Today, we will see from the Bible what God says about the destruction and end of the wicked. In God’s Word, we see the terrible consequences that await the wicked and how difficult their final life will be. When we discuss this topic, we are inspired to live a righteous life and keep God’s commandments.
God’s Word says that the wicked will be destroyed because they have abandoned the living God. This destruction is eternal separation from God and eternal life in hell. Those who reject God on this earth will stand before His judgment seat and will have to answer for their actions.
From the story of Sodom and Gomorrah, we can learn how God destroyed the wicked. They ignored God’s warnings and neglected the opportunity to repent. As a result, they were destroyed.
The Lord Jesus said that in the last days, God will separate the righteous from the wicked. He will throw the wicked into the fire, and they will be punished forever.
Now is the time for us to change our minds and repent. If we miss this opportunity and do not return to God, our fate will be very bad.
Dear friends, now let’s look at the following Bible scriptures that talk about destruction and the end of the wicked.
Psalm 101:8 :—
“I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the Lord”
Psalm 140:11 :—
“Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him”
Psalm 145:20 :—
“The Lord preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy”
Psalm 1:6 :—
“For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish”
Psalm 34:21 :—
“Evil shall slay the wicked: they that hate the righteous shall be desolate”
Psalm 37:10 :—
“For yet a little while, the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, it shall not be”
Psalm 37:20 :—
“But the wicked shall perish, the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away”
Psalm 37:22 :—
“For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; they that be cursed of him shall be cut off”
Psalm 37:34 :—
“Wait on the Lord , keep his way, he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it”
Psalm 37:36 :—
“Yet he passed away, , lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found”
Psalm 37:38 :—
“But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off”
Psalm 58:7 :—
“Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces”
Psalm 68:2 :—
“As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God”
Psalm 73:27 :—
“For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee”
Psalm 92:7 :—
“When the wicked spring as the grass, when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever”
Psalm 9:17 :—
“The wicked shall be turned into hell, all the nations that forget God”
Proverbs 10:29 :—
“The way of the Lord is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity”
Proverbs 11:19 :—
“As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death”
Proverbs 12:7 :—
“The wicked are overthrown, are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand”
Proverbs 13:20 :—
“He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed”
Proverbs 14:12 :—
“There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death”
Proverbs 15:25 :—
“The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow”
Proverbs 16:4 :—
“The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil”
Proverbs 19:9 :—
“A false witness shall not be unpunished, he that speaketh lies shall perish”
Proverbs 1:33 :—
“But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, shall be quiet from fear of evil”
Proverbs 22:8 :—
“He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: the rod of his anger shall fail”
Proverbs 24:20 :—
“For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out”
Proverbs 28:18 :—
“Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once”
Proverbs 2:22 :—
“But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, the transgressors shall be rooted out of it”
Proverbs 5:22 :—
“His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, he shall be holden with the cords of his sins”
Matthew 13:41-42 :—
“The Son of man shall send forth his angels, they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, them which do iniquityAnd shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing gnashing of teeth”
Matthew 13:49-50 :—
“So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, sever the wicked from among the justAnd shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing gnashing of teeth”
Matthew 24:51 :—
“Shall cut him asunder, appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping gnashing of teeth”
Matthew 25:46 :—
“These shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal”
Matthew 3:12 :—
“Whose fan is in his hand, he will throughly purge his floor, gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire”
Matthew 7:13 :—
“Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, many there be which go in thereat”
Matthew 7:23 :—
“Then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity”
Malachi 4:1 :—
“For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; all the proud, yea, all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch”
Isaiah 10:17 :—
“The light of Israel shall be for a fire, his Holy One for a flame: it shall burn devour his thorns his briers in one day”
Isaiah 10:25 :—
“For yet a very little while, the indignation shall cease, mine anger in their destruction”
Isaiah 13:11 :—
“I will punish the world for their evil, the wicked for their iniquity; I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible”
Isaiah 14:22 :—
“For I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of hosts, cut off from Babylon the name, remnant, son, nephew, saith the Lord”
Isaiah 1:28 :—
“The destruction of the transgressors of the sinners shall be together, they that forsake the Lord shall be consumed”
Isaiah 24:1-3 :—
“Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, maketh it waste, turneth it upside down, scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereofAnd it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to himThe land shall be utterly emptied, utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word”
Isaiah 24:20 :—
“The earth shall reel to fro like a drunkard, shall be removed like a cottage; the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; it shall fall, not rise again”
Isaiah 26:20-21 :—
“Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpastFor, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, shall no more cover her slain”
Isaiah 27:1 :—
“In that day the Lord with his sore great strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea”
Isaiah 28:22 :—
“Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord God of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth”
Isaiah 29:20 :—
“For the terrible one is brought to nought, the scorner is consumed, all that watch for iniquity are cut off”
Isaiah 2:12 :—
“For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud lofty, upon every one that is lifted up; he shall be brought low”
Isaiah 30:27 :—
“Behold, the name of the Lord cometh from far, burning with his anger, the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, his tongue as a devouring fire”
Isaiah 30:30 :—
“The Lord shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, tempest, hailstones”
Isaiah 33:14 :—
“The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?”
