Bible Verses About Warning Before Destruction
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for warning before destruction, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 5,262 votes, led by Proverbs 16:18. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Warning Before Destruction
Proverbs 16:18232 votes
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
Ezekiel 3:17-19232 votes
Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
Luke 21:28186 votes
And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
Matthew 10:28169 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.
Matthew 24:42166 votes
Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
Amos 3:7155 votes
Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
James 1:12153 votes
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
Luke 21:25150 votes
And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
Matthew 24:37-39148 votes
But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Philippians 3:18-19147 votes
(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
Ephesians 6:11138 votes
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Galatians 5:21136 votes
Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Ezekiel 3:20-21134 votes
Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Proverbs 20:1130 votes
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Ezekiel 33:6-7110 votes
But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand.
1 John 5:19109 votes
And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
Revelation 13:13-14107 votes
And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
1 Thessalonians 5:9105 votes
For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
Luke 12:40102 votes
Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
Romans 6:2398 votes
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Matthew 24:2170 votes
For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
Acts 17:30-3168 votes
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
Proverbs 14:1266 votes
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Proverbs 18:1265 votes
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
Revelation 11:3-765 votes
And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
What does the Bible say about warning before destruction?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 16:18 on the subject of warning before destruction. Across 5,262 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ezekiel 3:17-19, Luke 21:28, Matthew 10:28. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.