Deuteronomy 28:66

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Your life will hang in doubt before you; you will be terrified by night and day and will have no certainty of surviving from one day to the next.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 28:67 : 67 In the morning you will say,‘If only it were evening!’ And in the evening you will say,‘I wish it were morning!’ because of the things you will fear and the things you will see.
  • Lam 1:13 : 13 מ(Mem) He sent down fire into my bones, and it overcame them. He spread out a trapper’s net for my feet; he made me turn back. He has made me desolate; I am faint all day long.
  • Heb 10:27 : 27 but only a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fury of fire that will consume God’s enemies.
  • Rev 6:15-17 : 15 Then the kings of the earth, the very important people, the generals, the rich, the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. 16 They said to the mountains and to the rocks,“Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who is seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb, 17 because the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 67In the morning you will say,‘If only it were evening!’ And in the evening you will say,‘I wish it were morning!’ because of the things you will fear and the things you will see.

  • 65Among those nations you will have no rest nor will there be a place of peaceful rest for the soles of your feet, for there the LORD will give you an anxious heart, failing eyesight, and a spirit of despair.

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    28The LORD will also subject you to madness, blindness, and confusion of mind.

    29You will feel your way along at noon like the blind person does in darkness and you will not succeed in anything you do; you will be constantly oppressed and continually robbed, with no one to save you.

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    25Curses by Defeat and Deportation“The LORD will allow you to be struck down before your enemies; you will attack them from one direction but flee from them in seven directions and will become an object of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

    26Your carcasses will be food for every bird of the sky and wild animal of the earth, and there will be no one to chase them off.

  • 10That is why snares surround you, and why sudden fear terrifies you,

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    25Nobody will be able to resist you; the LORD your God will spread the fear and terror of you over the whole land on which you walk, just as he promised you.

    26Anticipation of a Blessing and Cursing Ceremony Take note– I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:

  • Prov 3:23-26
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    23Then you will walk on your way with security, and you will not stumble.

    24When you lie down you will not be filled with fear; when you lie down your sleep will be pleasant.

    25Do not be afraid of sudden disaster, or when destruction overtakes the wicked;

    26for the LORD will be the source of your confidence, and he will guard your foot from being caught in a trap.

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    31Your ox will be slaughtered before your very eyes but you will not eat of it. Your donkey will be stolen from you as you watch and will not be returned to you. Your flock of sheep will be given to your enemies and there will be no one to save you.

    32Your sons and daughters will be given to another people while you look on in vain all day, and you will be powerless to do anything about it.

    33As for the produce of your land and all your labor, a people you do not know will consume it, and you will be nothing but oppressed and crushed for the rest of your lives.

    34You will go insane from seeing all this.

  • 5You need not fear the terrors of the night, the arrow that flies by day,

  • 19Whenever it sweeps by, it will overtake you; indeed, every morning it will sweep by, it will come through during the day and the night.” When this announcement is understood, it will cause nothing but terror.

  • 58The Curse of Covenant Termination“If you refuse to obey all the words of this law, the things written in this scroll, and refuse to fear this glorious and awesome name, the LORD your God,

  • 4My heart palpitates, I shake in fear; the twilight I desired has brought me terror.

  • 15For then you will lift up your face without blemish; you will be securely established and will not fear.

  • Lev 26:37-38
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    37They will stumble over each other as those who flee before a sword, though there is no pursuer, and there will be no one to take a stand for you before your enemies.

    38You will perish among the nations; the land of your enemies will consume you.

  • 6The sun will not harm you by day, or the moon by night.

  • Jer 39:17-18
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    17But I will rescue you when it happens. I, the LORD, affirm it! You will not be handed over to those whom you fear.

    18I will certainly save you. You will not fall victim to violence. You will escape with your life because you trust in me. I, the LORD, affirm it!”’”

  • 52They will besiege all of your villages until all of your high and fortified walls collapse– those in which you put your confidence throughout the land. They will besiege all your villages throughout the land the LORD your God has given you.

  • 14You will eat, but not be satisfied. Even if you have the strength to overtake some prey, you will not be able to carry it away; if you do happen to carry away something, I will deliver it over to the sword.

  • Job 11:18-19
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    18And you will be secure, because there is hope; you will be protected and will take your rest in safety.

    19You will lie down with no one to make you afraid, and many will seek your favor.

  • 20Curses by Disease and Drought“The LORD will send on you a curse, confusing you and opposing you in everything you undertake until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the evil of your deeds, in that you have forsaken me.

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    15Curses as Reversal of Blessings“But if you ignore the LORD your God and are not careful to keep all his commandments and statutes I am giving you today, then all these curses will come upon you in full force:

    16You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the field.

  • Job 4:5-6
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    5But now the same thing comes to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are terrified.

    6Is not your piety your confidence, and your blameless ways your hope?

  • 37You will become an occasion of horror, a proverb, and an object of ridicule to all the peoples to whom the LORD will drive you.

  • 27when what you dread comes like a whirlwind, and disaster strikes you like a devastating storm, when distressing trouble comes on you.

  • 25Do not go out into the countryside. Do not travel on the roads. For the enemy is there with sword in hand. They are spreading terror everywhere.”

  • 29So I responded to you,“Do not be terrified of them!

  • 48instead in hunger, thirst, nakedness, and poverty you will serve your enemies whom the LORD will send against you. They will place an iron yoke on your neck until they have destroyed you.

  • 6So you must keep his commandments, live according to his standards, and revere him.

  • 23Fearing the LORD leads to life, and one who does so will live satisfied; he will not be afflicted by calamity.

  • 39Instead you must worship the LORD your God; then he will rescue you from the power of all your enemies.”

  • 17I will set my face against you. You will be struck down before your enemies, those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when there is no one pursuing you.

  • 16the wars you fear will catch up with you there in the land of Egypt. The starvation you are worried about will follow you there to Egypt. You will die there.

  • 45All these curses will fall on you, pursuing and overtaking you until you are destroyed, because you would not obey the LORD your God by keeping his commandments and statutes that he has given you.

  • 19All who know you among the peoples are shocked at you; you have become terrified and will be no more.’”

  • 5Fear and panic overpower me; terror overwhelms me.

  • 14dread gripped me and trembling, which made all my bones shake.