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These events can be natural, such as famines, plagues, and storms, or they can be man-made, such as wars and invasions. Throughout the Bible, disasters are often depicted as instruments of divine judgment or as tests of faith. Divine Judgment and Warnings Disasters in the Bible are frequently portrayed as acts of divine judgment against sin and disobedience. The Flood in <a href="/bsb/genesis/6.htm">Genesis 6-9</a> is one of the earliest examples, where God sends a deluge to cleanse the earth of its widespread wickedness. <a href="/genesis/6-17.htm">Genesis 6:17</a> states, "And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish." Similarly, the plagues of Egypt, as described in <a href="/bsb/exodus/7.htm">Exodus 7-12</a>, serve as a demonstration of God's power and a judgment against Pharaoh's hardened heart. Each plague, from the turning of the Nile into blood to the death of the firstborn, is a disaster that compels Pharaoh to release the Israelites from bondage. The prophetic books often contain warnings of impending disasters as a call to repentance. For instance, the prophet Amos warns Israel of coming calamities due to their social injustices and idolatry. <a href="/amos/4-6.htm">Amos 4:6-11</a> recounts various disasters sent by God, such as famine and drought, as attempts to bring the people back to Him. Testing and Strengthening Faith Disasters also serve as tests of faith and opportunities for spiritual growth. The account of Job is a profound example of personal disaster and suffering. Job loses his wealth, health, and family, yet he remains steadfast in his faith. <a href="/job/1-21.htm">Job 1:21</a> reflects his resilience: "Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD." In the New Testament, Jesus addresses the issue of disasters and suffering. In <a href="/luke/13.htm">Luke 13:1-5</a> , He speaks of the Galileans killed by Pilate and those who perished when the tower in Siloam fell. Jesus emphasizes the need for repentance, indicating that such events are not necessarily direct punishments for sin but reminders of the fragility of life and the urgency of turning to God. God's Sovereignty and Protection The Bible affirms God's sovereignty over all creation, including disasters. <a href="/psalms/46.htm">Psalm 46:1-3</a> offers comfort, stating, "God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are toppled into the depths of the seas, though their waters roar and foam and the mountains quake in the surge." Believers are encouraged to trust in God's protection and provision during times of disaster. The account of Joseph in <a href="/bsb/genesis/37.htm">Genesis 37-50</a> illustrates how God can use disastrous circumstances for a greater purpose. Despite being sold into slavery and imprisoned, Joseph rises to a position of power in Egypt and ultimately saves many lives during a severe famine. Eschatological Disasters The Bible also speaks of eschatological disasters associated with the end times. The Book of Revelation describes a series of catastrophic events that will occur before the final judgment. These include wars, famines, earthquakes, and plagues, as seen in <a href="/revelation/6-8.htm">Revelation 6:8</a> : "Then I looked and saw a pale horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth." These apocalyptic visions serve as both warnings and assurances that God will ultimately triumph over evil and establish His eternal kingdom. Believers are called to remain faithful and vigilant, trusting in God's ultimate plan for redemption and restoration.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (n.) An unpropitious or baleful aspect of a planet or star; malevolent influence of a heavenly body; hence, an ill portent.2. (n.) An adverse or unfortunate event, esp. a sudden and extraordinary misfortune; a calamity; a serious mishap.3. (v. t.) To blast by the influence of a baleful star.4. (v. t.) To bring harm upon; to injure.<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/1943.htm">1943. hovah -- a ruin, disaster</a> ... 1942, 1943. hovah. 1944 . a ruin, disaster. Transliteration: hovah Phonetic Spelling: (ho-vaw') Short Definition: disaster. Word ... /hebrew/1943.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/6365.htm">6365. pid -- ruin, disaster</a> ... 6364, 6365. pid. 6366 . ruin, disaster. Transliteration: pid Phonetic Spelling: (peed) Short Definition: calamity. Word Origin from ... /hebrew/6365.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/5235b.htm">5235b. neker -- misfortune, calamity</a> neker or noker. 5235a, 5235b. neker or noker. 5236 . misfortune, calamity. Transliteration: neker or noker Short Definition: disaster. ... /hebrew/5235b.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/7667.htm">7667. sheber -- a breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash</a> ... 1), breakdown (1), broken (2), brokenness (3), collapse (1), crash (1), crashing (1), crushed (1), crushes (1), destruction (17), disaster (2), fracture (3 ... /hebrew/7667.