15 occurrences

'Swept' in the Bible

Then one of them said, "Flee for your lives! Don't look back or stop anywhere on the plain. Escape to the hills, or you'll be swept away!"

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

Later on, a famine swept through the land. This famine was different from the previous famine that had occurred earlier, during Abraham's lifetime. So Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.

Verse ConceptsFamine, Examples OfAppearances Of God In OtTimes Of People

The current of the Kishon River swept them downstream, that ancient current, the Kishon's current! March on strongly, my soul!

Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsDeterminationRiver Kishon

The Spirit of the LORD came on Jephthah, so he swept through Gilead and the territory of Manasseh, then swept through Mizpah in Gilead, and from Mizpah in Gilead he proceeded toward where the Ammonites were encamped.

But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away."

Verse ConceptsThreateningsDestruction Of CountriesPersistence

Either three years of famine, or three months of reversals as you are swept away by your enemies while the sword of your enemies overtakes you, or three days with the sword of the LORD, consisting of pestilence infecting the land, with the angel of the LORD wreaking destruction from border to border throughout all of Israel.' Decide right now what I am to answer to the one who sent me."

Verse ConceptsThree DaysTwo To Four MonthsThree YearsFamine Coming

May they become like a straw, blown away before the wind; like a chaff that's swept off by a storm.

Verse ConceptsStrawWicked Described AsLight As ChaffHurricanes

who were snatched away before their time; when their foundation was swept away by a river?

Verse ConceptsChaosThe DelugeEarly Death

He'll be swept up by a storm wind and carried away; he'll be whirled away from his place.

Verse ConceptsDeath Of The WickedSudden Death

"So then, the sun is too bright to gaze at, is it not? The sky is swept clean by the wind that blows, is it not?

Verse ConceptsSkySunSunshineclouds

the swollen waters would have swept us away.

Verse ConceptsSwampedFloodsoverwhelmed

The field of the poor may produce much food, but it can be swept away through injustice.

Verse ConceptsPoverty, Causes OfPlenty For The PoorAgricultureInjusticeFeeding The Poor

I've been swept bare until morning; just like a lion, he breaks all my bones day and night you make an end of me.

Verse ConceptsDawnBones BrokenGod Like A LionLike CreaturesPeople Ended

How long will the land mourn and the vegetation of every field dry up? Because of the wickedness of those who live in it, animals and birds are swept away. For they say, "He does not see our future."

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

His own security detail will undermine him, his army will be swept away, and many will fall and be killed in battle.

Verse ConceptsKilling Will HappenRich Food

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