Bible Verses About Destruction
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for destruction, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 956 votes, led by Matthew 7:13-14. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Destruction
Matthew 7:13-1451 votes
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Philippians 3:1950 votes
Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
Matthew 10:2847 votes
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Proverbs 16:1844 votes
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
1 Timothy 6:937 votes
But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
Psalms 97:2-732 votes
Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
John 3:1629 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Psalms 58:1025 votes
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
Romans 3:1625 votes
Destruction and misery are in their ways:
Proverbs 18:1224 votes
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
Romans 1:2824 votes
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
James 4:724 votes
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Revelation 1:124 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Lamentations 3:4723 votes
Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
Psalms 107:2021 votes
He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
Matthew 7:1321 votes
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Revelation 21:820 votes
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
1 Thessalonians 5:319 votes
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
2 Thessalonians 1:919 votes
Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
Proverbs 31:818 votes
Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
Isaiah 59:718 votes
Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
Romans 9:2218 votes
What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
Micah 2:1017 votes
Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.
1 Corinthians 5:517 votes
To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
Job 21:3015 votes
That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
What does the Bible say about destruction?
Readers most often cite Matthew 7:13-14 on the subject of destruction. Across 956 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Philippians 3:19, Matthew 10:28, Proverbs 16:18. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.