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/6343.htm">6343. pachad -- dread</a> ... Word Origin from pachad Definition dread NASB Word Usage awe (1), disaster (1), dread (20), fear (9), great (1), great fear (1), great fear where fear (1 ... /hebrew/6343.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7451b.htm">7451b. ra -- evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity</a> ... Word Origin from the same as roa Definition evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity NASB Word Usage adversity (7), calamity (4), disaster (2), evil (94), harm ... /hebrew/7451b.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/7489a.htm">7489a. raa -- to be evil, bad</a> ... bad NASB Word Usage act so wickedly (1), act wickedly (1), acted wickedly (1), acted...wickedly (1), afflicted (3), badly (1), bring disaster (1), brought ... /hebrew/7489a.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/343.htm">343. ed -- distress, calamity</a> ... Word Origin from the same as odoth Definition distress, calamity NASB Word Usage calamity (17), destruction (1), disaster (6). calamity, destruction. ... /hebrew/343.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7463a.htm">7463a. raah -- evil, misery, distress, injury</a> ... evil, misery, distress, injury NASB Word Usage adversities (1), adversity (7), afflictions (1), calamities (1), calamity (47), disaster (22), discomfort (1 ... /hebrew/7463a.htm - 6k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/augustine/city_of_god/chapter_11_of_the_statue_of.htm">Of the Statue of Apollo at Cum??, Whose Tears are Supposed to have ...</a> ... Book III. Chapter 11."Of the Statue of Apollo at Cum??, Whose Tears are Supposed to Have Portended Disaster to the Greeks, Whom the God Was Unable to Succor. ... //christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 11 of the statue of.htm<a href="/library/taylor/a_ribband_of_blue/blessed_adversity.htm">Blessed Adversity.</a> ... strong that he had been unable to break through, so high that, going about as a roaring lion, he had been unable to leap over, or to bring disaster within the ... //christianbookshelf.org/taylor/a ribband of blue/blessed adversity.htm<a href="/library/hengstenberg/christology_of_the_old_testament/chap_v_1.htm">And thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, too little to be among the thousands ...</a> ... not only from the [Hebrew: v] copulative, and from the analogy of the near relation of the announcement of salvation to the prophecy of disaster in the ... /.../hengstenberg/christology of the old testament/chap v 1.htm<a href="/library/tertullian/apology/chapter_xl_on_the_contrary.htm">On the Contrary, they Deserve the Name of Faction who Conspire to ...</a> ... innocent blood, offering as the justification of their enmity the baseless plea, that they think the Christians the cause of every public disaster, of every ... //christianbookshelf.org/tertullian/apology/chapter xl on the contrary.htm<a href="/library/farrar/gathering_clouds_a_tale_of_the_days_of_st_chrysostom/chapter_xxxiii_the_massacre.htm">The Massacre</a> ... dying and polluted civilisation. But now disaster after disaster befell him, and never again did he enjoy a happy day. Two-thirds of ... /.../chapter xxxiii the massacre.htm<a href="/library/peabody/mornings_in_the_college_chapel/xliv_he_that_overcometh.htm">He that Overcometh</a> ... announce a single soft course. The people who try thus to live are simply courting disaster and despair. Some day, perhaps in some ... /.../peabody/mornings in the college chapel/xliv he that overcometh.htm<a href="/library/gordon/quiet_talks_with_world_winners/the_genesis_water-mark.htm">The Genesis Water-Mark.</a> ... creation. But others of them are just as positive in saying that the words point plainly to a disaster of some sort that took place. ... /.../gordon/quiet talks with world winners/the genesis water-mark.htm<a href="/library/gordon/quiet_talks_with_world_winners/danger_and_victory_eying_each.htm">Danger and victory Eying Each Other.</a> ... Two possibilities come up close and stare each other angrily in the face; the possibility of great disaster impending, and of great victory over it within grasp ... /.../gordon/quiet talks with world winners/danger and victory eying each.htm<a href="/library/severus/life_and_writings_of_sulpitius_severus_/chapter_xxvii_the_israelites_yet.htm">The Israelites yet Again Turned to Idols; And, Being Deprived of ...</a> ... destruction to her nation. Trusting in God and his own strength, he openly brought disaster on those hitherto victors. For, catching three ... /.../life and writings of sulpitius severus /chapter xxvii the israelites yet.htm<a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_37_1891/the_statute_of_david_for.htm">The Statute of David for the Sharing of the Spoil</a> ... in his joy. It frequently happens that when a great disaster occurs to a baud of men, a mutiny follows thereupon. However little ... /.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 37 1891/the statute of david for.