Job 33:22

“Then his soul draws near to the pit [of destruction],
And his life to those who bring death (the destroyers).

2 Samuel 24:16

When the [avenging] angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord relented from the disaster and said to the angel who destroyed the people, “It is enough! Now relax your hand.” And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

Exodus 12:23

For the Lord will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood on the lintel [above the entry way] and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to slay you.

1 Samuel 2:6

“The Lord puts to death and makes alive;
He brings down to Sheol (the grave) and raises up [from the grave].

Job 7:7

“Remember that my life is but breath [a puff of wind, a sigh];
My eye will not see good again.

Job 15:21

“A [dreadful] sound of terrors is in his ears;
While at peace and in a time of prosperity the destroyer comes upon him [the tent of the robber is not at peace].

Job 17:1

“My spirit is broken, my days are extinguished,
The grave is ready for me.

Job 17:13-16

“But if I look to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) as my home,
If I make my bed in the darkness,

Job 33:28

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

Psalm 17:4

Concerning the deeds of men, by the word of Your lips
I have kept away from the paths of the violent.

Psalm 30:3

O Lord, You have brought my life up from Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead);
You have kept me alive, so that I would not go down to the pit (grave).

Psalm 88:3-5

For my soul is full of troubles,
And my life draws near the grave (Sheol, the place of the dead).

Isaiah 38:10

I said, “In mid-life
I am to go through the gates of Sheol (the place of the dead),
I am to be summoned, deprived of the remainder of my years.”

Acts 12:23

And at once an angel of the Lord struck him down because he did not give God the glory [and instead permitted himself to be worshiped], and he was eaten by worms and died [five days later].

1 Corinthians 10:10

And do not murmur [in unwarranted discontent], as some of them did—and were destroyed by the destroyer.

Revelation 9:11

They have as king over them, the angel of the abyss (the bottomless pit); in Hebrew his name is Abaddon (destruction), and in Greek he is called Apollyon (destroyer-king).

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