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Proverbs 1:27

when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.

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ASV

When your fear cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come upon you.

KJV

When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

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10 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
בְּבֹ֤אbe.Vo'when comesH935 →
כְשׁוֹאָ֨הkhe.sha.'a.vahlike devastationH7722 →
פַּחְדְּכֶ֗םpach.de.Khemdread yourH6343 →
וְֽ֭אֵידְכֶםVe.'ei.de.khemand calamity yourH343 →
כְּסוּפָ֣הke.su.Fahlike a storm-windH5492 →
יֶאֱתֶ֑הye.'e.Tehit will arriveH857 →
בְּבֹ֥אbe.Vo'when comesH935 →
עֲ֝לֵיכֶ֗ם'a.lei.Khemon youH5921 →
צָרָ֥הtza.RahtroubleH6869 →
וְצוּקָֽה׃ve.tzu.Kahand distressH6695 →

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Proverbs 3:25–26Do not fear sudden danger or the ruin that overtakes the wicked,Proverbs 10:25When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are secure forever.Proverbs 3:25Do not fear sudden danger or the ruin that overtakes the wicked,Proverbs 6:15Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.Proverbs 10:24–25What the wicked man dreads will overtake him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.Psalms 58:9Before your pots can feel the burning thorns— whether green or dry— He will sweep them away.Nahum 1:3The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.Isaiah 17:13The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.1 Thessalonians 5:3While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.Psalms 69:22–28May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.Luke 21:34–35But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.Romans 2:9There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek;Luke 21:23–26How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.Job 15:24Distress and anguish terrify him, overwhelming him like a king poised to attack.Job 22:10Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;Job 31:3Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?Isaiah 40:24No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.Jeremiah 23:19Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.

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