27 occurrences

'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

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

he will certainly rescue you from the snare of the hunter and from the destructive plague.

Verse ConceptsHuntingSatan, Compared With AnimalsEscaping The TrapDisease

He threatened to destroy them, but Moses, his chosen one, interceded with him and turned back his destructive anger.

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

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 sovereign master sends a strong, powerful one. With the force of a hailstorm or a destructive windstorm, with the might of a driving, torrential rainstorm, he will knock that crown to the ground with his hand.

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

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

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

The Lord says, "I will cause a destructive wind to blow against Babylon and the people who inhabit Babylonia.

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

Then he shouted in my ears, "Approach, you who are to visit destruction on the city, each with his destructive weapon in his hand!"

Verse ConceptsExecutionersThose Who DestroyGod's VoiceGod Will Kill His People

"'Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: In my rage I will make a violent wind break out. In my anger there will be a deluge of rain and hailstones in destructive fury.

Verse ConceptsWindGod Sending RainGod Dispensing WindFloods

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

"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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