2 Samuel 22:5
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5 For the waves of death encompassed me;
the torrents of perdition assailed me;(A)
Jonah 2:3
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3 You cast me into the deep,
into the heart of the seas,
and the flood surrounded me;
all your waves and your billows
passed over me.(A)
Psalm 69:14-15
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14 rescue me
from sinking in the mire;
let me be delivered from my enemies
and from the deep waters.(A)
15 Do not let the flood sweep over me
or the deep swallow me up
or the Pit close its mouth over me.(B)
Revelation 17:15
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15 And he said to me, “The waters that you saw, where the whore[a] is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages.(A)
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- 17.15 Or prostitute
Revelation 17:1
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The Great Whore and the Beast
17 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great whore[a] who is seated on many waters,(A)
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- 17.1 Or prostitute
Revelation 12:15-16
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15 Then from his mouth the serpent poured water like a river after the woman, to sweep her away with the flood.(A) 16 But the earth came to the help of the woman; it opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had poured from his mouth.
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1 Thessalonians 5:3
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3 When they say, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and there will be no escape!(A)
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Jeremiah 46:7-8
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7 Who is this, rising like the Nile,
like rivers whose waters surge?(A)
8 Egypt rises like the Nile,
like rivers whose waters surge.
It said, “Let me rise; let me cover the earth;
let me destroy cities and their inhabitants.”(B)
Isaiah 59:19
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19 So those in the west shall fear the name of the Lord,
and those in the east, his glory,
for he will come like a pent-up stream
that the wind of the Lord drives on.(A)
Psalm 93:3-4
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3 The floods have lifted up, O Lord,
the floods have lifted up their voice;
the floods lift up their roaring.
4 More majestic than the thunders of mighty waters,
more majestic than the waves[a] of the sea,
majestic on high is the Lord!(A)
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- 93.4 Cn: Heb majestic are the waves
Psalm 18:4
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4 The cords of death encompassed me;
the torrents of perdition assailed me;(A)
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