'Terrible' in the Bible
There was a man in the synagogue who was possessed by the spirit of an unclean demon; and he cried out with a loud and terrible voice,
"But how terrible it will be for you who are rich, because you have had your comfort!
How terrible it will be for you who are full now, because you will be hungry! How terrible it will be for you who are laughing now, because you will mourn and cry!
"How terrible it will be for you when everyone says nice things about you, because that's the way their ancestors used to treat the false prophets!"
But he who has heard and not practised is like a man who has built a house upon the soft soil without a foundation, against which the torrent bursts, and immediately it collapses, and terrible is the wreck and ruin of that house."
Seeing Jesus, he cried out [with a terrible voice from the depths of his throat] and fell down before Him [in dread and terror], and shouted loudly, “What business do we have [in common] with each other, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You, do not torment me [before the appointed time of judgment]!”
"How terrible it will be for you, Chorazin! How terrible it will be for you, Bethsaida! If the miracles that happened in you had taken place in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
"How terrible it will be for you Pharisees! You give a tenth of your mint, spices, and every kind of herb, but you neglect justice and the love of God. These are the things you should have practiced, without neglecting the others.
How terrible it will be for you Pharisees! You love to have the places of honor in the synagogues and to be greeted in the marketplaces.
How terrible it will be for you! You are like unmarked graves people walk on them without realizing it."
Jesus said, "How terrible it will be for you experts in the Law, too! You load people with burdens that are hard to carry, yet you don't even lift a finger to ease those burdens.
How terrible it will be for you! You build monuments for the prophets, and it was your ancestors who killed them!
How terrible it will be for you experts in the Law! You have taken away the key to knowledge. You didn't go in yourselves, and you kept out those who were trying to go in."
At last, when he had spent everything, there came a terrible famine throughout that country, and he began to feel the pinch of want.
Jesus told his disciples, "It is inevitable that temptations to sin will come, but how terrible it will be for the person through whom they come!
There will be great earthquakes and famines and plagues in [various] places. There will be terrible sights and great signs from heaven.
"How terrible it will be for those women who are pregnant or who are nursing babies in those days! because there will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people.
The Son of Man is going away, just as it has been determined, but how terrible it will be for that man by whom he is betrayed!"
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Bible Theasaurus
- Abominable (80 instances)
- Atrocious (2 instances)
- Awful (17 instances)
- Dire (2 instances)
- Dread (98 instances)
- Dreaded (15 instances)
- Dreadful (25 instances)
- Fearful (88 instances)
- Fearsome (5 instances)
- Frightening (11 instances)
- Frightful (4 instances)
- Horrendous (2 instances)
- Horrific (2 instances)
- Painful (42 instances)
- Severe (97 instances)
- Terrible (200 instances)
- Tremendous (16 instances)
- Unspeakable (8 instances)
- Wicked (577 instances)
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