universe DestroyedGod KillingFire Of God's AngerPeople EndedGod Will Kill The PeoplesMoney's DeficienciesSalvation By Other ThingsThe Coming Day Of God's WrathSaving Money

Therefore wait ye for me, saith Jehovah, until the day that I rise up to the prey; for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger; for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

Verse ConceptsArmageddonDay of the LORDGod, As JudgeGod's IndignationGod, Zeal OfJealousyKingdomsWaitingApocalypseGathering Other NationsDestruction Of The WorldFire Of God's AngerThe Witness Of GodGod Angry With The Nations

Behold, the Lord will dispossess her, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.

Verse ConceptsBurning CitiesBecoming PoorIn The Heart Of The Seapossessions

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Consume (170 instances)
Devour (148 instances)
Devoured (99 instances)
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