52 occurrences in 10 translations

'Destructive' in the Bible

You are destructive like water and will not excel, for you got on your father's bed, then you defiled it -- he got on my couch!

Verse ConceptsFicklenessRash People

And the blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and I will see the blood, and I will pass over you, and there will not be a destructive plague among you when I strike the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsPassover lambPlaguesPassing OverBlood On The DoorThings As SignsAnimals Serving Human NeedsBloodThe Blood Of Jesus

And he shall examine the infection on the seventh day; if the infection has spread on the garment or on the woven material or on the fabric or on the leather, for any work for which the leather is used, the infection [is] a destructive skin disease--it [is] unclean.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingThe Seventh Day Of The WeekCordsAnimal SkinsDay 7Unclean Thingsmold

And he shall burn the garment or the woven material or the fabric, {whether wool or linen}, or any leather object that {has} the infection, because it [is] an infectious skin disease, [which is] destructive--it must be burned in the fire.

Verse ConceptsCordsAnimal Skinsmold

then the priest shall come, and he shall examine [the infection], and {if} the infection has spread in the house, it [is] a destructive {mildew} in the house--it [is] unclean.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingInspectingUnclean Thingsmold

and for the destructive mildew of a garment, and for a house,

Verse ConceptsHouses Under AttackInstruction About Clothesmold

“Is there injustice or malice on my tongue?Can my palate not discern what is destructive?

Verse ConceptsDiscernment, Nature OfLipsWhat Sin?

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).

Verse ConceptsPitsSaved From The Pit

“But if they do not hear and obey, they will die by the sword [of God’s destructive judgments]And they will die [in ignorance] without [true] knowledge.

Verse ConceptsRepentance, Importance OfDangers Of Ignorance

For there is nothing trustworthy or reliable or truthful in what they say;Their heart is destruction [just a treacherous chasm, a yawning gulf of lies].Their throat is an open grave;They [glibly] flatter with their [silken] tongue.

Verse ConceptsFlatteryDeceitful HeartsdistrustGood WorksHeart, Fallen And RedeemedMind, The HumanMouthsDeception In Fallen Human NatureSin, Universality OfSpeech, Negative Aspects OfSpeech, Power And Significance OfTongueFlattery, Used By The WickedSincereityFigurative BurialsSpeaking With The Mouth

See the one who is pregnant with wickedness, who conceives destructive plans, and gives birth to harmful lies --

Verse ConceptsPregnancyMalice Of The Wicked

He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans and the violence he intended for others falls on his own head.

Verse ConceptsHeadsMischiefFreedom From Violenceproblems

O Lord, how long are you going to just stand there and watch this? Rescue me from their destructive attacks; guard my life from the young lions!

Verse ConceptsDoubting God's ConcernLionsRescueProlonged AfflictionsDeliverance From LionsBefore God Acts

Those who seek my life try to entrap me; those who want to harm me speak destructive words; all day long they say deceitful things.

Verse ConceptsDeception In Fallen Human NaturePersecution, Forms OfEvil PlansTrapCharacter Of WickedMan TrappingAll DayAttempting To Kill Me

Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver.

Verse ConceptsTongueFalsehoodSpeaking, EvilSharpnessRazors

Destructive forces are within her. Threats and lies don't depart from her streets.

Verse ConceptsDestructionRoadsDestruction Of JerusalemOppressorsLying And Deceitoppressioncheaters

Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious and merciful to me,For my soul finds shelter and safety in You,And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge and be confidently secureUntil destruction passes by.

Verse ConceptsDisastersCavesdefence, divineGuardiansMusicOppression, God's Attitude ToRefugeShadowsWingsProtection, From GodTrusting In GodGod's WingsCaves As Places Of RefugeProtection From Danger

He Himself will deliver you from the hunter’s net,from the destructive plague.

Verse ConceptsHuntingSatan, Compared With AnimalsEscaping The TrapDisease

Will destructive national leaders, who plan wicked things through misuse of the Law, be allied with you?

Verse ConceptsMischiefInjusticecorruption

He would have destroyed them but for Moses, his chosen one, who stood in the breach before him to avert his destructive wrath.

