Bible verses about "destruction" | Bishops

¹ The prouerbes of Solomon the sonne of Dauid, kyng of Israel ² To learne wisdome and instruction, & to perceaue the wordes of vnderstandyng ³ To receaue the instruction of wisdome, iustice, iudgement, and equitie ⁴ To geue wyt vnto the simple, and that the young men myght haue knowledge and vnderstandyng ⁵ The wise man wyll geue eare, and wyll come by more wisdome, and he that is endued with vnderstanding shal attayne vnto [wise] counsayles ⁶ To vnderstande a parable, and the interpretation therof, the wordes of the wise, and their darke speaches ⁷ The feare of the Lorde is the begynnyng of knowledge: but fooles dispise wisdome and instruction ⁸ My sonne, heare thy fathers doctrine, & forsake not the lawe of thy mother ⁹ For they shalbe an encrease of grace vnto thy head, and [as] a chayne about thy necke ¹⁰ My sonne, if sinners entice thee, consent not vnto them ¹¹ If they say, come with vs, let vs lay wayte for blood, and lurke priuily for the innocent without a cause ¹² Let vs swallowe them vp lyke the graue quicke and whole, as those that go downe into the pit ¹³ So shall we finde all maner of costly riches, and fill our houses with spoyles ¹⁴ Cast in thy lot among vs, and let vs all haue one purse ¹⁵ My sonne, walke not thou with them, refrayne thy foote from their wayes ¹⁶ For their feete runne to euyll, and are hasty to shed blood ¹⁷ But [as] in vayne, the nette is layde foorth before the birdes eyes ¹⁸ So these lay wayte for the blood of them, and lye priuily for their liues ¹⁹ Such [are] the wayes of euery one that is greedie of gayne, who taketh away the life of the owner therof ²⁰ Wisdome cryeth without, and putteth foorth her voyce in the streetes ²¹ She calleth before the congregation in the open gates, and sheweth her wordes through the citie, saying ²² O ye children, howe long wyll ye loue childishnesse? howe long wyll the scorners delite in scornyng, and the vnwise hate knowledge ²³ O turne you at my correction: lo I wyll expresse my mynde vnto you, and make you vnderstande my wordes ²⁴ Because I haue called, and ye refused, I haue stretched out my hande, and no man regarded ²⁵ But all my counsels haue ye dispised, and set my correction at naught ²⁶ Therfore wyll I also laugh at your destruction, and mocke you, when the thyng that ye feare commeth vpon you ²⁷ Euen when the thyng that ye be afraide of falleth in sodenly like a storme, and your miserie lyke a tempest, yea when trouble and heauinesse commeth vpon you ²⁸ Then shall they call vpon me, but I wyll not aunswere: they shall seeke me early, but they shall not finde me ²⁹ And that because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the feare of the Lorde ³⁰ They woulde none of my counsayle, but dispised all my correction ³¹ Therfore shall they eate of the fruite of their owne way, and be fylled with their owne inuentions ³² For the turnyng away of the vnwise shall slay them, and the prosperitie of fooles shall destroy them ³³ But whoso hearkeneth vnto me, shal dwell safely, and be sure from any feare of euyll

¹⁰ (58:9) The righteous wyll reioyce when he seeth the vengeaunce: he wyll washe his foote steppes in the blood of the vngodly

² Cloudes and thicke darknesse are rounde about hym: iustice and iudgement are the habitation of his throne ³ There goeth a fire before his face: and burneth his enemies on euery syde ⁴ His lightninges gaue a lyght vnto the worlde: the earth sawe it and trembled ⁵ The hylles melted lyke waxe at the presence of God: at the presence of the Lorde of the whole earth ⁶ The heauens haue declared his iustice: and all the people haue seene his glorie ⁷ Confounded be all they that do seruice vnto carued images: and that do glorie in idols, but O gods, you all shall worshyp hym

⁹ For they that wyll be riche, fall into temptations and snares, and into many folishe & noysome lustes, which drowne men in perdition and destruction

¹⁹ Whose ende [is] dampnation, whose God [is their] belly, and glorie to their shame, which mynde earthly thynges

¹⁶ For God so loued the worlde, that he gaue his only begotten sonne, that whosoeuer beleueth in hym, shoulde not perishe, but haue euerlastyng lyfe

²⁸ And feare ye not them, which kyll the body, but are not able to kyll the soule. But rather feare hym, which is able to destroy both soule and body in hell

¹³ Enter in at the strayte gate. For wyde is the gate, and brode is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in therat ¹⁴ Because, strayte is the gate, and narowe is the way, which leadeth vnto lyfe, and fewe there be that fynde it