Quotes about Calamity
May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.
— Psalm 140:11
in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,
— Proverbs 1:26
when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.
— Proverbs 1:27
Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.
— Proverbs 6:15
He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
— Proverbs 17:5
I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
— Isaiah 45:7
But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly.
— Isaiah 47:11
I will scatter them before the enemy like the east wind. I will show them My back and not My face in the day of their calamity.”
— Jeremiah 18:17
Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the calamity I plan to bring upon them, each of them will turn from his wicked way. Then I will forgive their iniquity and their sin.”
— Jeremiah 36:3
I will punish him and his descendants and servants for their iniquity. I will bring on them, on the residents of Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah, all the calamity about which I warned them but they did not listen.”
— Jeremiah 36:31
Even the mercenaries among her are like fattened calves. They too will turn back; together they will flee, they will not stand their ground, for the day of calamity is coming upon them—the time of their punishment.
— Jeremiah 46:21
A voice cries out from Horonaim: ‘Devastation and great destruction!’
— Jeremiah 48:3