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The term is often associated with divine retribution against sin, the eradication of evil, and the ultimate triumph of God's kingdom. Old Testament Context In the Old Testament, the Hebrew word often translated as "destroy" is "שָׁחַת" (shachath), which can mean to ruin, corrupt, or annihilate. One of the earliest instances of divine destruction is the Great Flood, where God decides to "destroy all flesh" due to the pervasive wickedness of humanity (<a href="/genesis/6-13.htm">Genesis 6:13</a>). This act of destruction serves as both judgment and a means of purification, preserving Noah and his family as a remnant for a new beginning. The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah is another significant event, where God rains down sulfur and fire as a judgment against the cities' grievous sins (<a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Genesis 19:24-25</a>). This narrative underscores the severity of divine justice and the consequences of moral corruption. The Israelites' conquest of Canaan also involves acts of destruction commanded by God. In <a href="/deuteronomy/7-2.htm">Deuteronomy 7:2</a>, God instructs the Israelites to "utterly destroy" the Canaanite nations, emphasizing the need to eliminate idolatry and preserve the purity of worship. This destruction is not merely punitive but serves a redemptive purpose in establishing a holy people set apart for God. Prophetic Warnings and Promises The prophets frequently speak of destruction as a consequence of Israel's unfaithfulness. Jeremiah warns of the impending destruction of Jerusalem due to the people's persistent idolatry and injustice (<a href="/jeremiah/4-6.htm">Jeremiah 4:6-7</a>). Yet, alongside these warnings, the prophets also offer hope for restoration and renewal, indicating that destruction is not God's final word. Isaiah prophesies about the destruction of the wicked and the establishment of God's righteous kingdom. In <a href="/isaiah/13-9.htm">Isaiah 13:9</a>, the "day of the LORD" is described as a time when God will "destroy the sinners" from the land, highlighting the eschatological aspect of divine judgment. New Testament Understanding In the New Testament, the Greek word "ἀπόλλυμι" (apollymi) is often used for "destroy," carrying the connotation of perishing or being lost. Jesus speaks of destruction in the context of eternal judgment, contrasting the narrow path that leads to life with the broad road that leads to destruction (<a href="/matthew/7-13.htm">Matthew 7:13</a>). The apostle Paul addresses the theme of destruction in relation to God's wrath against sin. In <a href="/romans/9-22.htm">Romans 9:22</a>, he speaks of "vessels of wrath prepared for destruction," illustrating the seriousness of divine judgment while also emphasizing God's patience and mercy. The Book of Revelation vividly portrays the ultimate destruction of evil. The final judgment involves the destruction of Satan, sin, and death, culminating in the establishment of a new heaven and a new earth (<a href="/revelation/20-10.htm">Revelation 20:10, 21</a>:1). This eschatological vision assures believers of God's ultimate victory and the eradication of all that opposes His will. Spiritual Implications The theme of destroying in the Bible serves as a sobering reminder of the consequences of sin and the holiness of God. It calls believers to repentance, faithfulness, and the pursuit of righteousness. While destruction is a reality for those who reject God, the Bible consistently offers the hope of salvation and restoration through Jesus Christ, who came to "destroy the works of the devil" (1 <a href="/john/3-8.htm">John 3:8</a>). In summary, the biblical concept of destroying encompasses God's righteous judgment against sin, the purification of His people, and the ultimate triumph over evil. It serves as both a warning and an invitation to align with God's redemptive purposes.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Destroy.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/336.htm">336. anairesis -- a taking up, a destroying, slaying</a> ... a taking up, a destroying, slaying. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: anairesis Phonetic Spelling: (an-ah'-ee-res-is) Short Definition: killing ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/336.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/2506.htm">2506. kathairesis -- a pulling down</a> ... of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: kathairesis Phonetic Spelling: (kath-ah'-ee-res-is) Short Definition: taking down, destroying Definition: taking ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2506.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/3.htm">3. Abaddon -- Abaddon, the angel of the abyss</a> ... Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Abaddon Phonetic Spelling: (ab-ad-dohn') Short Definition: Abaddon Definition: Abaddon, Destroyer (ie Destroying Angel) or ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/623.htm">623. Apolluon -- "a destroyer," Apollyon, the angel of the abyss</a> ... Noun, Masculine Transliteration: Apolluon Phonetic Spelling: (ap-ol-loo'-ohn) Short Definition: Apollyon, Destroyer Definition: Apollyon, The Destroying One, a ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/623.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/5588.htm">5588. psithuristes -- a whisperer</a> ... Cognate: 5588 -- properly, a whisperer; a sneaky gossip (a "back-stabber"); a backbiter, quietly (secretly) destroying another person's character -- ie covertly ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5588.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/2507.htm">2507. kathaireo -- to take down, pull down</a> ... Word Origin from kata and haireo Definition to take down, pull down NASB Word Usage brought down (1), destroyed (1), destroying (1), dethroned (1), take...down ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2507.htm - 7k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/4892.htm">4892. mashcheth -- ruin, destruction</a> ... 4891, 4892. mashcheth. 4893 . ruin, destruction. Transliteration: mashcheth Phonetic Spelling: (mash-khayth') Short Definition: destroying. ... destroying. ... /hebrew/4892.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/2763a.htm">2763a. charam -- to ban, devote, exterminate</a> ... exterminate NASB Word Usage annihilate (1), covet (1), destroy them utterly (1), destroy utterly (1), destroyed them utterly (1), destroying (1), destroying ... /hebrew/2763a.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/12.htm">12. abdan -- destruction</a> ... 11, 12. abdan. 13 . destruction. Transliteration: abdan Phonetic Spelling: (ab-dawn') Short Definition: destroying. Word Origin ... /hebrew/12.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/6986.htm">6986. qeteb -- destruction</a> ... destroying, destruction. From an unused root meaning to cut off; ruin -- destroying, destruction. 6985, 6986. qeteb. 6987 . Strong's Numbers. /hebrew/6986.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/6.htm">6. abad -- to perish</a> ... to perish NASB Word Usage annihilate (2), annihilated (1), been lost (1), broken (1), corrupts (1), destroy (33), destroyed (15), destroying (2), destroys (2 ... /hebrew/6.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7451a.htm">7451a. ra -- bad, evil</a> ... same as roa Definition bad, evil NASB Word Usage bad (23), bad* (2), badly (1), deadly (1), defamed* (1), defames* (1), defect* (1), destroying (1), displease ... /hebrew/7451a.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/1698.htm">1698. deber -- pestilence</a> ... murrain, pestilence, plague. From dabar (in the sense of destroying); a pestilence -- murrain, pestilence, plague. see HEBREW dabar. 1697, 1698. deber. 1699 ... /hebrew/1698.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7843.htm">7843. shachath -- perhaps to go to ruin</a> ... 1), blemished animal (1), corrupt (8), corrupted (4), depravity (1), destroy (69), destroyed (14), destroyer (4), destroyers (1), destroying (7), destroys (5 ... /hebrew/7843.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/4889.htm">4889. mashchith -- ruin, destruction</a> ... destruction (3), trap (1), utterly (1). corruption, to destroying, destruction, trap, utterly. From shachath; destructive, ie (as ... /hebrew/4889.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/1104.htm">1104. bala -- to swallow down, swallow up, engulf</a> ... up, engulf NASB Word Usage brought to confusion (1), confound (1), confuse (2), confused (1), consume (1), destroy (1), destroyed (1), destroying (1), end (1 ... /hebrew/1104.htm - 6k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/neander/the_life_of_jesus_christ_in_its_historical_connexion/section_56_the_destroying_and.htm">The "Destroying" and "Fulfilling" of the Law.</a> ... Section 56. The "Destroying" and "Fulfilling" of the Law. ... We need only to understand correctly what kind of "destroying" it is which Christ disclaims. ... /.../section 56 the destroying and.htm<a href="/library/tertullian/on_the_resurrection_of_the_flesh/chapter_xlii_death_changes_without_destroying.htm">Death Changes, Without Destroying, Our Mortal Bodies Remains of ...</a> ... Chapter XLII."Death Changes, Without Destroying, Our Mortal Bodies Remains of the Giants. It is the transformation these shall ... /.../chapter xlii death changes without destroying.htm<a href="/library/anonymous/the_cloud_of_unknowing/here_beginneth_the_eighth_chapter.htm">A Good Declaring of Certain Doubts that May Fall in this Word ...</a> ... HERE BEGINNETH THE EIGHTH CHAPTER A good declaring of certain doubts that may fall in this word treated by question, in destroying of a man's own curiosity, of ... /.../anonymous/the cloud of unknowing/here beginneth the eighth chapter.htm<a href="/library/calvin/the_institutes_of_the_christian_religion/chapter_8_of_the_power.htm">Of the Power of the Church in Articles of Faith. The Unbridled ...