30 wild beasts’ teeth, scorpions, adders, and a sword punishing the ungodly to destruction. (WEB)
Sirach 39:30
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8 To all creatures, human and animal, and upon sinners sevenfold more, (WEB) 9 come death, bloodshed, strife, sword, calamities, famine, suffering, and plague. (WEB) 10 All these things were created for the wicked, and because of them the flood came. (WEB)
Deuteronomy 32:23–25
23 I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them. 24 They will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust. 25 Outside, the…
2 Esdras 15:40–42
40 Great and mighty clouds, full of wrath, will be lifted up with the storm, that they may destroy all the earth and those who dwell in it. They will pour out over every high and lofty one a terrible storm, (WEB) 41 fire, hail, flying swords, and many waters, that all pla… (WEB)
Nahum 3:14–16
14 Draw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Work the clay and tread the mortar; repair the brick kiln! 15 There the fire will devour you; the sword will cut you down and consume you like a young locust. Make yourself many like the young locust; mak…
Psalms 78:48–50
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Psalms of Solomon 13:2–4
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Jeremiah 15:2–4
2 If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’ 3 …
Psalms 120:3–5
3 What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue? 4 Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree! 5 Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
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