אָבַד

Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.

And in Your loving devotion, cut off my enemies. Destroy all who afflict me, for I am Your servant.

When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.

For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectations of the wicked will perish.

When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of his strength vanishes.

When the righteous thrive, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.

A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.

A lying witness will perish, but the man who listens to truth will speak forever.

When the wicked come to power, people hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous flourish.

A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

Give strong drink to one who is perishing, and wine to the bitter in soul.

…a time to search and a time to count as lost, a time to keep and a time to discard,

…or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that man has a son there is nothing to pass on.

Surely extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.

In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness.

Their love, their hate, and their envy have already vanished, and they will never again have a share in all that is done under the sun.

Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.

The dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them; You have wiped out all memory of them.

And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.

Therefore I will again confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will vanish, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.”

They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.

Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish.

The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one considers that the righteous are taken away from the presence of evil.

For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly destroyed.

See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”

“In that day,” declares the LORD, “the king and officials will lose their courage. The priests will tremble in fear, and the prophets will be astounded.”

Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I will lay stumbling blocks before this people; fathers and sons alike will be staggered; friends and neighbors will perish.”

Therefore you must say to them, ‘This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the LORD their God and would not receive correction. Truth has perished; it has disappeared from their lips.

Who is the man wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a desert, so no one can pass through it?

They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.

But if they will not obey, then I will uproot that nation; I will uproot it and destroy it, declares the LORD.”

I will scatter them with a winnowing fork at the gates of the land. I will bereave and destroy My people who have not turned from their ways.

At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed.

Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.”

“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD.

Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.

Flight will evade the shepherds, and escape will elude the leaders of the flock.

For they prophesy to you a lie that will serve to remove you from your land; I will banish you and you will perish.

For I have not sent them, declares the LORD, and yet they are prophesying falsely in My name; therefore I will banish you, and you will perish—you and the prophets who prophesy to you.”

Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD.

Then Johanan son of Kareah spoke privately to Gedaliah at Mizpah. “Let me go and kill Ishmael son of Nethaniah,” he said. “No one will know it. Why should he take your life and scatter all the people of Judah who have gathered to you, so that the remnant of Judah would perish?”

Egypt rises like the Nile, and its waters churn like rivers, boasting, ‘I will rise and cover the earth; I will destroy the cities and their people.’

The destroyer will move against every city, and not one town will escape. The valley will also be ruined, and the high plain will be destroyed, as the LORD has said.

Therefore My heart laments like a flute for Moab; it laments like a flute for the men of Kir-heres, because the wealth they acquired has perished.

Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh have perished; for your sons have been taken into exile and your daughters have gone into captivity.

Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?

I will set My throne in Elam, and destroy its king and officials,” declares the LORD.

My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, causing them to roam the mountains. They have wandered from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.