Verse Conceptselection, responsibilities ofCalf worshipMoses, Significance OfPlaguesGod Might Kill His PeopleAction Lest God Be Angry

A wicked person listens to malicious talk;a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

Verse ConceptsEvil SpeakingEvildoersLipsRumoursgossiping

Wail, for the Lord's day of judgment is near; it comes with all the destructive power of the sovereign judge.

Verse ConceptsLordship, Human And DivineGod DestroyingThe Fact Of That Day

At that time the Lord will punish with his destructive, great, and powerful sword Leviathan the fast-moving serpent, Leviathan the squirming serpent; he will kill the sea monster.

Verse ConceptsLeviathanDay of the LORDDragonsSeaSnakesNames And Titles For SatanBeastsCosmic CreaturesDinosaursPunishmentMoving OnThe Seafitnessrelentless

Look! The LORD has one who is mighty and strong, like a hailstorm and destructive tempest, like a storm of mighty, overflowing water and he will give rest to the land.

Verse ConceptsBitingHailRainGod Giving StrengthGod Gives Strength

Look, the name of the Lord comes from a distant place in raging anger and awesome splendor. He speaks angrily and his word is like destructive fire.

Verse ConceptsFace Of GodLipsSmokeTheophanyFire Emanating From GodGod Has AngerGood Things From Far Away

The Lord will give a mighty shout and intervene in power, with furious anger and flaming, destructive fire, with a driving rainstorm and hailstones.

Verse ConceptsGod, Majesty OfThunderWeather, As God's JudgmentArm Of GodFire Of God's AngerPaying Attention To GodLightning Used MetaphoricallyThunder Expressing God's Judgment

The scoundrel’s weapons are destructive;he hatches plots to destroy the needy with lies,even when the poor says what is right.

Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfEvil PlansTrapEvil DevicesPlottinginstruments

Sinners are afraid in Zion; panic grips the godless. They say, 'Who among us can coexist with destructive fire? Who among us can coexist with unquenchable fire?'

Verse ConceptsEternal DeathGuilt, Human Aspects OfHell, Punishment OfHell, Description OfPunishment, By GodSinnersUngodlinessGuilty FearTerror Of God

No lion is there, yea, a destructive beast Ascendeth it not, it is not found there, And walked have the redeemed,

Verse ConceptsThe Redeemed Of The Lordredeemed

“I will make those who oppress you consume their own flesh [in mutually destructive wars]And they will become drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine;And all mankind will know [with a knowledge grounded in personal experience] that I, the Lord, am your SaviorAnd your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerAlcoholDrunkenness, Figurative OfKnowledge, Of GodMission, Of IsraelOppression, God's Attitude ToPeople Consuming BloodThose OppressedGod Making DrunkMighty OneKnowing About God's Kingdomoppression

So I said, "Oh, my dear people, put on sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with painful sobs as though you had lost your only child. For any moment now that destructive army will come against us."

Verse ConceptsAshesLamentingSuddenlyThose Who DestroyAshes Of HumiliationOthers Mourning

A destructive army will come marching over the hilltops in the desert. For the Lord will use them as his destructive weapon against everyone from one end of the land to the other. No one will be safe.

Verse ConceptsSafetyThose Who DestroyNo Peace

People will not praise Moab any more. The enemy will capture Heshbon and plot how to destroy Moab, saying, 'Come, let's put an end to that nation!' City of Madmen, you will also be destroyed. A destructive army will march against you.

Verse ConceptsendSilenceLosing Honour

"Destructive forces will come against the Babylonians," says the Lord. "They will come against the people who inhabit Babylonia, against her leaders and her men of wisdom.

Verse ConceptsThe judgment of babylon

Destructive forces will come against her false prophets; they will be shown to be fools! Destructive forces will come against her soldiers; they will be filled with terror!

Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfGod's Attitude To Fools

Destructive forces will come against her horses and her chariots. Destructive forces will come against all the foreign troops within her; they will be as frightened as women! Destructive forces will come against her treasures; they will be taken away as plunder!

