'Destruction' in the Bible

“You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue,And you will not be afraid of destruction when it comes.

“You will laugh at violence and famine,And you will not be afraid of the wild beasts of the earth.

“He wanders about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?’He knows that the day of darkness and destruction is already at hand.

“Let his own eyes see his destruction,And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

“That evil men are [now] reserved for the day of disaster and destruction,They will be led away on the day of [God’s] wrath?

“Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) is naked before God,And Abaddon (the place of destruction) has no covering [from His eyes].

“Abaddon (the place of destruction) and Death say,‘We have [only] heard a report of it with our ears.’

“On my right the [rabble] brood rises;They push my feet away, and they build up their ways of destruction against me [like an advancing army].

“For it is a fire which consumes to Abaddon (destruction, ruin, final torment);And [illicit passion] would burn and rage and uproot all my [life’s] increase [destroying everything].

“Have I rejoiced at the destruction of the enemy [who hated me],Or exulted [in malicious triumph] when evil overtook him?

He holds back his soul from the pit [of destruction],And his life from passing over into Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).

Then the angel is gracious to him, and says,‘Spare him from going down to the pit [of destruction];I have found a ransom [a consideration, or reason for redemption, an atonement]!’

‘God has redeemed my life from going to the pit [of destruction],And my life shall see the light.’”

To bring his life back from the pit [of destruction],That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.