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etc-06: Destruction Vocabulary -- Nave's Topics

WICKED (PEOPLE) -- Selected Sections

Compared With (Destruction Similes)

  • Ashes under the feet -- MAL 4:3
  • Bad fish -- MAT 13:48
  • Animals -- PSA 49:12; 2PE 2:12
  • Chaff -- JOB 21:18; PSA 1:4; MAT 3:12
  • Early dew that passes away -- HOS 13:3
  • Fading oaks -- ISA 1:30
  • Fiery oven -- PSA 21:9; HOS 7:4
  • Fire of thorns -- PSA 118:12
  • The fuel of fire -- ISA 9:19
  • Garden without water -- ISA 1:30
  • Grass -- PSA 37:2; 92:7
  • Melting wax -- PSA 68:2
  • Morning clouds -- HOS 13:3
  • Moth-eaten garments -- ISA 50:9; 51:8
  • Passing whirlwinds -- PRO 10:25
  • Smoke -- HOS 13:3
  • Stubble -- JOB 21:18; MAL 4:1
  • Tares -- MAT 13:38

Prosperity of

JOB 5:3-5; 12:6; 15:21,23,27,29; 20:5,22; 21:7-13; PSA 37:1,35,36; 49:10-15; 73:3-22; 92:6,7; ECC 8:12,13; JER 12:1,2; HAB 1:3,4,13-17; MAL 3:15

Temporal Punishment of

JOB 27:13-23; 15:20-35; 18:5-21; 20:5-29; 21:7-33; 24:2-24; JER 5:25; EZK 11:10; 12:19,20; ZEC 14:17-19

Contrasted with Righteous People

PSA 1:1-6; 11:5; 17:14,15; 32:10; 37:17-22,37,38; 68:6; 73:1-28; 75:10; 91:7,8; 107:33-38; 125:5; PRO 10:6,9,21,23-25,28-30,32; 11:3,5,6,8,10,11,18-21,23,31; 12:3,5-7,13,21,26; 13:6,13,17,21; 14:19,22,32; 15:6; 21:18,26; 22:5; 28:1,4,5,13,14,18; ISA 32:1-8; 65:13,14; MAL 3:18; ROM 2:7-9; EPH 2:12-14; PHP 2:15; 1TH 5:5-8; TIT 1:15; 1JN 1:6,7; 3:3-17

WICKED, PUNISHMENT OF (Full Nave's Entry)

GEN 2:17; 3:16-19; 4:7; 6:3,7,12,13; EXO 20:5; 32:33-35; 34:7; LEV 26:14,16-39; NUM 15:31; 32:23; DEU 7:9,10; 11:26,28; 28:15-68; 30:15,19; 31:29; 1SA 3:11-14; 12:25; 2SA 3:39; 7:14; 22:27,28; 23:6,7; 1KI 21:20,21; 1CH 10:13,14; 15:13; 28:9; 2CH 15:2; JOB 4:8,9; 5:3,14; 8:20,22; 10:14,15; 11:20; 15:20-24,28-30; 18:5-21; 19:29; 20:5-29; 21:7-33; 27:8-23; 31:3; 34:22; 36:12,17; PSA 1:4-6; 2:4,5,9; 3:7; 5:5; 7:11-13; 9:5,17; 10:15; 11:6; 18:14,26,27; 21:9,10; 28:4,5; 32:10; 34:16,21; 36:12; 37:1,2,9,10,13-22,34-38; 39:11; 50:22; 52:5; 55:19,23; 56:7; 58:6-9; 59:5,8; 62:3; 64:7,8; 68:1,2,6,21; 73:2-21,27; 75:8,10; 78:1-67; 89:10,31,32; 91:8; 92:7,9; 94:13,23; 97:3; 101:8; 104:35; 106:18,43; 107:17,34; 109:6-19; 119:21,118,119,155; 129:4; 139:19; 145:20; 146:9; 147:6; PRO 2:22; 3:33; 6:12-15; 10:3,6-8,24,25,27-31; 11:3,5-8,19,21,23,31; 12:2,3,7; 13:2,5,6,9,21,25; 14:12,19,32; 16:4,5,25; 18:3; 19:16; 21:12,15,16; 22:5,23; 24:20,22; 26:10; 28:14,18; 29:1,16; ECC 2:26; 7:17; 8:12,13; ISA 2:19; 3:11; 5:11-14,24; 9:18; 10:3; 11:4; 13:8,9,11; 24:17,18; 26:21; 28:18-22; 33:11,12,14; 40:2; 48:22; 50:11; 57:20,21; 64:5-7; 65:12-14; JER 8:12-14,20-22; 9:1; 13:14,16,22; 14:10,12; 16:18; 21:14; 25:31; 36:31; 44:23; 49:12; LAM 3:3; 4:22; 5:16,17; EZK 3:18-20; 5:4,8-17; 7:4-6; 9:5-7,10; 11:21; 18:1-32; 20:8; 22:14,20,21,31; 24:13,14; 25:7; 33:7-20; DAN 12:2; HOS 2:9-13; 5:4-6,9; 7:12,13; 9:7,9,15; 10:8; 12:2,14; 13:1,3; 14:9; JOL 2:1,2; 3:13-16; AMO 3:2; 5:18-20; 8:14; 9:1-5,10; JON 3:9; MIC 2:3; 6:13; NAM 1:2,8-10; ZEP 1:12-18; ZEC 5:2-4; MAL 3:17,18; 4:1; MAT 3:7,10,12; 5:19-30; 7:13,19,23,26,27; 8:12; 10:28,33; 11:23; 12:34; 13:12-15,30,38-42,49,50; 15:13; 16:26; 18:7-9,34,35; 21:19,41,44; 22:13; 23:14,33; 24:50,51; 25:30,32,33,41,46; 26:24; MRK 4:12,25; 8:36,38; 9:43; 11:26; 12:1-9,40; 14:21; 16:16; LUK 3:7,17; 6:49; 8:18; 9:24-26; 12:4,5,46,47; 13:3,5-7,9,24,27,28; 16:22-28; 17:1,2; 19:26,27; 20:18; 22:22; 23:30,31; JHN 3:15,16,18,36; 5:14,29; 7:34; 8:21; 12:40; 15:2; 17:12; ACT 1:18,25; 3:23; ROM 1:18; 2:5,8; 5:12,21; 6:16,21; 8:2,6,7,13; 9:22; 11:22; 14:23; 1CO 3:17; 5:5,13; 6:9,10; 9:27; 10:5-11; 15:21,22; 2CO 7:10; GAL 3:10; 5:19,20; 6:8; EPH 5:5,6; PHP 3:18,19; COL 3:25; 1TH 1:10; 5:3; 2TH 1:5-9; 2:8-10; 1TI 1:20; 5:24; 2TI 2:12,13; HEB 2:2,3; 6:8; 10:27-31; JAS 1:14,15; 5:1-3,20; 1PE 3:12; 4:17,18; 2PE 2:3-9,12-17; 1JN 3:14,15; Jude 1:5-7,11-15; REV 2:22,23; 3:3; 6:15-17; 9:4-6,15,18; 11:18; 14:9-11; 16:2-21; 18:5; 19:15,17-21; 20:10,15; 21:8,27; 22:19