Verse ConceptsChariotsBabylonPowerlessnessMixed MultitudeEffeminacyDestroying ChariotsWeak Women

This is what the Lord says:I am about to stir up a destructive wind against Babylonand against the population of Leb-qamai.

Verse ConceptsThose Who DestroyBabylon Destroyed

The Lord says, "Beware! I am opposed to you, Babylon! You are like a destructive mountain that destroys all the earth. I will unleash my power against you; I will roll you off the cliffs and make you like a burned-out mountain.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of The WorldGod OpposingSeven Mountains

I will shoot against them deadly, destructive arrows of famine, which I will shoot to destroy you. I will prolong a famine on you and will remove the bread supply.

Verse ConceptsArrows, Figurative OfArrows, Described AsArchers, Likened To GodFamine Coming From God

“Thus says the Lord God, ‘A disaster is coming, [one so destructive and injurious, so sudden and violent, that it stands alone,] a unique disaster, look it is coming!

Verse ConceptsDisastersUnique EventsBeing Unique

Then He called to me directly with a loud voice, “Come near, executioners of the city, each of you with a destructive weapon in his hand.”

Verse ConceptsExecutionersThose Who DestroyGod's VoiceGod Will Kill His People

All of a sudden, I noticed six men approaching from the direction of the upper gate, which faces north. Each of them held a destructive weapon in his hand. Among them there was one man, clothed in linen, who was equipped with a writing set at his side. They went in and presented themselves beside the bronze altar.

Verse ConceptsSix PeopleComing To GatesFacing NorthWriting On ObjectsWeapons Of GodSetting Up The Bronze AltarDeath Penalty For Killing

“So this is what the Lord God says: I will release a windstorm in My wrath. Torrential rain will come in My anger, and hailstones will fall in destructive fury.

Verse ConceptsWindGod Sending RainGod Dispensing WindFloods

This is what the Lord GOD says, "I'm sending four of my most destructive judgments military invasion, famine, wild animals, and pestilence into Jerusalem to destroy both human beings and livestock in it.

Verse ConceptsPlaguesPestilenceDestruction Of All CreaturesFamine Coming From GodFour Other ThingsBoth Men And Animals Killed

Then I heard a holy one speaking. Another holy one said to the one who was speaking, "To what period of time does the vision pertain -- this vision concerning the daily sacrifice and the destructive act of rebellion and the giving over of both the sanctuary and army to be trampled?"

Verse ConceptsBefore God ActsTrampling PlacesSurrender

Mighty will be his skills, but not from his own abilities. He'll be remarkably destructive, will succeed, and will do whatever he wants, destroying mighty men and the holy people.

Verse ConceptsSaintsNames And Titles For The ChristianDestructionThe DestroyerThe Wicked Prosper

He will make a binding covenant with many for one week, and for half of the week he will suspend both the sacrifice and grain offerings. Destructive people will cause desolation on the pinnacle until it is complete and what has been decreed is poured out on the desolator.'"

Verse ConceptsAbominationsTribulation PeriodAbomination Of DesolationThree And A Half YearsSeven YearsThe DestroyerIsrael In TribulationPeace And SafetyThe World Ruler

Armed forces will arise from his midst, and they'll desecrate the fortified Sanctuary, abolish the daily sacrifice, and establish the destructive desecration.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsAbolitionAbomination Of DesolationAnimal Sacrifices, Sin OfferingImage Of The Beast

There will be 1,290 days from the time the regular burnt offering is rescinded and the destructive desolation established.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsDays, Description OfAbolitionAbomination Of DesolationThree And A Half Years

Alas for the day!For the [judgment] day of the Lord is at hand,And it will come [upon the nation] as a destruction from the Almighty.

Verse ConceptsDay of the LORDThe AlmightyGod DestroyingThe Fact Of That DayNear The Time Generally

"They do not know how to do what is right." (The Lord is speaking.) "They store up the spoils of destructive violence in their fortresses.

Verse ConceptsHoardingSpiritual IgnoranceMisersPursuing ViolenceNo JusticeStoring Other ThingsDoing The Right Thing

Bible Theasaurus

Deadly (49 instances)
Destroying (98 instances)
Destructive (58 instances)
Devastating (11 instances)

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