12 Bible Verses about Sudden Destruction

When they say, There is peace and no danger, then sudden destruction will come on them, as birth-pains on a woman with child; and they will not be able to get away from it.

For this cause his downfall will be sudden; quickly he will be broken, and there will be no help for him.

My son, go in fear of the Lord and the king: have nothing to do with those who are in high positions: For their downfall will come suddenly; and who has knowledge of the destruction of those in high positions?

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great deep came bursting through, and the windows of heaven were open;

When your fear comes on you like a storm, and your trouble like a rushing wind; when pain and sorrow come on you.

For the punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of Sodom, which was overturned suddenly without any hand falling on her.

For their downfall will come suddenly; and who has knowledge of the destruction of those in high positions?

A man hating sharp words and making his heart hard, will suddenly be broken and will not be made well again.

Even man has no knowledge of his time; like fishes taken in an evil net, or like birds taken by deceit, are the sons of men taken in an evil time when it comes suddenly on them.

This sin will be to you like a crack in a high wall, causing its fall suddenly and in a minute.

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.

I have let their widows be increased in number more than the sand of the seas: I have sent against them, against the mother and the young men, one who makes waste in the heat of the day, causing pain and fears to come on her suddenly.