Quotes about Tragedy
when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
- Job 1:19
Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.
- Job 21:25
They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.
- Job 22:16
Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without wedding songs.
- Psalm 78:63
His priests fell by the sword, but their widows could not lament.
- Psalm 78:64
They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.
- Psalm 79:3
who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.
- Psalm 83:10
until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare—not knowing it will cost him his life.
- Proverbs 7:23
Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.
- Isaiah 13:16
O city of commotion, O town of revelry? Your slain did not die by the sword, nor were they killed in battle.
- Isaiah 22:2
These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?
- Isaiah 51:19
O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
- Jeremiah 6:26