</a> ... THE UNBRIDLED LICENCE OF THE PAPAL CHURCH IN DESTROYING PURITY OF DOCTRINE. ... THE UNBRIDLED LICENCE OF THE PAPAL CHURCH IN DESTROYING PURITY OF DOCTRINE. ... /.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 8 of the power.htm<a href="/library/calvin/the_institutes_of_the_christian_religion/chapter_10_of_the_power.htm">Of the Power of Making Laws. The Cruelty of the Pope and his ...</a> ... OF THE POWER OF MAKING LAWS. THE CRUELTY OF THE POPE AND HIS ADHERENTS, IN THIS RESPECT, IN TYRANNICALLY OPPRESSING AND DESTROYING SOULS. ... /.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 10 of the power.htm<a href="/library/augustine/anti-pelagian_writings/chapter_57_xlix_it_does_not.htm">It Does not Detract from God's Almighty Power, that He is ...</a> ... against pelagius; Chapter 57 [XLIX.]"It Does Not Detract from God's Almighty Power, that He is Incapable of Either Sinning, or Dying, or Destroying Himself. ... /.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 57 xlix it does not.htm<a href="/library/bliss/a_brief_commentary_on_the_apocalypse/the_sealing_of_the_servants.htm">The Sealing of the Servants of God.</a> ... storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire," Isa.29:6. "The Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail, and a destroying storm, as ... /.../bliss/a brief commentary on the apocalypse/the sealing of the servants.htm<a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/three_pictures_of_one_reality.htm">Three Pictures of one Reality</a> ... We had the nest and the mother-bird, we had the battlefield and the shield; now we are swept away back to that night when the Destroying Angel stalked through ... /.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/three pictures of one reality.htm<a href="/library/tertullian/the_five_books_against_marcion/chapter_ix_out_of_st_lukes.htm">Out of St. Luke's Fifth ChapterAre Found Proofs of Christ's ...</a> ... wishing that the law should be more profoundly understood as signifying spiritual truths by carnal facts [3718] "and thus [3719] not destroying, but rather ... /.../tertullian/the five books against marcion/chapter ix out of st lukes.htm<a href="/library/kingsley/the_gospel_of_the_pentateuch/sermon_iv_noahs_flood.htm">Noah's Flood</a> ... Whatever was bright, and beautiful, and wholesome in the world, like the rainbow, belonged to kind gods; whatever was dark, ugly, and destroying, like the flood ... /.../kingsley/the gospel of the pentateuch/sermon iv noahs flood.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/d/destroying.htm">Destroying (64 Occurrences)</a> ... n.) of Destroy. Multi-Version Concordance Destroying (64 Occurrences). ... you who were for destroying the Sanctuary and building a new one in three days, (WEY). ... /d/destroying.htm - 27k<a href="/topical/d/destroys.htm">Destroys (23 Occurrences)</a> ... Jeremiah 51:25 Behold, I am against you, destroying mountain, says Yahweh, which destroys all the earth; and I will stretch out my hand on you, and roll you ... /d/destroys.htm - 12k<a href="/topical/d/destroyer.htm">Destroyer (23 Occurrences)</a> ... Easton's Bible Dictionary (Exodus 12:23), the agent employed in the killing of the first-born; the destroying angel or messenger of God. (Comp. ... /d/destroyer.htm - 16k<a href="/topical/f/fallow.htm">Fallow (5 Occurrences)</a> ... n.) The plowing or tilling of land, without sowing it for a season; as, summer fallow, properly conducted, has ever been found a sure method of destroying weeds ... /f/fallow.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/d/destruction.htm">Destruction (734 Occurrences)</a> ... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying; devastation. ... /d/destruction.htm - 39k<a href="/topical/b/burned-out.htm">Burned-out (1 Occurrence)</a> ... Jeremiah 51:25 Lo, I 'am' against thee, O destroying mount, An affirmation of Jehovah, That is destroying all the earth, And I have stretched out My hand ... /b/burned-out.htm - 6k<a href="/topical/b/breathing.htm">Breathing (25 Occurrences)</a> ... cattle, have the sons of Israel spoiled for themselves; only, every human being they have smitten by the mouth of the sword, till their destroying them; they ... /b/breathing.htm - 17k<a href="/topical/a/araunah.htm">Araunah (14 Occurrences)</a> ... The destroying angel, sent to punish David for his vanity in taking a census of the people, was stayed in his work of destruction near a threshing-floor ... /a/araunah.htm - 13k<a href="/topical/c/circuit.htm">Circuit (27 Occurrences)</a> ... Genesis 13:10 And Lot lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the whole circuit of the Jordan that it 'is' all a watered country (before Jehovah's destroying Sodom and ... /c/circuit.htm - 16k<a href="/topical/t/tempest.htm">Tempest (30 Occurrences)</a> ... power over storm and use of the tempest in His anger: "He maketh the storm a calm" (Psalm 107:29); He sends the "tempest of hail, a destroying storm" (Isaiah 28 ... /t/tempest.htm - 17k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/destroying-angel.html">Who is the destroying angel? