20 Bible Verses about God Destroying
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If he tears down, it cannot be rebuilt; if he imprisons a person, there is no escape.
Understand today that the Lord your God who goes before you is a devouring fire; he will defeat and subdue them before you. You will dispossess and destroy them quickly just as he has told you.
He was still talking to them when the messenger approached and said, "Look, the Lord is responsible for this disaster! Why should I continue to wait for the Lord to help?"
Raise a signal flag that tells people to go to Zion. Run for safety! Do not delay! For I am about to bring disaster out of the north. It will bring great destruction.
The Lord told Jeremiah, "Tell Baruch, 'The Lord says, "I am about to tear down what I have built and to uproot what I have planted. I will do this throughout the whole earth.
(Khet) The Lord was determined to tear down Daughter Zion's wall. He prepared to knock it down; he did not withdraw his hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and fortified walls lament; together they mourned their ruin.
I, the Lord, say: 'You people have deserted me! You keep turning your back on me.' So I have unleashed my power against you and have begun to destroy you. I have grown tired of feeling sorry for you!"
Wail, for the Lord's day of judgment is near; it comes with all the destructive power of the sovereign judge.
That day will be a day of God's anger, a day of distress and hardship, a day of devastation and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and dark skies,
Do not let your mouth cause you to sin, and do not tell the priest, "It was a mistake!" Why make God angry at you so that he would destroy the work of your hands?"
"I will make you desolate and an object of scorn among the nations around you, in the sight of everyone who passes by.
How awful that day will be! For the day of the Lord is near; it will come as destruction from the Divine Destroyer.
He flashes destruction down upon the strong so that destruction overwhelms the fortified places.)
You implement the regulations of Omri, and all the practices of Ahab's dynasty; you follow their policies. Therefore I will make you an appalling sight, the city's inhabitants will be taunted derisively, and nations will mock all of you."
For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will thwart the cleverness of the intelligent."
"Food is for the stomach and the stomach is for food, but God will do away with both." The body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
But there is only one who is lawgiver and judge -- the one who is able to save and destroy. On the other hand, who are you to judge your neighbor?
All this will happen because the Lord said, "The whole land will be desolate; however, I will not completely destroy it.
If someone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, which is what you are.
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