'Calamity' in the Bible
I also will laugh at your disaster;I will mock when your dread and panic come,
When your dread and panic come like a storm,And your disaster comes like a whirlwind,When anxiety and distress come upon you [as retribution].
Therefore [the crushing weight of] his disaster will come suddenly upon him;Instantly he will be broken, and there will be no healing or remedy [because he has no heart for God].
No harm befalls the righteous,But the wicked are filled with trouble.
The wicked is overthrown through his wrongdoing,But the righteous has hope and confidence and a refuge [with God] even in death.
The Lord has made everything for its own purpose,Even the wicked [according to their role] for the day of evil.
Whoever mocks the poor taunts his Maker,And he who rejoices at [another’s] disaster will not go unpunished.
He who has a crooked mind finds no good,And he who is perverted in his language falls into evil.
A foolish (ungodly) son is destruction to his father,And the contentions of a [quarrelsome] wife are like a constant dripping [of water].
When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous (the upright, the one in right standing with God),But to the evildoers it is disaster.
He who sows injustice will reap [a harvest of] trouble,And the rod of his wrath [with which he oppresses others] will fail.
For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again,But the wicked stumble in time of disaster and collapse.
For their tragedy will rise suddenly,And who knows the punishment that both [the Lord and the king] will bring on the rebellious?
Do not abandon your own friend and your father’s friend,And do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster.Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away.
Blessed and favored by God is the man who fears [sin and its consequence] at all times,But he who hardens his heart [and is determined to sin] will fall into disaster.
Bible Theasaurus
- Calamity (160 instances)
- Catastrophe (6 instances)
- Disaster (213 instances)
- Mishap (1 instance)