Proverbs 6:15

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Therefore, his disaster will come suddenly; in an instant he will be broken, and there will be no remedy.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 36:16 : 16 But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his warnings, and ridiculed his prophets. Finally the LORD got very angry at his people and there was no one who could prevent his judgment.
  • Jer 19:11 : 11 Tell them the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says,‘I will do just as Jeremiah has done. I will smash this nation and this city as though it were a potter’s vessel which is broken beyond repair. The dead will be buried here in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them.’
  • 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.
  • Isa 30:13-14 : 13 So this sin will become your downfall. You will be like a high wall that bulges and cracks and is ready to collapse; it crumbles suddenly, in a flash. 14 It shatters in pieces like a clay jar, so shattered to bits that none of it can be salvaged. Among its fragments one cannot find a shard large enough to scoop a hot coal from a fire or to skim off water from a cistern.”
  • Ps 73:18-20 : 18 Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin. 19 How desolate they become in a mere moment! Terrifying judgments make their demise complete! 20 They are like a dream after one wakes up. O Lord, when you awake you will despise them.
  • Prov 1:27 : 27 when what you dread comes like a whirlwind, and disaster strikes you like a devastating storm, when distressing trouble comes on you.
  • Prov 29:1 : 1 The one who stiffens his neck after numerous rebukes will suddenly be destroyed without remedy.
  • Ps 50:22 : 22 Carefully consider this, you who reject God! Otherwise I will rip you to shreds and no one will be able to rescue you.

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    14he plots evil with perverse thoughts in his heart, he spreads contention at all times.

  • Isa 30:13
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    13So this sin will become your downfall. You will be like a high wall that bulges and cracks and is ready to collapse; it crumbles suddenly, in a flash.

  • Prov 29:1
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    1The one who stiffens his neck after numerous rebukes will suddenly be destroyed without remedy.

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

  • 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 35:8
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    8Let destruction take them by surprise! Let the net they hid catch them! Let them fall into destruction!

  • Job 18:6-7
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    6The light in his tent grows dark; his lamp above him is extinguished.

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  • 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.

  • Prov 6:16
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    16There are six things that the LORD hates, even seven things that are an abomination to him:

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    15he digs a pit and then falls into the hole he has made.

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  • Prov 6:33
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    33He will be beaten and despised, and his reproach will not be wiped away;

  • Job 18:16
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    16Below his roots dry up, and his branches wither above.

  • Ps 37:15
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    15Their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.

  • Job 18:12
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    12Calamity is hungry for him, and misfortune is ready at his side.

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    3I myself have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his place of residence.

  • Isa 31:2
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    2Yet he too is wise and he will bring disaster; he does not retract his decree. He will attack the wicked nation, and the nation that helps those who commit sin.

  • Num 15:31
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    31Because he has despised the LORD’s message and has broken his commandment, that person must be completely cut off. His iniquity will be on him.’”

  • Ps 36:3-4
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    3The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right.

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  • Prov 17:20
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    20The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.

  • Job 21:20
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    20Let his own eyes see his destruction; let him drink of the anger of the Almighty.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.

  • Ps 55:15
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    15May death destroy them! May they go down alive into Sheol! For evil is in their dwelling place and in their midst.

  • Prov 16:30
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    30The one who winks his eyes devises perverse things, and one who compresses his lips has accomplished evil.

  • Job 15:30
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    30He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots and he will depart by the breath of God’s mouth.

  • Jer 17:6
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    6They will be like a shrub in the arid rift valley. They will not experience good things even when they happen. It will be as though they were growing in the stony wastes in the wilderness, in a salt land where no one can live.

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    14He is dragged from the security of his tent, and marched off to the king of terrors.

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    21Evil people self-destruct; those who hate the godly are punished.

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    20He attacks his friends; he breaks his solemn promises to them.

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    6May he rain down burning coals and brimstone on the wicked! A whirlwind is what they deserve!

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

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    11Indeed, look! The LORD is giving the command. He will smash the large house to bits, and the small house into little pieces.

  • Prov 26:26
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    26Though his hatred may be concealed by deceit, his evil will be uncovered in the assembly.

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    15Then from the wicked the light is withheld, and the arm raised in violence is broken.

  • Prov 5:22
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    22The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin.

  • Job 34:25
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    25Therefore, he knows their deeds, he overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.

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    3A person’s folly subverts his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

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    25Terror is coming! They will seek peace, but find none.