Encyclopedia entry
Destruction
In Job 26:6, 28:22 (Heb. abaddon) is sheol, the realm of the dead.
In the Bible
196
Verses where Destruction is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 4:41
These who were noted by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the Hamites in their dwellings as well as the Meunites who were there, devoting them to destruction even to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks.
- 1 Corinthians 5:5
hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the Day of the Lord.
- 1 Kings 9:21
their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to devote to destruction —Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.
- 1 Kings 13:34
And this was the sin of the house of Jeroboam that led to its extermination and destruction from the face of the earth.
- 1 Kings 20:42
And the prophet said to the king, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have let slip from your hand the man I had devoted to destruction, your life will be exchanged for his life, and your people for his people.’”
- 1 Samuel 5:9
But after they had moved the ark to Gath, the LORD’s hand was also against that city, throwing it into great confusion and afflicting the men of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors.
+190 more verses naming Destruction.
Scripture on Destruction
136
See all 136 +−
- Job 31Joshua 6Job 21Job 30Proverbs 10Isaiah 10Isaiah 34Jeremiah 4Jeremiah 502 Peter 2Numbers 21Deuteronomy 131 Samuel 52 Chronicles 22Job 5Job 26Psalms 52Psalms 55Proverbs 18Proverbs 24Isaiah 51Jeremiah 6Jeremiah 48Jeremiah 51Lamentations 3Daniel 11Amos 32 Peter 3Revelation 17Exodus 22Leviticus 27Numbers 24Numbers 32Deuteronomy 2Deuteronomy 3Deuteronomy 20Deuteronomy 29Deuteronomy 32Joshua 2Joshua 8Joshua 22Judges 1Judges 211 Kings 91 Kings 131 Kings 202 Kings 191 Chronicles 42 Chronicles 202 Chronicles 262 Chronicles 32Esther 4Esther 7Esther 8Esther 9Job 18Job 28Psalms 5Psalms 35Psalms 38Psalms 73Psalms 88Psalms 90Psalms 91Psalms 103Psalms 137Proverbs 1Proverbs 13Proverbs 14Proverbs 15Proverbs 16Proverbs 17Proverbs 21Proverbs 27Proverbs 31Isaiah 1Isaiah 11Isaiah 13Isaiah 14Isaiah 15Isaiah 16Isaiah 19Isaiah 22Isaiah 24Isaiah 28Isaiah 30Isaiah 37Isaiah 43Isaiah 49Isaiah 59Isaiah 60Jeremiah 17Jeremiah 20Jeremiah 25Jeremiah 46Lamentations 2Lamentations 4Ezekiel 5Ezekiel 7Ezekiel 9Ezekiel 21Ezekiel 32Daniel 8Daniel 9Hosea 7Hosea 8Hosea 9Hosea 13Joel 1Amos 5Obadiah 1Micah 2Habakkuk 1Habakkuk 2Zephaniah 1Zechariah 14Matthew 7Luke 6John 17Romans 3Romans 91 Corinthians 52 Corinthians 102 Corinthians 13Galatians 6Philippians 1Philippians 31 Thessalonians 52 Thessalonians 12 Thessalonians 21 Timothy 6
Entries that reference Destruction
3
More illustrations of Destruction
2
Voices on Destruction
24
Surfaced by name match — accuracy varies by title clarity.
Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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