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‘Terrible’ in the Bible – All 45 Bible verses / Bible passages

Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Terrible’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.

The term ‘Terrible’ occurs 45 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.

Bible passages with ‘Terrible’ in the book Genesis

Genesis 28:17 And being terrified, he said: “How terrible this place is! This is nothing other than the house of God and the gateway of heaven.”Genesis 28:17

Number of the word / term Terrible in Genesis: 1

Bible passages with ‘Terrible’ in the book Exodus

Exodus 15:11 Who is like you in strength, O Lord? Who is like you: magnificent in sanctity, terrible and yet praiseworthy, accomplishing miracles?Exodus 15:11

Exodus 19:18 Then all of Mount Sinai was smoking. For the Lord had descended over it with fire, and smoke ascended from it, as from a furnace. And the entire mountain was terrible.Exodus 19:18

Exodus 34:10 The Lord responded: “I will enter into a pact in the sight of all. I will perform signs which have never been seen on earth, nor among any nation, so that this people, in whose midst you are, may discern the terrible work of the Lord that I will do.Exodus 34:10

Number of the word / term Terrible in Exodus: 3

Bible passages with ‘Terrible’ in the book Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 1:19 Then, setting out from Horeb, we crossed through a terrible and great wasteland, which you saw along the way of the mountain of the Amorite, just as the Lord our God had instructed us. And when we had arrived at Kadesh-barnea,Deuteronomy 1:19

Deuteronomy 4:34 whether God has acted so as to enter and take for himself a nation from the midst of the nations, by means of tests, signs, and wonders, by means of fighting, and a strong hand, and an outstretched arm, and terrible visions, in accord with all the things which the Lord your God has accomplished for you in Egypt, in the sight of your eyes.Deuteronomy 4:34

Deuteronomy 7:21 You shall not fear them, for the Lord your God is in your midst: a great and terrible God.Deuteronomy 7:21

Deuteronomy 8:15 and who was your leader in the great and terrible wilderness, in which there was the serpent with a burning breath, and the scorpion, and the snake of thirst, and no waters at all. He led streams out of the hardest rock,Deuteronomy 8:15

Deuteronomy 10:17 For the Lord your God himself is the God of gods, and the Lord of lords, a God great and powerful and terrible, who favors no person and accepts no bribe.Deuteronomy 10:17

Deuteronomy 10:21 He is your praise and your God. He has done for you these great and terrible things, which your eyes have seen.Deuteronomy 10:21

Deuteronomy 28:58 If you will not keep and do all the words of this law, which have been written in this volume, and fear his glorious and terrible name, that is, the Lord your God,Deuteronomy 28:58

Number of the word / term Terrible in Deuteronomy: 7

Bible passages with ‘Terrible’ in the book Judges

Judges 13:6 And when she had gone to her husband, she said to him: “A man of God came to me, having the countenance of an Angel, exceedingly terrible. And when I had inquired of him, who he was, and where he was from, and what name he was called, he was not willing to tell me.Judges 13:6

Number of the word / term Terrible in Judges: 1

Bible passages with ‘Terrible’ in the book 2 Samuel

2 Samuel 7:23 But what nation is there upon the earth like your people Israel, because of whom God went forth, so that he might redeem a people for himself, and establish a name for himself, and accomplish for them great and terrible things upon the earth, before the face of your people, whom you redeemed for yourself away Egypt, the nations and their gods.2 Samuel 7:23

Number of the word / term Terrible in 2 Samuel: 1

Bible passages with ‘Terrible’ in the book 1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 16:25 For the Lord is great and exceedingly praiseworthy. And he is terrible, above all gods.1 Chronicles 16:25

Number of the word / term Terrible in 1 Chronicles: 1

Bible passages with ‘Terrible’ in the book Nehemiah

Nehemiah 1:5 And I said: “I beg you, O Lord, God of heaven, strong, great, and terrible, who keeps covenant and mercy with those who love you and who keep your commandments:Nehemiah 1:5

Nehemiah 4:14 And I gazed around, and I rose up. And I said to the nobles, and to the magistrates, and to the rest of the common people: “Do not be afraid before their face. Remember the great and terrible Lord, and fight on behalf of your brothers, your sons and your daughters, and your wives and your households.”Nehemiah 4:14

Nehemiah 9:32 Now therefore, our great God, strong and terrible, who keeps covenant and mercy, may you not avert your face from all the hardship that has found us, we and our kings, and our leaders, and our priests, and our prophets, and our fathers, and all the people, from the days of king Assur, even to this day.Nehemiah 9:32

Number of the word / term Terrible in Nehemiah: 3

Bible passages with ‘Terrible’ in the book Job

Job 16:9 He has gathered together his fury towards me, and, threatening me, he has roared against me with his teeth; my enemy has beheld me with terrible eyes.Job 16:9

Number of the word / term Terrible in Job: 1

Bible passages with ‘Terrible’ in the book Psalm

Psalm 47:2 For the Lord is exalted and terrible: a great King over all the earth.Psalm 47:2