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/d/disaster.htm">Disaster (131 Occurrences)</a> ... 3. (vt) To blast by the influence of a baleful star. 4. (vt) To bring harm upon; to injure. Multi-Version Concordance Disaster (131 Occurrences). ... /d/disaster.htm - 36k<a href="/topical/r/relented.htm">Relented (9 Occurrences)</a> ... 2 Samuel 24:16 When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Yahweh relented of the disaster, and said to the angel who destroyed the ... /r/relented.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/m/micaiah.htm">Micaiah (27 Occurrences)</a> ... confined, probably on account of some prediction disagreeable to Ahab; and he condemned the expedition, and prophesied that it would end, as it did, in disaster... /m/micaiah.htm - 21k<a href="/topical/m/misfortune.htm">Misfortune (24 Occurrences)</a> ... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Bad fortune or luck; calamity; an evil accident; disaster; mishap; mischance. 2. (vi) To happen ... /m/misfortune.htm - 13k<a href="/topical/s/sidon.htm">Sidon (35 Occurrences)</a> ... It likewise made one attempt to establish an inland colony at Laish or Dan, near the headwaters of the Jordan, but this ended in disaster (Judges 18:7, 27, 28 ... /s/sidon.htm - 25k<a href="/topical/o/overtakes.htm">Overtakes (16 Occurrences)</a> ... overtakes him. (BBE). Proverbs 1:26 I also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you; (WEB NIV). Proverbs ... /o/overtakes.htm - 11k<a href="/topical/r/relax.htm">Relax (5 Occurrences)</a> ... 2 Samuel 24:16 When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Yahweh relented of the disaster, and said to the angel who destroyed the ... /r/relax.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/a/araunah.htm">Araunah (14 Occurrences)</a> ... 2 Samuel 24:16 When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Yahweh relented of the disaster, and said to the angel who destroyed the ... /a/araunah.htm - 13k<a href="/topical/s/sennacherib.htm">Sennacherib (13 Occurrences)</a> ... This great disaster is not, as was to be expected, taken notice of in the Assyrian annals. Though Sennacherib survived this disaster... /s/sennacherib.htm - 18k<a href="/topical/p/proudly.htm">Proudly (23 Occurrences)</a> ... Obadiah 1:12 But don't look down on your brother in the day of his disaster, and don't rejoice over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction. ... /p/proudly.htm - 13k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Christian-stockpiling.html">Should Christians stockpile food/supplies in preparation for a possible future disaster? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/blame-God.html">Is it wrong to blame God? Is blaming God a sin? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/pestilence-in-the-Bible.html">What is the meaning of pestilence in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/disaster.htm">Disaster: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Disaster (131 Occurrences)<a href="/acts/27-10.htm">Acts 27:10</a> saying, Men, I perceive that the navigation will be with disaster and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives. (DBY)<a href="/acts/27-21.htm">Acts 27:21</a> And when they had been a long while without taking food, Paul then standing up in the midst of them said, Ye ought, O men, to have hearkened to me, and not have made sail from Crete and have gained this disaster and loss. (DBY)<a href="/genesis/19-19.htm">Genesis 19:19</a> See now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your loving kindness, which you have shown to me in saving my life. I can't escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die. (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/exodus/32-12.htm">Exodus 32:12</a> Why should the Egyptians speak, saying,'He brought them forth for evil, to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the surface of the earth?' Turn from your fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against your people. (See NIV)<a href="/exodus/32-14.htm">Exodus 32:14</a> Yahweh repented of the evil which he said he would do to his people. (See NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/28-61.htm">Deuteronomy 28:61</a> And all the diseases and the pains not recorded in the book of this law will the Lord send on you till your destruction is complete. (See NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/29-19.htm">Deuteronomy 29:19</a> and it happen, when he hears the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, "I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry." (See NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/29-21.htm">Deuteronomy 29:21</a> Yahweh will set him apart to evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that is written in this book of the law. (See NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/31-29.htm">Deuteronomy 31:29</a> For I know that after my death you will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will happen to you in the latter days; because