17 Bible Verses about Destruction Of Houses
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And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the mortar of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place.
And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, In houses which no man inhabited, Which were ready to become heaps;
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown; But the tent of the upright shall flourish.
Jehovah will root up the house of the proud; But he will establish the border of the widow.
Every wise woman buildeth her house; But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.
and ye numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and ye brake down the houses to fortify the wall;
For thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are broken down to make a defence against the mounds and against the sword;
And he burnt the house of Jehovah, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burnt he with fire.
and he burned the house of Jehovah, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burned he with fire.
and, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall thereof.
And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise; and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses; and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the waters.
For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and builded palaces; and Judah hath multiplied fortified cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the castles thereof.
And I will smite the winter-house with the summer-house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith Jehovah.
For, behold, Jehovah commandeth, and the great house shall be smitten with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
And their wealth shall become a spoil, and their houses a desolation: yea, they shall build houses, but shall not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but shall not drink the wine thereof.
And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my grain and my goods.