Quotes about Threat
Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction. Will you then be spared?
— Isaiah 37:11
When the Chaldean army withdrew from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,
— Jeremiah 37:11
Then Zedekiah warned Jeremiah, “Do not let anyone know about this conversation, or you will die.
— Jeremiah 38:24
If the officials hear that I have spoken with you, and they come and demand of you, ‘Tell us what you said to the king and what he said to you; do not hide it from us, or we will kill you,’
— Jeremiah 38:25
He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.
— Lamentations 3:10
Or if I send wild beasts through the land to leave it childless and desolate, with no man passing through it for fear of the beasts,
— Ezekiel 14:15
You will say, ‘I will go up against a land of unwalled villages; I will come against a tranquil people who dwell securely, all of them living without walls or bars or gates—
— Ezekiel 38:11
The king replied to the astrologers, “My word is final: If you do not tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will be cut into pieces and your houses will be reduced to rubble.
— Daniel 2:5
It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.
— Amos 5:19
“Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and go to the land of Israel, for those seeking the Child’s life are now dead.”
— Matthew 2:20
But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.
— Matthew 12:14
Although Herod wanted to kill John, he was afraid of the people, because they regarded John as a prophet.
— Matthew 14:5