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Canaanites-slaves.html">Why did the Israelites take the Canaanites as slaves instead of destroying them as they were instructed? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/cryonics-cryogenics.html">What does the Bible say about cryonics or cryogenics? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/destroying.htm">Destroying: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Destroying (64 Occurrences)<a href="/mark/3-6.htm">Mark 3:6</a> But no sooner had the Pharisees left the synagogue than they held a consultation with the Herodians against Jesus, to devise some means of destroying Him. (WEY)<a href="/mark/15-29.htm">Mark 15:29</a> And all the passers-by reviled Him. They shook their heads at Him and said, "Ah! you who were for destroying the Sanctuary and building a new one in three days, (WEY)<a href="/luke/9-39.htm">Luke 9:39</a> Behold, a spirit takes him, he suddenly cries out, and it convulses him so that he foams, and it hardly departs from him, bruising him severely. (See NIV)<a href="/luke/19-47.htm">Luke 19:47</a> And day after day He taught in the Temple, while the High Priests and the Scribes were devising some means of destroying Him, as were also the leading men of the people. (WEY)<a href="/john/12-25.htm">John 12:25</a> He who holds his life dear, is destroying it; and he who makes his life of no account in this world shall keep it to the Life of the Ages. (WEY)<a href="/1_corinthians/10-10.htm">1 Corinthians 10:10</a> neither murmur ye, as also some of them did murmur, and did perish by the destroyer. (See NIV)<a href="/1_corinthians/15-24.htm">1 Corinthians 15:24</a> Then the end comes, when he will deliver up the Kingdom to God, even the Father; when he will have abolished all rule and all authority and power. (See RSV)<a href="/2_corinthians/10-5.htm">2 Corinthians 10:5</a> throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ; (See NAS)<a href="/2_corinthians/10-8.htm">2 Corinthians 10:8</a> For though I might take pride in our authority (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for your destruction), it will not be a cause of shame to me: (See NAS RSV)<a href="/hebrews/11-28.htm">Hebrews 11:28</a> by faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that He who is destroying the first-born might not touch them. (YLT)<a href="/2_peter/2-12.htm">2 Peter 2:12</a> But these, as unreasoning creatures, born natural animals to be taken and destroyed, speaking evil in matters about which they are ignorant, will in their destroying surely be destroyed, (WEB ASV)<a href="/revelation/11-18.htm">Revelation 11:18</a> and the nations were angry, and Thine anger did come, and the time of the dead, to be judged, and to give the reward to Thy servants, to the prophets, and to the saints, and to those fearing Thy name, to the small and to the great, and to destroy those who are destroying the land.' (YLT RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/6-13.htm">Genesis 6:13</a> And God said to Noah, 'An end of all flesh hath come before Me, for the earth hath been full of violence from their presence; and lo, I am destroying them with the earth. (YLT)<a href="/genesis/13-10.htm">Genesis 13:10</a> And Lot lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the whole circuit of the Jordan that it 'is' all a watered country (before Jehovah's destroying Sodom and Gomorrah, as Jehovah's garden, as the land of Egypt,) in thy coming toward Zoar, (YLT)<a href="/genesis/19-13.htm">Genesis 19:13</a> for we are destroying this place, for their cry hath been great 'before' the face of Jehovah, and Jehovah doth send us to destroy it.' (YLT)<a href="/genesis/19-14.htm">Genesis 19:14</a> And Lot goeth out, and speaketh unto his sons-in-law, those taking his daughters, and saith, 'Rise, go out from this place, for Jehovah is destroying the city;' and he is as 'one' mocking in the eyes of his sons-in-law. (YLT)<a href="/genesis/19-29.htm">Genesis 19:29</a> And it cometh to pass, in God's destroying the cities of the circuit, that God remembereth Abraham, and sendeth Lot out of the midst of the overthrow in the overthrowing of the cities in which Lot dwelt. (YLT)<a href="/deuteronomy/3-6.htm">Deuteronomy 3:6</a> We utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/7-10.htm">Deuteronomy 7:10</a> and repayeth them that hate Him to their face, to destroy them; He will not be slack to him that hateth Him, He will repay him to his face. (See RSV)<a href="/deuteronomy/8-20.htm">Deuteronomy 8:20</a> as the nations whom Jehovah is destroying from your presence, so ye perish; because ye hearken not to the voice of Jehovah your God. (YLT)<a href="/deuteronomy/13-15.htm">Deuteronomy 13:15</a> you shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein and its livestock, with the edge of the sword. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV)<a href="/deuteronomy/28-63.htm">Deuteronomy 28:63</a> And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to cause you to perish, and to destroy you; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest in to possess it. (See RSV)<a href="/deuteronomy/32-25.htm">Deuteronomy 32:25</a> Outside the sword shall bereave, and in the chambers, terror; on both young man and virgin, The suckling with the gray-haired man. (See RSV)<a href="/joshua/11-11.htm">Joshua 11:11</a> They struck all the souls who were in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them. There was no one left who breathed. He burnt Hazor with fire. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)<a href="/joshua/11-12.htm">Joshua 11:12</a> And all the cities of those kings and all their kings did Joshua take; and he smote them with the edge of the sword, destroying them utterly, as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded. (DBY RSV)<a href="/joshua/11-14.htm">Joshua 11:14</a> and all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, have the sons of Israel spoiled for themselves; only, every human being they have smitten by the mouth of the sword, till their destroying them; they have not left any one breathing. (YLT)<a href="/joshua/23-15.htm">Joshua 23:15</a> And it hath been, as there hath come upon you all the good thing which Jehovah your God hath spoken unto you, so doth Jehovah bring upon you the whole of the evil thing, till His destroying you from off this good ground which Jehovah your God hath given to you; (YLT)<a href="/judges/20-42.htm">Judges 20:42</a> and they turn before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness, and the battle hath followed them; and those who 'are' from the city are destroying them in their midst; (YLT)<a href="/1_samuel/6-5.htm">1 Samuel 6:5</a> Therefore you shall make images of your tumors, and images of your mice that mar the land; and you shall give glory to the God of Israel: perhaps he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land. (See NIV)<a href="/2_samuel/24-16.htm">2 Samuel 24:16</a> and the messenger putteth forth his hand to Jerusalem to destroy it, and Jehovah repenteth concerning the evil, and saith to the messenger who is destroying among the people, 'Enough, now, cease thy hand;' and the messenger of Jehovah was near the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite. (YLT)<a href="/1_kings/15-29.htm">1 Kings 15:29</a> And it cometh to pass, at his reigning, he hath smitten the whole house of Jeroboam, he hath not left any breathing to Jeroboam till his destroying him, according to the word of Jehovah, that He spake by the hand of His servant Ahijah the Shilonite, (YLT)<a href="/2_kings/10-17.htm">2 Kings 10:17</a> And he cometh in to Samaria, and smiteth all those left to Ahab in Samaria, till his destroying him, according to the word of Jehovah that He spake unto Elisha. (YLT)<a href="/2_kings/17-25.htm">2 Kings 17:25</a> and it cometh to pass, at the commencement of their dwelling there, they have not feared Jehovah, and Jehovah doth send among them the lions, and they are destroying among them. (YLT)<a href="/2_kings/17-26.htm">2 Kings 17:26</a> And they speak to the king of Asshur, saying, 'The nations that thou hast removed, and dost place in the cities of Samaria, have not known the custom of the God of the land, and He sendeth among them the lions, and lo, they are destroying them, as they do not know the custom of the God of the land.' (YLT)<a href="/2_kings/19-11.htm">2 Kings 19:11</a> Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly. Will you be delivered? (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_chronicles/21-12.htm">1 Chronicles 21:12</a> either three years of famine; or three months to be consumed before your foes, while the sword of your enemies overtakes you; or else three days the sword of Yahweh, even pestilence in the land, and the angel of Yahweh destroying throughout all the borders of Israel. Now therefore consider what answer I shall return to him who sent me. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/1_chronicles/21-15.htm">1 Chronicles 21:15</a> God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was about to destroy, Yahweh saw, and he relented of the disaster, and said to the destroying angel, It is enough; now stay your hand. The angel of Yahweh was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_chronicles/20-23.htm">2 Chronicles 20:23</a> For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them; and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another. (See NAS RSV)<a href="/esther/9-5.htm">Esther 9:5</a> And the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they would unto them that hated them. (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/job/30-13.htm">Job 30:13</a> They have made waste my roads, with a view to my destruction; his bowmen come round about me; (See NIV)<a href="/psalms/52-7.htm">Psalms 52:7</a> "Behold, this is the man who didn't make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness." (See NIV)<a href="/psalms/78-49.htm">Psalms 