Proverbs 1:27

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 3:25-26 : 25 Do not be afraid of sudden disaster, or when destruction overtakes the wicked; 26 for the LORD will be the source of your confidence, and he will guard your foot from being caught in a trap.
  • Prov 10:24-25 : 24 What the wicked fears will come on him; what the righteous desire will be granted. 25 When the storm passes through, the wicked are swept away, but the righteous are an everlasting foundation.
  • Isa 17:13 : 13 Though these people make an uproar as loud as the roaring of powerful waves, when he shouts at them, they will flee to a distant land, driven before the wind like dead weeds on the hills, or like dead thistles before a strong gale.
  • Nah 1:3 : 3 The LORD is slow to anger but great in power; the LORD will certainly not allow the wicked to go unpunished.The Divine Warrior Destroys His Enemies but Protects His People He marches out in the whirlwind and the raging storm; dark storm clouds billow like dust under his feet.
  • Luke 21:23-26 : 23 Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days! For there will be great distress on the earth and wrath against this people. 24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led away as captives among all nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. 25 The Arrival of the Son of Man“And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth nations will be in distress, anxious over the roaring of the sea and the surging waves. 26 People will be fainting from fear and from the expectation of what is coming on the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
  • Luke 21:34-35 : 34 Be Ready!“But be on your guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap. 35 For it will overtake all who live on the face of the whole earth.
  • Rom 2:9 : 9 There will be affliction and distress on everyone who does evil, on the Jew first and also the Greek,
  • 1 Thess 5:3 : 3 Now when they are saying,“There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will surely not escape.
  • 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?”
  • Ps 58:9 : 9 Before the kindling is even placed under your pots, he will sweep it away along with both the raw and cooked meat.
  • Ps 69:22-28 : 22 May their dining table become a trap before them! May it be a snare for that group of friends! 23 May their eyes be blinded! Make them shake violently! 24 Pour out your judgment on them! May your raging anger overtake them! 25 May their camp become desolate, their tents uninhabited! 26 For they harass the one whom you discipline; they spread the news about the suffering of those whom you punish. 27 Hold them accountable for all their sins! Do not vindicate them! 28 May their names be deleted from the scroll of the living! Do not let their names be listed with the godly!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 1:26
    84%

    26so I myself will laugh when disaster strikes you, I will mock when what you dread comes,

  • Prov 3:25
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    25Do not be afraid of sudden disaster, or when destruction overtakes the wicked;

  • Lam 3:47
    76%

    47Panic and pitfall have come upon us, devastation and destruction.

  • Job 22:10
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    10That is why snares surround you, and why sudden fear terrifies you,

  • Ezek 7:25
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    25Terror is coming! They will seek peace, but find none.

  • Job 5:21-22
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    21You will be protected from malicious gossip, and will not be afraid of the destruction when it comes.

    22You will laugh at destruction and famine and need not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

  • Prov 1:28
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    28Then they will call to me, but I will not answer; they will diligently seek me, but they will not find me.

  • 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?

  • Ps 55:5
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    5Fear and panic overpower me; terror overwhelms me.

  • Jer 30:23
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    23Just watch! The wrath of the LORD will come like a storm. Like a raging storm it will rage down on the heads of those who are wicked.

  • Ps 73:19
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    19How desolate they become in a mere moment! Terrifying judgments make their demise complete!

  • Isa 24:17-18
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    17Terror, pit, and snare are ready to overtake you inhabitants of the earth!

    18The one who runs away from the sound of the terror will fall into the pit; the one who climbs out of the pit, will be trapped by the snare. For the floodgates of the heavens are opened up and the foundations of the earth shake.

  • Jer 23:19
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    19But just watch! The wrath of the LORD will come like a storm! Like a raging storm it will rage down on the heads of those who are wicked.

  • Isa 47:11
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    11Disaster will overtake you; you will not know how to charm it away. Destruction will fall on you; you will not be able to appease it. Calamity will strike you suddenly, before you recognize it.