See also: JUDGMENTS; HELL; PUNISHMENT

PUNISHMENT (Selected Sections)

Punishment, Divine

No escape from: JOB 11:20; PRO 1:24-31; 11:21; 16:5; 29:1; JER 11:11; 15:1; 25:28,29; EZK 7:19; AMO 2:14-16; ZEP 1:18; MAT 10:28; 23:33; ROM 2:3; COL 3:25; HEB 2:3; 12:25

Punishment, Eternal

ISA 34:8-10; DAN 12:2; MAT 3:12; 10:28; 18:8; 25:41,46; MRK 3:29; LUK 3:17; JHN 5:29; HEB 6:2; 10:28-31; REV 14:10,11; 19:3; 20:10

See also: WICKED, PUNISHMENT OF

According to Deeds

JOB 34:11; PSA 62:12; PRO 12:14; 24:12; ISA 59:18; JER 17:10; EZK 7:3,27; 16:59; 39:24; ZEC 1:6; MAT 5:22; 16:27; 23:14; LUK 12:47,48; 20:47

FIRE (Nave's Entry)

Figurative

  • Of inspiration: ISA 6:6,7
  • Spiritual power: PSA 104:4; JER 20:9; MAT 3:11; LUK 3:16
  • Judgments: DEU 4:24; 32:22; ISA 33:14; JER 23:29; AMO 1:4,7,10,12,14; 2:2; MAL 3:2; LUK 12:49; REV 20:9
  • Of the destruction of the wicked: MAT 13:42,50; 25:41; MRK 9:44; REV 9:2; 21:8

Everlasting Fire

ISA 33:14; MAT 18:8; 25:41; MRK 9:44

Topic Cross-References

RETRIBUTION

See SIN, PUNISHMENT OF (Nave's cross-reference)

SECOND DEATH

General scriptures: REV 20:14 See WICKED, PUNISHMENT OF

LOST, THE

See WICKED, PUNISHMENT OF

DAMNED

See WICKED, PUNISHMENT OF

EVERLASTING FIRE

See FIRE, EVERLASTING

Key Observations from Topic Data

  1. The Nave's topic "WICKED, PUNISHMENT OF" is massive -- over 400 verse references spanning both testaments. This reflects the Bible's extensive treatment of this subject.

  2. The "Compared With" section uses destruction similes exclusively. The wicked are compared to: ashes (Mal 4:3), chaff (Psa 1:4; Mat 3:12), melting wax (Psa 68:2), smoke (Hos 13:3), stubble (Mal 4:1), morning clouds (Hos 13:3), fuel of fire (Isa 9:19), fading oaks (Isa 1:30), grass (Psa 37:2; 92:7), moth-eaten garments (Isa 50:9; 51:8), passing whirlwinds (Pro 10:25). All of these depict things that are consumed, dissipated, or cease to exist -- none depict ongoing existence in torment.

  3. "PUNISHMENT, ETERNAL" is a relatively short entry -- 14 verse references. This contrasts with the hundreds of references under "WICKED, PUNISHMENT OF," suggesting the Bible speaks far more about punishment/destruction generally than about its eternal duration.

  4. The FIRE entries link to destruction of the wicked (Mat 13:42,50; 25:41; Rev 21:8), showing that fire imagery is a subset of the broader destruction vocabulary.

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