8 occurrences

'Smashing' in the Bible

And Hazael said, Why is my lord weeping? Then he said in answer, Because I see the evil which you will do to the children of Israel: burning down their strong towns, putting their young men to death with the sword, smashing their little ones against the stones, and cutting open the women who are with child.

Verse ConceptsCruelty, examples ofPregnancyGashing BodiesHarming Pregnant WomenKilling Will Happen

See, this day I have put you over the nations and over the kingdoms, for uprooting and smashing down, for destruction and overturning, for building up and planting.

Verse ConceptsKingdomsRootsDestructionDestruction Of PlantsPlucking OutGod Appointing OthersGod Saves From Sin And DeathGod's People Plantedrebuilding

Whenever I say anything about uprooting a nation or a kingdom, and smashing it and sending destruction on it;

Verse ConceptsPlucking Out

Is not my word like fire? says the Lord; and like a hammer, smashing the rock to bits?

Verse ConceptsToolsCarpentry ToolsHammersSplitting RocksFire Of God's WordThe Word Of Godcrushes

And it will come about that, as I have been watching over them for the purpose of uprooting and smashing down and overturning and sending destruction and causing trouble; so I will be watching over them for the purpose of building up and planting, says the Lord.

Verse ConceptsRootsWatchfulness, DivinePlucking OutMetaphorical Planting

And make an attack on it, shutting it in, building strong places against it, and making high an earthwork against it; and put up tents against it, placing engines all round it for smashing down its walls.

Verse ConceptsBuild, LiterallyBattering ramsFortsAttacks On Jerusalem Foretold

And the fourth kingdom will be strong as iron: because, as all things are broken and overcome by iron, so it will have the power of crushing and smashing down all the earth.

Verse ConceptsCrushingFractions, One FourthThings Like IronFourthOvercoming Obstaclesautonomytoughnesscrushes

This is what he said: The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom which will come on earth, different from all the kingdoms, and it will overcome all the earth, crushing it down and smashing it.

Verse ConceptsFractions, One FourthGrinding PeopleDifferent ThingsFourthThe Kingdom Of OthersTrampling PlacesBeing Different

Bible Theasaurus

Bankrupt (2 instances)
Blast (36 instances)
Boom (1 instance)
Bully (2 instances)
Cracking (3 instances)
Crush (57 instances)
Demolish (33 instances)
Shattering (10 instances)
Smash (27 instances)
Smashing (12 instances)
Swell (9 instances)

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain