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In a biblical context, it often describes the destructive actions of individuals or groups that lead to turmoil and suffering. The concept of havoc is associated with the consequences of sin, rebellion against God, and the actions of those who oppose His will.<br><br><b>Biblical References:</b><br><br>1. <b><a href="/acts/8-3.htm">Acts 8:3</a> :</b> "But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison." In this passage, the word "destroy" is synonymous with causing havoc. Saul, who later becomes the Apostle Paul, is depicted as a zealous persecutor of the early Christian church, creating chaos and fear among believers. His actions are a prime example of havoc as he seeks to dismantle the burgeoning Christian community.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/galatians/1-13.htm">Galatians 1:13</a> :</b> "For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it." Here, Paul reflects on his past actions, acknowledging the havoc he wreaked upon the church. His persecution was intense and aimed at obliterating the followers of Christ, demonstrating the destructive power of misguided zeal.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/psalms/74-8.htm">Psalm 74:8</a> :</b> "They said in their hearts, 'We will crush them completely.' They burned every place where God was worshiped in the land." This verse describes the havoc wrought by enemies of Israel who sought to eradicate the worship of God. Their destructive actions were not only physical but also spiritual, as they attempted to extinguish the faith and practices of God's people.<br><br><b>Theological Implications:</b><br><br>Havoc in the Bible often results from human sinfulness and rebellion against God. It serves as a reminder of the destructive potential of sin and the chaos it brings into the world. The havoc caused by individuals like Saul before his conversion highlights the transformative power of God's grace, as even those who once opposed Him can become instruments of His will.<br><br>The Bible also portrays havoc as a tool used by God to bring about His purposes. In the Old Testament, God sometimes allows or even orchestrates chaos as a form of judgment against nations or individuals who have turned away from Him. This serves as a sobering reminder of God's sovereignty and the serious consequences of disobedience.<br><br><b>Moral and Spiritual Lessons:</b><br><br>Believers are called to be agents of peace and order, counteracting the havoc caused by sin and rebellion. The transformation of Saul into Paul exemplifies the hope and redemption available through Christ, encouraging Christians to seek reconciliation and restoration rather than destruction. The presence of havoc in the world underscores the need for vigilance in spiritual warfare, as believers are called to stand firm against the forces of chaos and darkness.<br><br>In summary, the concept of havoc in the Bible illustrates the destructive nature of sin and the redemptive power of God's grace. It challenges believers to live lives that promote peace and order, reflecting the character of Christ in a world often marked by chaos and disorder.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>n.</I>) Wide and general destruction; devastation; waste.<p>2. (<I>v. t.</I>) To devastate; to destroy; to lay waste.<p>3. (<I>n.</I>) A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">HAVOC</span><p>hav'-ok: "Devastation," "to make havoc of" is the translation of lumainomai, "to stain," "to disgrace"; in the New Testament "to injure," "destroy" (<a href="/acts/8-3.htm">Acts 8:3</a>, "As for Saul he made havoc of the church," the Revised Version (British and American) "laid waste"; APC 1Macc 7:7, "what havoc," the Revised Version (British and American) "all the havock," exolothreusis, "utter destruction").<br><br>The Revised Version has "made havoc of" (portheo) for "destroyed" (<a href="/acts/9-21.htm">Acts 9:21</a> <a href="/galatians/1-23.htm">Galatians 1:23</a>), for "wasted" (<a href="/galatians/1-13.htm">Galatians 1:13</a>).<p><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/7701.htm"><span class="l">7701. shod -- violence, <b>havoc</b>, devastation, ruin</span></a><br><b>...</b> 7700, 7701. shod or shod. 7702 . violence, <b>havoc</b>, devastation, ruin.<br> Transliteration: shod or shod Phonetic Spelling: (shode) Short Definition: destruction <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7701.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/whitefield/selected_sermons_of_george_whitefield/sauls_conversion.htm"><span class="l">Saul's Conversion</span></a> <br><b>...</b> unto his death;" and again, at ver.3, he is brought in as exceeding all in his<br> opposition; for thus speaks the evangelist, "As for Saul, he made <b>havoc</b> of the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../whitefield/selected sermons of george whitefield/sauls conversion.htm</font><p><a href="/library/mcgarvey/the_four-fold_gospel/xvii_john_the_baptists_person.htm"><span class="l">John the Baptist's Person and Preaching.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> acting high priest. Compare Acts 4:6. Gentile innovations had made sad<br> <b>havoc</b> with the Jewish law as to this office. In the last <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/xvii john the baptists person.htm</font><p><a href="/library/cyril/lectures_of_s_cyril_of_jerusalem/lecture_vi_concerning_the_unity.htm"><span class="l">Concerning the Unity of God . On the Article, I Believe in one God <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> 16. For Cerinthus [882] made <b>havoc</b> of the Church, and Menander [883] , and Carpocrates<br> [884] , Ebionites [885] also, and Marcion [886] , that mouthpiece of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../cyril/lectures of s cyril of jerusalem/lecture vi concerning the unity.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maccaffrey/history_of_the_catholic_church_renaissance_to_french_revolution/chapter_i_causes_of_the.htm"><span class="l">Causes of the Reformation</span></a> <br><b>...</b> and memorials of an earlier civilisation were disregarded, and even in Rome itself,<br> the City of the Popes, the vandalism of the ignorant wrought dreadful <b>havoc</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter i causes of the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/on_prayer_and_the_contemplative_life/introduction.htm"><span class="l">Introduction</span></a> <br><b>...</b> At the same time we may welcome this recent development, if only as a set-off against<br> the Spiritualism and occultism which have played such <b>havoc</b> with souls <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/on prayer and the contemplative life/introduction.htm</font><p><a href="/library/thaumaturgus/canonical_epistle_of_gregory_thaumaturgus/canon_v_but_others_deceive.htm"><span class="l">But Others Deceive Themselves by Fancying that they Can Retain the <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> In this way verily, just as the Boradi and Goths brought the <b>havoc</b> of war<br> on them, they make themselves Boradi and Goths to others. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../canonical epistle of gregory thaumaturgus/canon v but others deceive.htm</font><p><a href="/library/goforth/how_i_know_god_answers_prayer/viii_our_god_of_the.htm"><span class="l">Our God of the Impossible</span></a> <br><b>...</b> She had been an earnest Christian worker, but love for light, trashy fiction<br> had so grown upon her as to work <b>havoc</b> in her Christian life. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../goforth/how i know god answers prayer/viii our god of the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/cowper/translations_from_the_french_of_madame_de_la_mothe_guion/the_nativity.htm"><span class="l">The Nativity</span></a> <br><b>...</b> On whose broad back grim Death triumphant rides,. While <b>havoc</b> floats on all thy<br> swelling tides,. Thy shores a scene of ruin strewed around. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../translations from the french of madame de la mothe guion/the nativity.htm</font><p><a href="/library/sell/bible_studies_in_the_life_of_paul/study_ix_the_supremacy_of.htm"><span class="l">The Supremacy of Christ</span></a> <br><b>...</b> This doctrine played <b>havoc</b> with the simplest moral conceptions for if matter is<br> evil, and its source, then man's sin is not in his will, but in his body. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../sell/bible studies in the life of paul/study ix the supremacy of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/baxter/the_saints_everlasting_rest/chapter_xii_directions_how_to.htm"><span class="l">Directions How to Lead a Heavenly Life Upon Earth.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 1. Living in any known sin is a grand impediment to a heavenly life. What <b>havoc</b><br> will this make in thy soul! O the joys that this hath destroyed! <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../baxter/the saints everlasting rest/chapter xii directions how to.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/h/havoc.htm"><span class="l"><b>Havoc</b> (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2. (vt) To devastate; to destroy; to lay waste. 3. (n.) A cry in war as the signal<br> for indiscriminate slaughter. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. <b>HAVOC</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/h/havoc.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/ravage.htm"><span class="l">Ravage (9 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v.) To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence;<br> to commit <b>havoc</b> or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/ravage.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/judaism.htm"><span class="l">Judaism (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Galatians 1:13 For you have heard of my early career in Judaism--how I furiously<br> persecuted the Church of God, and made <b>havoc</b> of it; (WEY DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/judaism.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/intending.htm"><span class="l">Intending (24 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Acts 9:21 All who heard him were amazed, and said, "Isn't this he who<br> in Jerusalem made <b>havoc</b> of those who called on this name? <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/intending.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/formerly.htm"><span class="l">Formerly (55 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Galatians 1:23 They only heard it said, "He who was once our persecutor is now telling<br> the Good News of the faith of which he formerly made <b>havoc</b>." (WEY DBY NIV <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/formerly.htm - 22k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/furiously.htm"><span class="l">Furiously (9 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (See NAS). Galatians 1:13 For you have heard of my early career in Judaism--how<br> I furiously persecuted the Church of God, and made <b>havoc</b> of it; (WEY). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/furiously.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/meeting-places.htm"><span class="l">Meeting-places (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (YLT). Psalms 74:8 They said in their heart, Let us make <b>havoc</b> of them altogether:<br> They have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. (See JPS YLT). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/meeting-places.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/persecutor.htm"><span class="l">Persecutor (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Galatians 1:23 They only heard it said, "He who was once our persecutor is now telling<br> the Good News of the faith of which he formerly made <b>havoc</b>." (WEY). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/persecutor.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/career.htm"><span class="l">Career (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Galatians 1:13 For you have heard of my early career in Judaism--how I furiously<br> persecuted the Church of God, and made <b>havoc</b> of it; (WEY). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/career.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/carnage.htm"><span class="l">Carnage (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Great destruction of life, as in battle;<br> bloodshed; slaughter; massacre; murder; <b>havoc</b>. 2. (n.) Flesh <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/carnage.htm - 6k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/no-weapon-formed-against-you-shall-prosper.html">What does it mean that “no weapon formed against you shall prosper” (Isaiah 54:17)? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/church-splits.html">What is the cause of church splits? How can healing occur after a church split? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/birth-defects.html">Why does God allow birth defects? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/havoc.htm">Havoc: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><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><span class="encheading">Havoc (7 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/8-3.htm">Acts 8:3</a></span><br />As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.<br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/9-21.htm">Acts 9:21</a></span><br />All who heard him were amazed, and said, "Isn't this he who in Jerusalem made <span class="boldtext">havoc</span> of those who called on this name? And he had come here intending to bring them bound before the chief priests!"<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/galatians/1-13.htm">Galatians 1:13</a></span><br />For you have heard of my early career in Judaism--how I furiously persecuted the Church of God, and made <span class="boldtext">havoc</span> of it;<br /><span class="source">(WEY ASV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/galatians/1-23.htm">Galatians 1:23</a></span><br />They only heard it said, "He who was once our persecutor is now telling the Good News of the faith of which he formerly made <span class="boldtext">havoc</span>."<br /><span class="source">(WEY ASV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/74-8.htm">Psalms 74:8</a></span><br />They said in their heart, Let us make <span class="boldtext">havoc</span> of them altogether: They have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. <br /><span class="source">(ASV JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/54-16.htm">Isaiah 54:16</a></span><br />Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the fire of coals, and bringeth forth a weapon for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-3.htm">Jeremiah 48:3</a></span><br />The sound of a cry from Horonaim, desolation and great destruction!<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/h/havoc.htm">Havoc</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/havoc.htm">Havoc (7 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/committed.htm">Committed (201 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/havothjair.htm">Havothjair (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/haling.htm">Haling (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/church.htm">Church (110 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/h/having_the_right_attitude.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Having the Right Attitude"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Having the Right Attitude" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/h/havock.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Havock"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Havock" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>