20 occurrences

'Swept' in the Bible

At daybreak the angels urged Lot on: “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”

Verse ConceptsDawnIniquity, Punishment ForEvil AssociationsDaybreakDestruction Of CitiesAt DaybreakGod UrgingAngels Providing Protection

As soon as the angels got them outside, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Don’t look back and don’t stop anywhere on the plain! Run to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”

Verse ConceptsEscapingFuturedoubt, results ofExamples Of EscapingHesitationLooking BackwardEscaping To MountainsOutside The CityLooking Back

He warned the community, “Get away now from the tents of these wicked men. Don’t touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”

Verse ConceptsTentsFellowship With WickedEvil AssociationsSeparation From Evil PeopleNot TouchingHaving No Dealings

The river Kishon swept them away,the ancient river, the river Kishon.March on, my soul, in strength!

Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsDeterminationRiver Kishon

However, if you continue to do what is evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”

Verse ConceptsThreateningsDestruction Of CountriesPersistence

David said to himself, “One of these days I’ll be swept away by Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape immediately to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me everywhere in Israel, and I’ll escape from him.”

Verse ConceptsEscaping From PeopleDespair

Now men cannot even look at the sunwhen it is in the skies,after a wind has swept through and cleared them away.

Verse ConceptsSkySunSunshineclouds

From the radiance of His presence,His clouds swept onward with hail and blazing coals.

Verse ConceptsGod Appearing In FireGod Is LightThunder Showing God's Presence

How suddenly they become a desolation!They come to an end, swept away by terrors.

Verse ConceptsAfflictions Of The WickedDeath Of The WickedDestruction Of The WickedFear Will Come

Then the waters would have engulfed us;the torrent would have swept over us;

Verse ConceptsWaters Of AfflictionSwampedFloodsBeing Overwhelmedoverwhelmed

the raging waters would have swept over us.

Verse ConceptsSwampedFloodsoverwhelmed

The uncultivated field of the poor yields abundant food,but without justice, it is swept away.

Verse ConceptsPoverty, Causes OfPlenty For The PoorAgricultureInjusticeFeeding The Poor

How long will the land mournand the grass of every field wither?Because of the evil of its residents,animals and birds have been swept away,for the people have said,“He cannot see what our end will be.”

Verse ConceptsdrynessGrassPunishment, Nature OfShepherds, As OccupationsBeastsGod Not SeeingBefore God ActsHerbs

Why have your strong ones been swept away?Each has not stood,for the Lord has thrust him down.

A flood of forces will be swept away before him; they will be shattered, as well as the covenant prince.

Verse ConceptsCovenant Made At Sinai

Those who eat his provisions will destroy him; his army will be swept away, and many will fall slain.

Verse ConceptsKilling Will HappenRich Food

You threw me into the depths,into the heart of the seas,and the current overcame me.All Your breakers and Your billows swept over me.

Verse ConceptsChaosHeart, HumanMonotonySevere AfflictionsThrowing PeopleSinkingIn The Heart Of The SeaSwampedDeep Seaswaterfalls

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Broom (5 instances)
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