Proverbs 6:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For this cause his downfall will be sudden; quickly he will be broken, and there will be no help for him.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 36:16 : 16 But they put shame on the servants of God, making sport of his words and laughing at his prophets, till the wrath of God was moved against his people, till there was no help.
  • Jer 19:11 : 11 And say to them, This is what the Lord of armies has said: Even so will this people and this town be broken by me, as a potter's bottle is broken and may not be put together again: and the bodies of the dead will be put in the earth in Topheth, till there is no more room.
  • 1 Thess 5:3 : 3 When they say, There is peace and no danger, then sudden destruction will come on them, as birth-pains on a woman with child; and they will not be able to get away from it.
  • Isa 30:13-14 : 13 This sin will be to you like a crack in a high wall, causing its fall suddenly and in a minute. 14 And he will let it be broken as a potter's vessel is broken: it will be smashed to bits without mercy; so that there will not be a bit in which one may take fire from the fireplace, or water from the spring.
  • Ps 73:18-20 : 18 You put their feet where there was danger of slipping, so that they go down into destruction. 19 How suddenly are they wasted! fears are the cause of their destruction. 20 As a dream when one is awake, they are ended; they are like an image gone out of mind when sleep is over.
  • Prov 1:27 : 27 When your fear comes on you like a storm, and your trouble like a rushing wind; when pain and sorrow come on you.
  • Prov 29:1 : 1 A man hating sharp words and making his heart hard, will suddenly be broken and will not be made well again.
  • Ps 50:22 : 22 Now keep this in mind, you who have no memory of God, for fear that you may be crushed under my hand, with no one to give you help:

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    14 His mind is ever designing evil: he lets loose violent acts.

  • Isa 30:13
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    13 This sin will be to you like a crack in a high wall, causing its fall suddenly and in a minute.

  • Prov 29:1
    77%

    1 A man hating sharp words and making his heart hard, will suddenly be broken and will not be made well again.

  • Job 15:21
    76%

    21 A sound of fear is in his ears; in time of peace destruction will come on him:

  • Prov 24:22
    76%

    22 For their downfall will come suddenly; and who has knowledge of the destruction of those in high positions?

  • Ps 35:8
    76%

    8 Let destruction come on them without their knowledge; let them be taken themselves in their secret nets, falling into the same destruction.

  • Job 18:6-7
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    76%

    6 The light is dark in his tent, and the light shining over him is put out.

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  • Isa 47:11
    75%

    11 Because of this evil will come on you, which may not be turned away for any price: and trouble will overtake you, from which no money will give salvation: destruction will come on you suddenly, without your knowledge.

  • Prov 6:16
    75%

    16 Six things are hated by the Lord; seven things are disgusting to him:

  • Ps 7:15-16
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    15 He has made a hole deep in the earth, and is falling into the hole which he has made

    16 His wrongdoing will come back to him, and his violent behaviour will come down on his head.

  • Prov 6:33
    74%

    33 Wounds will be his and loss of honour, and his shame may not be washed away.

  • Job 18:16
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    16 Under the earth his roots are dry, and over it his branch is cut off.

  • Ps 37:15
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    15 But their swords will be turned into their hearts, and their bows will be broken.

  • Job 18:12
    73%

    12 His strength is made feeble for need of food, and destruction is waiting for his falling footstep.

  • Job 5:3
    73%

    3 I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly the curse came on his house.

  • Isa 31:2
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    2 Though he is wise, and able to send evil, and his purpose will not be changed; but he will go against the house of the evil-doers, and against those to whom they are looking for help.

  • Num 15:31
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    31 Because he had no respect for the word of the Lord, and did not keep his law, that man will be cut off without mercy and his sin will be on him.

  • Ps 36:3-4
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    3 In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good.

    4 He gives thought to evil on his bed; he takes a way which is not good; he is not a hater of evil.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20 Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.

  • Job 21:20
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    20 Let his eyes see his trouble, and let him be full of the wrath of the Ruler of all!

  • Prov 21:7
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    7 By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

  • Ps 55:15
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    15 Let the hand of death come on them suddenly, and let them go down living into the underworld; because evil is in their houses and in their hearts.

  • Prov 16:30
    72%

    30 He whose eyes are shut is a man of twisted purposes, and he who keeps his lips shut tight makes evil come about.

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    30 He does not come out of the dark; his branches are burned by the flame, and the wind takes away his bud.

  • Jer 17:6
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    26 All his wealth is stored up for the dark: a fire not made by man sends destruction on him, and on everything in his tent.

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    28 The produce of his house is taken away into another country, like things given into the hands of others in the day of wrath.

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    72%

    21 Evil will put an end to the sinner, and those who are haters of righteousness will come to destruction.

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    19 How suddenly are they wasted! fears are the cause of their destruction.

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  • Amos 6:11
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    11 For see, at the order of the Lord the great house will be full of cracks and the little house will be broken.

  • Prov 26:26
    72%

    26 Though his hate is covered with deceit, his sin will be seen openly before the meeting of the people.

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    28 And he has made his resting-place in the towns which have been pulled down, in houses where no man had a right to be, whose fate was to become masses of broken walls.

  • Job 21:17
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    15 And from the evil-doers their light is kept back, and the arm of pride is broken.

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    25 For he has knowledge of their works, overturning them in the night, so that they are crushed.

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    71%

    3 By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

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    25 Shaking fear is coming; and they will be looking for peace, and there will be no peace.