78:49</a> He threw on them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, indignation, and trouble, and a band of angels of evil. (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/106-23.htm">Psalms 106:23</a> And He saith to destroy them, Unless Moses, His chosen one, Had stood in the breach before Him, To turn back His wrath from destroying. (YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/proverbs/6-32.htm">Proverbs 6:32</a> He who committeth adultery 'with' a woman lacketh heart, He is destroying his soul who doth it. (YLT)<a href="/isaiah/21-2.htm">Isaiah 21:2</a> A hard vision hath been declared to me, The treacherous dealer is dealing treacherously, And the destroyer is destroying. Go up, O Elam, besiege, O Media, All its sighing I have caused to cease. (YLT)<a href="/isaiah/28-2.htm">Isaiah 28:2</a> Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one. Like a storm of hail, a destroying storm, and like a storm of mighty waters overflowing, he will cast them down to the earth with his hand. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)<a href="/isaiah/33-1.htm">Isaiah 33:1</a> Woe to you who destroy, but you weren't destroyed; and who betray, but nobody betrayed you! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed; and when you have made an end of betrayal, you will be betrayed. (WEB NAS NIV)<a href="/isaiah/37-11.htm">Isaiah 37:11</a> Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly. Shall you be delivered? (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/49-17.htm">Isaiah 49:17</a> Hastened have those building thee, Those destroying thee, and laying thee waste, go out from thee. (YLT)<a href="/jeremiah/2-30.htm">Jeremiah 2:30</a> I have struck your children in vain. They received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/jeremiah/12-17.htm">Jeremiah 12:17</a> But if they will not hear, then will I pluck up that nation, plucking up and destroying it, says Yahweh. (WEB JPS ASV YLT)<a href="/jeremiah/13-14.htm">Jeremiah 13:14</a> And have dashed them one against another, And the fathers and the sons together, An affirmation of Jehovah, I do not pity, nor spare, nor have I mercy, So as not to destroy them. (See NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/23-1.htm">Jeremiah 23:1</a> Wo to shepherds destroying, And scattering the flock of My pasture, An affirmation of Jehovah. (YLT NAS NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/25-36.htm">Jeremiah 25:36</a> Hark! the cry of the shepherds, and the wailing of the leaders of the flock! For the LORD despoileth their pasture. (See NAS NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/47-4.htm">Jeremiah 47:4</a> Because of the day which is coming with destruction on all the Philistines, cutting off from Tyre and Zidon the last of their helpers: for the Lord will send destruction on the Philistines, the rest of the sea-land of Caphtor. (See RSV)<a href="/jeremiah/51-1.htm">Jeremiah 51:1</a> Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against those who dwell in Lebkamai, a destroying wind. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/jeremiah/51-25.htm">Jeremiah 51:25</a> Behold, I am against you, destroying mountain, says Yahweh, which destroys all the earth; and I will stretch out my hand on you, and roll you down from the rocks, and will make you a burnt mountain. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/lamentations/2-8.htm">Lamentations 2:8</a> Yahweh has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion; He has stretched out the line, he has not withdrawn his hand from destroying; He has made the rampart and wall to lament; they languish together. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/ezekiel/9-1.htm">Ezekiel 9:1</a> Then he cried in my ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause those who are in charge of the city to draw near, every man with his destroying weapon in his hand. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/ezekiel/9-8.htm">Ezekiel 9:8</a> And it cometh to pass, as they are smiting, and I -- I am left -- that I fall on my face, and cry, and say, 'Ah, Lord Jehovah, art Thou destroying all the remnant of Israel, in Thy pouring out Thy wrath on Jerusalem?' (YLT NAS)<a href="/ezekiel/20-17.htm">Ezekiel 20:17</a> Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness. (KJV JPS WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/ezekiel/22-27.htm">Ezekiel 22:27</a> Its princes in its midst 'are' as wolves, Tearing prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, For the sake of gaining dishonest gain. (See NAS RSV)<a href="/joel/1-4.htm">Joel 1:4</a> What the swarming locust has left, the great locust has eaten. What the great locust has left, the grasshopper has eaten. What the grasshopper has left, the caterpillar has eaten. (See RSV)<a href="/habakkuk/1-17.htm">Habakkuk 1:17</a> For this cause his net is ever open, and there is no end to his destruction of the nations. 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