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Proverbs 6:15
Proverbs 6:15 is verse 15 of Proverbs chapter 6, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.
King James Version
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
World English Bible
Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.
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Proverbs 6:13–17 · Berean Standard Bible
13 winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.
14 With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.
15 Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.
16 There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:
17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 1:27when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.
Proverbs 29:1A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
Psalms 73:18Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
Psalms 73:19How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
Psalms 73:20Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.
Isaiah 30:13this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly— in an instant!
1 Thessalonians 5:3While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
2 Chronicles 36:16But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.
Psalms 50:22Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
Jeremiah 19:11and you are to proclaim to them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I will shatter this nation and this city, like one shatters a potter’s jar that can never again be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them.