you will do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands." (See NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/32-35.htm">Deuteronomy 32:35</a> Vengeance is mine, and recompense, at the time when their foot slides; for the day of their calamity is at hand. The things that are to come on them shall make haste." (See NIV)<a href="/joshua/24-20.htm">Joshua 24:20</a> If you forsake Yahweh, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after he has done you good." (See NIV)<a href="/judges/20-34.htm">Judges 20:34</a> And there came against Gib'e-ah ten thousand picked men out of all Israel, and the battle was hard; but the Benjaminites did not know that disaster was close upon them. (DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/judges/20-41.htm">Judges 20:41</a> Then the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed, for they saw that disaster was close upon them. (DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_samuel/6-9.htm">1 Samuel 6:9</a> Behold; if it goes up by the way of its own border to Beth Shemesh, then he has done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that struck us; it was a chance that happened to us." (See NIV)<a href="/2_samuel/17-14.htm">2 Samuel 17:14</a> Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel." For Yahweh had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Yahweh might bring evil on Absalom. (See NIV)<a href="/2_samuel/22-19.htm">2 Samuel 22:19</a> They came on me in the day of my calamity, but Yahweh was my support. (See NIV)<a href="/2_samuel/24-16.htm">2 Samuel 24:16</a> When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Yahweh relented of the disaster, and said to the angel who destroyed the people, "It is enough. Now stay your hand." The angel of Yahweh was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. (WEB)<a href="/1_kings/5-4.htm">1 Kings 5:4</a> But now Yahweh my God has given me rest on every side. There is neither adversary, nor evil occurrence. (See NIV)<a href="/1_kings/8-37.htm">1 Kings 8:37</a> Famine -- when it is in the land; pestilence -- when it is; blasting, mildew, locust; caterpillar -- when it is; when its enemy hath distressed it in the land 'in' its gates, any plague, any sickness, -- (See NIV)<a href="/1_kings/9-9.htm">1 Kings 9:9</a> and they shall answer,'Because they forsook Yahweh their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold of other gods, and worshiped them, and served them. Therefore Yahweh has brought all this evil on them.'" (See NIV)<a href="/1_kings/14-10.htm">1 Kings 14:10</a> therefore, behold, I will bring evil on the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam everyone who urinates on a wall, he who is shut up and he who is left at large in Israel, and will utterly sweep away the house of Jeroboam, as a man sweeps away dung, until it is all gone. (See NIV)<a href="/1_kings/21-21.htm">1 Kings 21:21</a> Behold, I will bring evil on you, and will utterly sweep you away and will cut off from Ahab everyone who urinates against a wall, and him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel. (See NIV)<a href="/1_kings/21-29.htm">1 Kings 21:29</a> "See how Ahab humbles himself before me? Because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but in his son's days will I bring the evil on his house." (See NIV)<a href="/1_kings/22-23.htm">1 Kings 22:23</a> Now therefore, behold, Yahweh has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; and Yahweh has spoken evil concerning you." (See NAS NIV)<a href="/2_kings/6-33.htm">2 Kings 6:33</a> While he was still talking with them, behold, the messenger came down to him. Then he said, "Behold, this evil is from Yahweh. Why should I wait for Yahweh any longer?" (See NIV)<a href="/2_kings/21-12.htm">2 Kings 21:12</a> therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel,'Behold, I bring such evil on Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both his ears shall tingle. (See NIV)<a href="/2_kings/22-16.htm">2 Kings 22:16</a> "Thus says Yahweh,'Behold, I will bring evil on this place, and on its inhabitants, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read. (See NIV)<a href="/2_kings/22-20.htm">2 Kings 22:20</a> 'Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, neither shall your eyes see all the evil which I will bring on this place.'"'" They brought back this message to the king. (See NIV)<a href="/1_chronicles/21-15.htm">1 Chronicles 21:15</a> God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was about to destroy, Yahweh saw, and he relented of the disaster, and said to the destroying angel, It is enough; now stay your hand. The angel of Yahweh was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. (WEB)<a href="/2_chronicles/6-28.htm">2 Chronicles 6:28</a> Famine, when it is in the land, pestilence, when it is, blasting, and mildew, locust, and caterpillar, when they are, when its enemies have distressed it in the land -- its gates, any plague and any sickness; (See NIV)<a href="/2_chronicles/7-22.htm">2 Chronicles 7:22</a> They shall answer, Because they abandoned Yahweh, the God of their fathers, who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshiped them, and served them: therefore has he brought all this evil on them. (See NIV)<a href="/2_chronicles/18-22.htm">2 Chronicles 18:22</a> Now therefore, behold, Yahweh has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these your prophets; and Yahweh has spoken evil concerning you." (See NAS NIV)<a href="/2_chronicles/34-24.htm">2 Chronicles 34:24</a> Thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will bring evil on this place, and on its inhabitants, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah. (See NIV)<a href="/2_chronicles/34-28.htm">2 Chronicles 34:28</a> Behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, neither shall your eyes see all the evil that I will bring on this place, and on its inhabitants. They brought back word to the king. (See NIV)<a href="/esther/8-6.htm">Esther 8:6</a> For how can I endure to see the evil that would come to my people? How can I endure to see the destruction of my relatives?" (See NIV)<a href="/job/9-23.htm">Job 9:23</a> If death comes suddenly through disease, he makes sport of the fate of those who have done no wrong. (See RSV)<a href="/job/18-12.htm">Job 18:12</a> His strength shall be famished. Calamity shall be ready at his side. (See NIV)<a href="/job/30-24.htm">Job 30:24</a> "However doesn't one stretch out a hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help? (See NAS RSV)<a href="/job/31-3.htm">Job 31:3</a> Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity? (WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/18-18.htm">Psalms 18:18</a> They came on me in the day of my calamity, but Yahweh was my support. (See NIV)<a href="/psalms/57-1.htm">Psalms 57:1</a> For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A poem by David, when he fled from Saul, in the cave. Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, until disaster has passed. (WEB NIV)<a href="/psalms/91-10.htm">Psalms 91:10</a> No evil will come on you, and no disease will come near your tent. (See NIV)<a href="/psalms/140-11.htm">Psalms 140:11</a> Let not a man of evil tongue be safe on earth: let destruction overtake the violent man with blow on blow. (See NIV)<a href="/proverbs/1-26.htm">Proverbs 1:26</a> I also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you; (WEB NIV)<a href="/proverbs/1-27.htm">Proverbs 1:27</a> when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when your disaster comes on like a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come on you. (WEB NIV)<a href="/proverbs/3-25.htm">Proverbs 3:25</a> Have no fear of sudden danger, or of the storm which will come on evil-doers: (See NIV)<a href="/proverbs/16-4.htm">Proverbs 16:4</a> The Lord has made everything for his purpose, even the sinner for the day of evil. (See NIV)<a href="/proverbs/17-5.htm">Proverbs 17:5</a> Whoever makes sport of the poor puts shame on his Maker; and he who is glad because of trouble will not go free from punishment. (See NIV)<a href="/proverbs/24-16.htm">Proverbs 24:16</a> For the righteous falleth seven times, and riseth up again; but the wicked stumble into disaster. (DBY)<a href="/proverbs/24-22.htm">Proverbs 24:22</a> For their downfall will come suddenly; and who has knowledge of the destruction of those in high positions? (See RSV)<a href="/proverbs/27-10.htm">Proverbs 27:10</a> Don't forsake your friend and your father's friend. Don't go to your brother's house in the day of your disaster: better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother. (WEB NIV)<a href="/ecclesiastes/11-2.htm">Ecclesiastes 11:2</a> Give a part to seven or even to eight, because you have no knowledge of the evil which will be on the earth. (See NIV)<a href="/isaiah/3-9.htm">Isaiah 3:9</a> The look of their faces testify against them. They parade their sin like Sodom. They don't hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought disaster upon themselves. (WEB NIV)<a href="/isaiah/3-11.htm">Isaiah 3:11</a> Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him. (WEB NIV)<a href="/isaiah/10-3.htm">Isaiah 10:3</a> And what will you do in the day of punishment, and in the destruction which is coming from far? to whom will you go for help, and what will become of your glory? (See NIV)<a href="/isaiah/24-18.htm">Isaiah 24:18</a> And it will be that he who goes in flight from the sound of fear will be overtaken by death; and he who gets free from death will be taken in the net: for the windows on high are open, and the bases of the earth are shaking. (See NAS)<a href="/isaiah/31-2.htm">Isaiah 31:2</a> Yet he also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who work iniquity. (WEB NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/45-7.htm">Isaiah 45:7</a> I am the giver of light and the maker of the dark; causing blessing, and sending troubles; I am the Lord, who does all these things. (See NIV)<a href="/isaiah/47-11.htm">Isaiah 47:11</a> 