Bible Verses About Destruction of a City

In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction.

My eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.

In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.

Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

[There is] a river, the streams of which shall make glad the city of God, the holy [place] of the tabernacles of the Most High.

A Song [and] Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, [in] the mountain of his holiness.

Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, [is] mount Zion, [on] the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.

But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

There shall be a handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit of it shall shake like Lebanon: and [they] of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

[Nor] for the pestilence [that] walketh in darkness; [nor] for the destruction [that] wasteth at noon-day.

I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all who practice wickedness from the city of the LORD.

A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the LORD shall build the house, they labor in vain that build it: except the LORD shall keep the city, the watchman waketh in vain.

She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, [saying],

When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

The way of the LORD [is] strength to the upright: but destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.

He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: [but] he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

In the multitude of people [is] the king's honor: but in the want of people [is] the destruction of the prince.

[He that is] slow to anger [is] better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city.

A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a strong city: and [their] contentions [are] like the bars of a castle.

He that [hath] no rule over his own spirit [is like] a city [that is] broken down, [and] without walls.

Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King,

And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.

Enter ye in at the strait gate; for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there are who go in by it.

And they that kept them, fled, and went into the city, and told every thing; and what had befallen to the possessed with demons.

And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their borders.

These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and enter ye not into [any] city of the Samaritans.

And into whatever city or town ye shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and there abide till ye go thence.

And whoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart from that house, or city, shake off the dust of your feet.

Verily, I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah, in the day of judgment, than for that city.

But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say to you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel till the Son of man shall have come.

And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself, is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself, shall not stand.

But when the king heard [of it], he was wroth: and he sent his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.

Wherefore behold, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and [some] of them ye will kill and crucify, and [some] of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute [them] from city to city:

And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say to him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.

And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared to many.

Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and showed to the chief priests all the things that had been done.

And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David)

And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.

But to none of them was Elijah sent, save to Sarepta, [a city] of Sidon, to a woman [that was] a widow.