Overthrow

And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.   Genesis 19:21 

And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.   Genesis 19:29 

And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.   Exodus 15:7 

Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.   Exodus 23:24 

And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.   Deuteronomy 12:3 

And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?
Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt:
For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them:
And the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book:
And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.   Deuteronomy 29:23-28 

And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate.   Judges 9:40 

And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?
Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.   2 Samuel 10:3, 4 

Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.   2 Samuel 11:25 

Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.   2 Samuel 17:9 

But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?
Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.   1 Chronicles 19:3, 4 

And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.   2 Chronicles 14:13 

He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.   Job 12:19 

Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.   Job 19:6 

Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:
To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.   Psalm 106:26, 27 

Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.   Psalm 140:4 

Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.   Psalm 140:11 

When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.   Psalm 141:6 

By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.   Proverbs 11:11 

The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.   Proverbs 12:7 

Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.   Proverbs 13:6 

The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.   Proverbs 14:11 

It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.   Proverbs 18:5 

The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.   Proverbs 21:12 

The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.   Proverbs 22:12 

The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.   Proverbs 29:4 

Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.   Isaiah 1:7 

Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.   Jeremiah 18:23 

As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.   Jeremiah 49:18 

For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.   Lamentations 4:6 

He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.   Daniel 11:41 

I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.   Amos 4:11 

And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.   Jonah 3:4 

And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.   Haggai 2:22 

But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.   Acts 5:39 

But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.   1 Corinthians 10:5 

Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.   2 Timothy 2:18 

And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;   2 Peter 2:6 

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