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. (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/1-14.htm">Jeremiah 1:14</a> Then the Lord said to me, Out of the north evil will come, bursting out on all the people of the land. (See NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/2-3.htm">Jeremiah 2:3</a> Israel was holy to the Lord, the first-fruits of his increase: all who made attacks on him were judged as wrongdoers, evil came on them, says the Lord. (See NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/4-6.htm">Jeremiah 4:6</a> Put up a flag for a sign to Zion: go in flight so that you may be safe, waiting no longer: for I will send evil from the north, and a great destruction. (See NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/4-15.htm">Jeremiah 4:15</a> For a voice is sounding from Dan, giving out evil from the hills of Ephraim: (See NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/4-20.htm">Jeremiah 4:20</a> News is given of destruction on destruction; all the land is made waste: suddenly my tents, straight away my curtains, are made waste. (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/6-1.htm">Jeremiah 6:1</a> Go in flight out of Jerusalem, so that you may be safe, you children of Benjamin, and let the horn be sounded in Tekoa, and the flag be lifted up on Beth-haccherem: for evil is looking out from the north, and a great destruction. (See NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/6-19.htm">Jeremiah 6:19</a> Give ear, O earth: see, I will make evil come on this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not given attention to my words, and they would have nothing to do with my law. (See NAS NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/11-11.htm">Jeremiah 11:11</a> Therefore thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will bring evil on them, which they shall not be able to escape; and they shall cry to me, but I will not listen to them. (See NAS NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/11-12.htm">Jeremiah 11:12</a> Then shall the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem go and cry to the gods to which they offer incense: but they will not save them at all in the time of their trouble. (See NAS NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/11-14.htm">Jeremiah 11:14</a> Therefore don't pray for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them; for I will not hear them in the time that they cry to me because of their trouble. (See NAS)<a href="/jeremiah/11-15.htm">Jeremiah 11:15</a> What has my beloved to do in my house, seeing she has worked lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from you? when you do evil, then you rejoice. (See NAS)<a href="/jeremiah/11-17.htm">Jeremiah 11:17</a> For Yahweh of Armies, who planted you, has pronounced evil against you, because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have worked for themselves in provoking me to anger by offering incense to Baal. (See NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/11-23.htm">Jeremiah 11:23</a> and there shall be no remnant to them: for I will bring evil on the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation. (See NAS NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/15-11.htm">Jeremiah 15:11</a> Yahweh said, Most certainly I will strengthen you for good; most certainly I will cause the enemy to make supplication to you in the time of evil and in the time of affliction. (See NAS NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/16-10.htm">Jeremiah 16:10</a> It shall happen, when you shall show this people all these words, and they shall tell you, Why has Yahweh pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against Yahweh our God? (See NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/17-16.htm">Jeremiah 17:16</a> As for me, I have not hurried from being a shepherd after you; neither have I desired the woeful day; you know: that which came out of my lips was before your face. (See RSV)<a href="/jeremiah/17-17.htm">Jeremiah 17:17</a> Don't be a terror to me: you are my refuge in the day of evil. (See NAS NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/17-18.htm">Jeremiah 17:18</a> Let them be ashamed that persecute me, but let not me be ashamed; let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed; bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction. (See NAS NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/18-8.htm">Jeremiah 18:8</a> if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them. (See NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/18-11.htm">Jeremiah 18:11</a> Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return you now everyone from his evil way, and amend your ways and your doings. (See NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/18-17.htm">Jeremiah 18:17</a> I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity. (See NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/19-3.htm">Jeremiah 19:3</a> and say, Hear the word of Yahweh, kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem: thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring evil on this place, which whoever hears, his ears shall tingle. (See NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/19-15.htm">Jeremiah 19:15</a> Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring on this city and on all its towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it; because they have made their neck stiff, that they may not hear my words. (See NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/23-12.htm">Jeremiah 23:12</a> Therefore their way shall be to them as slippery places in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein; for I will bring evil on them, even the year of their visitation, says Yahweh. (See NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/25-29.htm">Jeremiah 25:29</a> For, behold, I begin to work evil at the city which is called by my name; and should you be utterly unpunished? You shall not be unpunished; for I will call for a sword on all the inhabitants of the earth, says Yahweh of Armies. (See NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/25-32.htm">Jeremiah 25:32</a> Thus says Yahweh of Armies, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great storm shall be raised up from the uttermost parts of the earth. (See NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/26-3.htm">Jeremiah 26:3</a> It may be they will listen, and turn every man from his evil way; that I may repent me of the evil which I purpose to do to them because of the evil of their doings. (See NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/26-13.htm">Jeremiah 26:13</a> Now therefore amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of Yahweh your God; and Yahweh will repent him of the evil that he has pronounced against you. (See NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/26-19.htm">Jeremiah 26:19</a> Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Didn't he fear Yahweh, and entreat the favor of Yahweh, and Yahweh relented of the disaster which he had pronounced against them? Thus should we commit great evil against our own souls. (WEB NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/28-8.htm">Jeremiah 28:8</a> The prophets, who were before me and before you, from early times gave word to a number of countries and great kingdoms about war and destruction and disease. (See NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/31-28.htm">Jeremiah 31:28</a> It shall happen that, like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to overthrow and to destroy and to afflict, so will I watch over them to build and to plant, says Yahweh. (See NAS NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/32-23.htm">Jeremiah 32:23</a> and they came in, and possessed it, but they didn't obey your voice, neither walked in your law; they have done nothing of all that you commanded them to do: therefore you have caused all this evil to come on them. (See NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/32-42.htm">Jeremiah 32:42</a> For thus says Yahweh: Like as I have brought all this great evil on this people, so will I bring on them all the good that I have promised them. (See NAS)<a href="/jeremiah/35-17.htm">Jeremiah 35:17</a> therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Armies, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring on Judah and on all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them; because I have spoken to them, but they have not heard; and I have called to them, but they have not answered. (See NAS NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/36-3.htm">Jeremiah 36:3</a> It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do to them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin. (See NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/36-31.htm">Jeremiah 36:31</a> I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring on them, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them, but they didn't listen. (See NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/39-16.htm">Jeremiah 39:16</a> Go, and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring my words on this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished before you in that day. (See NAS NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/40-2.htm">Jeremiah 40:2</a> The captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said to him, Yahweh your God pronounced this evil on this place; (See NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/42-10.htm">Jeremiah 42:10</a> If you will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I grieve over the distress that I have brought on you. (See NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/42-17.htm">Jeremiah 42:17</a> Such will be the fate of all the men whose minds are fixed on going into Egypt and stopping there; they will come to their end by the sword, by being short of food, and by disease: not one of them will keep his life or get away from the evil which I will send on them. 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