  • Job 27:20-21
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    20Terrors overwhelm him like a flood; at night a whirlwind carries him off.

    21The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.

  • Prov 24:22
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    22for suddenly their destruction will overtake them, and who knows the ruinous judgment both the LORD and the king can bring?

  • Ps 58:9
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    9Before the kindling is even placed under your pots, he will sweep it away along with both the raw and cooked meat.

  • Job 30:14-15
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    14They come in as through a wide breach; amid the crash they come rolling in.

    15Terrors are turned loose on me; they drive away my honor like the wind, and like a cloud my deliverance has passed away.

  • Job 15:21
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    21Terrifying sounds fill his ears; in a time of peace marauders attack him.

  • Isa 13:6
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    6Wail, for the LORD’s day of judgment is near; it comes with all the destructive power of the Sovereign One.

  • Isa 21:1
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    1The Lord Will Judge Babylon This is an oracle about the wilderness by the Sea: Like strong winds blowing in the south, one invades from the wilderness, from a land that is feared.

  • Ps 83:15
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    15chase them with your gale winds, and terrify them with your windstorm.

  • Job 3:25
    73%

    25For the very thing I dreaded has happened to me, and what I feared has come upon me.

  • Prov 18:3
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    3When a wicked person arrives, contempt shows up with him, and with shame comes a reproach.

  • Zeph 1:15
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    15That day will be a day of God’s anger, a day of distress and hardship, a day of devastation and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and dark skies,

  • Job 13:11
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    11Would not his splendor terrify you and the fear he inspires fall on you?

  • Isa 10:3
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    3What will you do on judgment day, when destruction arrives from a distant place? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your wealth?

  • Job 21:18
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    18How often are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff swept away by a whirlwind?

  • Job 6:21
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    21For now you have become like these streams that are no help; you see a terror, and are afraid.

  • Job 31:23
    72%

    23For the calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his majesty I was powerless.

  • Zeph 2:2
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    2before God’s decree becomes reality and the day of opportunity disappears like windblown chaff, before the LORD’s raging anger overtakes you– before the day of the LORD’s angry judgment overtakes you!

  • Jer 22:22
    72%

    22My judgment will carry off all your leaders like a storm wind! Your allies will go into captivity. Then you will certainly be disgraced and put to shame because of all the wickedness you have done.

  • Job 15:24
    72%

    24Distress and anguish terrify him; they prevail against him like a king ready to launch an attack,

  • Ps 55:8
    72%

    8I will hurry off to a place that is safe from the strong wind and the gale.”

  • Isa 28:18-19
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    72%

    18Your treaty with death will be dissolved; your agreement with Sheol will not last. When the overwhelming judgment sweeps by, you will be overrun by it.

    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.

  • Ezek 27:35
    72%

    35All the inhabitants of the coastlands are shocked at you, and their kings are horribly afraid– their faces are troubled.

  • Job 37:22
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    22From the north he comes in golden splendor; around God is awesome majesty.

  • Isa 57:13
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    13When you cry out for help, let your idols help you! The wind blows them all away, a breeze carries them away. But the one who looks to me for help will inherit the land and will have access to my holy mountain.”

  • Joel 1:15
    71%

    15How awful that day will be! For the day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Divine Destroyer.

  • Ezek 27:30
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    30They will lament loudly over you and cry bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in the ashes;

  • Isa 2:21
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    21so they themselves can go into the crevices of the rocky cliffs and the openings under the rocky overhangs, trying to escape the dreadful judgment of the LORD and his royal splendor, when he rises up to terrify the earth.

  • Ezek 26:18
    71%

    18Now the coastlands will tremble on the day of your fall; the coastlands by the sea will be terrified by your passing.’

  • Prov 10:24
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    24What the wicked fears will come on him; what the righteous desire will be granted.

  • Isa 21:4
    71%

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