Isaiah 34:1-10 :—
“Come near, ye nations, to hear; hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, all that is therein; the world, all things that come forth of itFor the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughterTheir slain also shall be cast out, their stink shall come up out of their carcases, the mountains shall be melted with their bloodAnd all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, as a falling fig from the fig treeFor my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, upon the people of my curse, to judgmentThe sword of the Lord is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, with the blood of lambs goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the Lord hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of IdumeaAnd the unicorns shall come down with them, the bullocks with the bulls; their land shall be soaked with blood, their dust made fat with fatnessFor it is the day of the Lord ‘s vengeance, the year of recompences for the controversy of ZionAnd the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, the dust thereof into brimstone, the land thereof shall become burning pitchIt shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever ever”
Isaiah 45:24 :—
“Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness strength: even to him shall men come; all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed”
Isaiah 48:22 :—
“There is no peace, saith the Lord , unto the wicked”
Isaiah 51:3 :—
“For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; he will make her wilderness like Eden, her desert like the garden of the Lord ; joy gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, the voice of melody”
Isaiah 51:6 :—
“Lift up your eyes to the heavens, look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, the earth shall wax old like a garment, they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, my righteousness shall not be abolished”
Isaiah 65:12 :—
“Therefore will I number you to the sword, ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, did choose that wherein I delighted not”
Isaiah 66:15-16 :—
“For, behold, the Lord will come with fire, with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, his rebuke with flames of fireFor by fire by his sword will the Lord plead with all flesh: the slain of the Lord shall be many”
Isaiah 66:24 :—
“They shall go forth, look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh”
Isaiah 9:18 :—
“For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers thorns, shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke”
Revelation 14:11 :—
“The smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever ever: they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast his image, whosoever receiveth the mark of his name”
Revelation 19:20 :—
“The beast was taken, with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone”
Revelation 20:15 :—
“Whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire”
Revelation 21:8 :—
“But the fearful, unbelieving, the abominable, murderers, whoremongers, sorcerers, idolaters, all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire brimstone: which is the second death”
Romans 6:23 :—
“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord”
Nahum 1:8 :—
“But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, darkness shall pursue his enemies”
Job 21:30 :—
“That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath”
Luke 13:3 :—
“I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish”
Zephaniah 1:18 :—
“Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord ‘s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land”
Ezekiel 18:30 :—
“Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord God . Repent, turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin”
Ezekiel 25:7 :—
“Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; I will cut thee off from the people, I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; thou shalt know that I am the Lord”
Ezekiel 30:10-12 :—
“Thus saith the Lord God ; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of BabylonHe his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: they shall draw their swords against Egypt, fill the land with the slainAnd I will make the rivers dry, sell the land into the hand of the wicked: I will make the land waste, all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the Lord have spoken it”
Ezekiel 32:7-8 :—
“When I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, the moon shall not give her lightAll the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord God”
Ezekiel 35:2-4 :—
“Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, prophesy against itAnd say unto it, Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, I will stretch out mine hand against thee, I will make thee most desolateI will lay thy cities waste, thou shalt be desolate, thou shalt know that I am the Lord”
Ezekiel 38:19-20 :—
“For in my jealousy in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of IsraelSo that the fishes of the sea, the fowls of the heaven, the beasts of the field, all creeping things that creep upon the earth, all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, the mountains shall be thrown down, the steep places shall fall, every wall shall fall to the ground”
Ezekiel 7:25 :—
“Destruction cometh; they shall seek peace, there shall be none”
Obadiah 1:15-16 :—
“For the day of the Lord is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own headFor as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, they shall swallow down, they shall be as though they had not been”
Daniel 12:2 :—
“Many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, some to shame everlasting contempt”
Jeremiah 23:19-20 :—
“Behold, a whirlwind of the Lord is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wickedThe anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have executed, till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly”
Jeremiah 25:31-32 :—
“A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the Lord hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LordThus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth”
Jeremiah 30:23-24 :—
“Behold, the whirlwind of the Lord goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wickedThe fierce anger of the Lord shall not return, until he hath done it, until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it”
Jeremiah 4:27-28 :—
“For thus hath the Lord said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full endFor this shall the earth mourn, the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, will not repent, neither will I turn back from it”
Jeremiah 50:27 :—
“Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation”
Jeremiah 50:31-32 :—
“Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord God of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit theeAnd the most proud shall stumble fall, none shall raise him up: I will kindle a fire in his cities, it shall devour all round about him”
Jeremiah 51:13 :—
“O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, the measure of thy covetousness”
Jeremiah 51:25-26 :—
“Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the Lord , which destroyest all the earth: I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, roll thee down from the rocks, will make thee a burnt mountainAnd they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the Lord”
Jeremiah 51:55-56 :—
“Because the Lord hath spoiled Babylon, destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is utteredBecause the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the Lord God of recompences shall surely requite”
Jeremiah 51:58 :—
“Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, her high gates shall be burned with fire; the people shall labour in vain, the folk in the fire, they shall be weary”
Hebrews 10:27 :—
“But a certain fearful looking for of judgment fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries”
Joel 1:15 :—
“Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come”
Joel 2:11 :—
“The Lord shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the Lord is great very terrible; who can abide it?”
Joel 3:15-16 :—
“The sun the moon shall be darkened, the stars shall withdraw their shiningThe Lord also shall roar out of Zion, utter his voice from Jerusalem; the heavens the earth shall shake: but the Lord will be the hope of his people, the strength of the children of Israel”
Micah 5:15 :—
“I will execute vengeance in anger fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard”