15 occurrences

'Destruction' in the Bible

For though your people, O Israel, may be like the sand of the sea,Only a remnant within them will return;A destruction is determined, overflowing with righteousness.

Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfRemnantGod Doing RightDoing RightEnd Of ActionsMany In IsraelSand And Gravel

For a complete destruction, one that is decreed, the Lord God of hosts will execute in the midst of the whole land.

Verse ConceptsEnd Of Actions

For in a very little while My indignation against you will be spent and My anger will be directed to their destruction.”

Verse ConceptsSpeed Of God's Anger

Wail, for the day of the Lord is near!It will come as destruction from the Almighty.

Verse ConceptsLordship, Human And DivineGod DestroyingThe Fact Of That Day

“I will also make it a possession for the hedgehog and swamps of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction,” declares the Lord of hosts.

Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfPoolsThreateningsHedgehogsSweepingdistractions

“Let the outcasts of Moab stay with you;Be a hiding place to them from the destroyer.”For the extortioner has come to an end, destruction has ceased,Oppressors have completely disappeared from the land.

Verse ConceptsSatan as Destroyer

In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will be speaking the language of Canaan and swearing allegiance to the Lord of hosts; one will be called the City of Destruction.

Verse ConceptsLanguagesFive ThingsCities Under Attack

Therefore I say, “Turn your eyes away from me,Let me weep bitterly,Do not try to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

Verse ConceptsBeing Earnest For IsraelSorrowNo Comfort

Behold, the Lord has a strong and mighty agent;As a storm of hail, a tempest of destruction,Like a storm of mighty overflowing waters,He has cast it down to the earth with His hand.

Verse ConceptsBitingHailRainGod Giving StrengthGod Gives Strength

And now do not carry on as scoffers,Or your fetters will be made stronger;For I have heard from the Lord God of hostsOf decisive destruction on all the earth.

Verse ConceptsChainsMockeryRejection Of God, Results OfRidicule, Objects OfDestructionTying Upmockers

For My sword is satiated in heaven,Behold it shall descend for judgment upon EdomAnd upon the people whom I have devoted to destruction.

Verse ConceptsMore Than EnoughGod's Sword

“But evil will come on youWhich you will not know how to charm away;And disaster will fall on youFor which you cannot atone;And destruction about which you do not knowWill come on you suddenly.

Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The WickedSudden DestructionSuddenlyNot Knowing The Future

These two things have befallen you;Who will mourn for you?The devastation and destruction, famine and sword;How shall I comfort you?

Verse ConceptsFamine, Examples OfKilling Israelites

Their feet run to evil,And they hasten to shed innocent blood;Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity,Devastation and destruction are in their highways.

Verse ConceptsFeetevil, origins ofInnocence, Teaching OnCharacter Of WickedInnocent BloodSheddingPaths Of The WickedDestructionThoughts Of The WickedReady To Kill

“Violence will not be heard again in your land,Nor devastation or destruction within your borders;But you will call your walls salvation, and your gates praise.

Verse ConceptsSalvation, Illustrations OfFigurative WallsFreedom From ViolenceGod Saves The NeedyPraise The Lord!Spilling Your Seed On The Groundborders

Bible Theasaurus

Consumption (21 instances)
Demolition (1 instance)
Devastation (35 instances)
Dissolution (5 instances)

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