Proverbs 1:27
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Proverbs 1:27 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Proverbs 1:27 is a verse from the book of Proverbs in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon y..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Proverbs 1:27 — KJV
“When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.”
— Proverbs 1:27 (KJV)
Proverbs 1:27 in Context — About the Book of Proverbs
Proverbs is distilled wisdom for ordinary decisions — money, words, work, friendship, marriage, anger, and the tongue. Its premise is simple: the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Thirty-one chapters make it the classic one-chapter-a-day book for praying through daily choices.
Cross-References for Proverbs 1:27
“Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 1:27: fear, desolation, destruction
“Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 1:27: fear, cometh, desolation
“And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 1:27: distress, anguish
“This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 1:27: fear, anguish
“And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates. young one: Heb. afterbirth”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 1:27: cometh, distress
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