Isaiah 1:28
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28 But rebels and sinners shall be destroyed together,
and those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed.(A)
2 Thessalonians 1:8-9
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8 in a fiery flame, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.(A) 9 These will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,(B)
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Psalm 1:6
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6 for the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.(A)
Revelation 21:8
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8 But as for the cowardly, the faithless,[a] the polluted, the murderers, the sexually immoral,[b] the sorcerers, the idolaters, and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”(A)
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Isaiah 30:13
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13 therefore this iniquity shall become for you
like a break in a high wall, bulging out and about to collapse,
whose crash comes suddenly, in an instant;(A)
Job 31:3
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3 Does not calamity befall the unrighteous
and disaster the workers of iniquity?
2 Peter 3:7
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7 But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the godless.(A)
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1 Thessalonians 5:3
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3 When they say, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and there will be no escape!(A)
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Luke 12:45-46
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45 But if that slave says to himself, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the other slaves, men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk, 46 the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour that he does not know and will cut him in pieces[a] and put him with the unfaithful.
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- 12.46 Or cut him off
Zephaniah 1:4-6
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4 I will stretch out my hand against Judah
and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
and I will cut off from this place every remnant of Baal
and the name of the idolatrous priests,[a](A)
5 those who bow down on the roofs
to the host of the heavens,
those who bow down and swear to the Lord
but also swear by Milcom,[b](B)
6 those who have turned back from following the Lord,
who have not sought the Lord or inquired of him.(C)
Isaiah 66:24
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24 And they shall go out and look at the dead bodies of the people who have rebelled against me, for their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.(A)
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Isaiah 65:11
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11 But you who forsake the Lord,
who forget my holy mountain,
who set a table for Fortune
and fill cups of mixed wine for Destiny,(A)
Isaiah 50:11
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11 But all of you are kindlers of fire,
lighters of firebrands.[a]
Walk in the flame of your fire
and among the brands that you have kindled!
This is what you shall have from my hand:
you shall lie down in torment.(A)
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- 50.11 Syr: Heb you gird yourselves with firebrands
Proverbs 29:1
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29 One who is often reproved, yet remains stubborn,
will suddenly be broken beyond healing.(A)
Psalm 125:5
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5 But those who turn aside to their own crooked ways,
the Lord will lead away with evildoers.
Peace be upon Israel!(A)
Psalm 104:35
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35 Let sinners be consumed from the earth,
and let the wicked be no more.
Bless the Lord, O my soul.
Praise the Lord!(A)
Psalm 92:9
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9 For your enemies, O Lord,
for your enemies shall perish;
all evildoers shall be scattered.(A)
Psalm 73:27
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27 Indeed, those who are far from you will perish;
you put an end to those who are false to you.(A)
Psalm 37:38
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38 But transgressors shall be altogether destroyed;
the posterity of the wicked shall be cut off.(A)
Psalm 9:5
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5 You have rebuked the nations; you have destroyed the wicked;
you have blotted out their name forever and ever.(A)
Psalm 5:6
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6 You destroy those who speak lies;
the Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful.(A)
1 Chronicles 28:9
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9 “And you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve him with single mind and willing heart, for the Lord searches every mind and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will abandon you forever.(A)
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1 Kings 9:6-9
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6 “If you turn aside from following me, you or your children, and do not keep my commandments and my statutes that I have set before you but go and serve other gods and worship them,(A) 7 then I will cut Israel off from the land that I have given them, and the house that I have consecrated for my name I will cast out of my sight, and Israel will become a proverb and a taunt among all peoples.(B) 8 This house will become a heap of ruins;[a] everyone passing by it will be astonished and will hiss, and they will say, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this house?’(C) 9 Then they will say, ‘Because they abandoned the Lord their God, who brought their ancestors out of the land of Egypt, and embraced other gods, worshiping them and serving them; therefore the Lord brought this disaster upon them.’ ”
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- 9.8 Syr OL: Heb will become high
1 Samuel 12:25
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25 But if you still do wickedly, you shall be swept away, both you and your king.”(A)
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