Psalm 66:3 Exclaim to God, “How terrible are your works, O Lord!” According to the fullness of your virtue, your enemies will speak lies about you.Psalm 66:3

Psalm 66:5 Draw near and see the works of God, who is terrible in his counsels over the sons of men.Psalm 66:5

Psalm 76:7 You are terrible, and so, who can withstand you? From thence is your wrath.Psalm 76:7

Psalm 76:11 Make vows and pay them to the Lord, your God. All you who surround him bring gifts: to him who is terrible,Psalm 76:11

Psalm 76:12 even to him who takes away the spirit of leaders, to him who is terrible with the kings of the earth.Psalm 76:12

Psalm 89:7 God is glorified by the counsel of the saints. He is great and terrible above all those who are around him.Psalm 89:7

Psalm 96:4 For the Lord is great and greatly to be praised. He is terrible, beyond all gods.Psalm 96:4

Psalm 99:3 May they confess to your great name, for it is terrible and holy.Psalm 99:3

Psalm 106:22 miracles in the land of Ham, terrible things at the Red Sea.Psalm 106:22

Psalm 111:9 He has sent redemption upon his people. He has commanded his covenant for all eternity. Holy and terrible is his name.Psalm 111:9

Psalm 145:6 And they will talk about the virtue of your terrible acts. And they will describe your greatness.Psalm 145:6

Number of the word / term Terrible in Psalm: 12

Bible passages with ‘Terrible’ in the book Song

Song of Solomon 6:4 Groom to Bride: My love, you are beautiful: sweet and graceful, like Jerusalem; terrible, like an army in battle array.Song of Solomon 6:4

Song of Solomon 6:10 Chorus to Groom: Who is she, who advances like the rising dawn, as beautiful as the moon, as elect as the sun, as terrible as an army in battle array?Song of Solomon 6:10

Number of the word / term Terrible in Song: 2

Bible passages with ‘Terrible’ in the book Isaiah

Isaiah 18:2 which sends ambassadors by sea and in vessels of papyrus above the waters. Go forth, O swift Angels, to a nation which has been convulsed and torn apart, to a terrible people, after whom there is no other, to a nation apprehensive and downtrodden, whose land the rivers have spoiled.Isaiah 18:2

Isaiah 18:7 In that time, a gift will be carried to the Lord of hosts, from a people divided and torn apart, from a terrible people, after whom there has been no other, from an apprehensive nation, apprehensive and downtrodden, whose land the rivers have ruined, and it will be carried to the place of the name of the Lord of hosts, to mount Zion.Isaiah 18:7

Isaiah 21:1 The burden of the desert of the sea. Just as the whirlwinds approach from Africa, it approaches from the desert, from a terrible land.Isaiah 21:1

Number of the word / term Terrible in Isaiah: 3

Bible passages with ‘Terrible’ in the book Daniel

Daniel 2:31 You, O king, saw, and behold, something like a great statue. This statue, which was great and high, stood exalted above you, and you considered how terrible it was.Daniel 2:31

Daniel 7:7 After this, I watched in the vision of the night, and behold, a fourth beast, terrible yet wondrous, and exceedingly strong; it had great iron teeth, eating yet crushing, and trampling down the remainder with his feet, but it was unlike the other beasts, which I had seen before it, and it had ten horns.Daniel 7:7

Daniel 7:19 After this, I wanted to learn diligently about the fourth beast, which was very different from all, and exceedingly terrible; his teeth and claws were of iron; he devoured and crushed, and the remainder he trampled with his feet;Daniel 7:19

Daniel 9:4 And I prayed to the Lord, my God, and I confessed, and I said, “I beg you, O Lord God, great and terrible, preserving the covenant and mercy for those who love you and keep your commandments.Daniel 9:4

Number of the word / term Terrible in Daniel: 4

Bible passages with ‘Terrible’ in the book Joel

Joel 2:11 And the Lord has bestowed his voice before the face of his army. For its military camps are very numerous; for they are strong and they carry out his word. For the day of the Lord is great and so very terrible, and who can withstand it?Joel 2:11

Joel 2:31 The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord shall arrive.Joel 2:31

Number of the word / term Terrible in Joel: 2

Bible passages with ‘Terrible’ in the book Habakkuk

Habakkuk 1:7 It is dreadful and terrible. From themselves, judgment and their burden will issue.Habakkuk 1:7

Number of the word / term Terrible in Habakkuk: 1

Bible passages with ‘Terrible’ in the book Malachi

Malachi 4:5 Behold, I will send to you Elijah the prophet, before the arrival of the great and terrible day of the Lord.Malachi 4:5

Number of the word / term Terrible in Malachi: 1

Bible passages with ‘Terrible’ in the book Hebrews

Hebrews 10:27 but instead, a certain terrible expectation of judgment, and the rage of a fire that shall consume its adversaries.Hebrews 10:27

Hebrews 12:21 And what was seen was so terrible that even Moses said: “I am terrified, and so, I tremble.”Hebrews 12:21

Number of the word / term ‘Terrible’ in Hebrews: 2

These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.

Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 45

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