Deuteronomy 7:2

2 aand when the Lord your God gives them over to you, and you defeat them, then you must bdevote them to complete destruction.
That is, set apart ( devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)
dYou shall make no covenant with them and show no mercy to them.

Joshua 6:21

21Then they edevoted all in the city to destruction, both men and women, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys, with the edge of the sword.

Joshua 10:28

28As for fMakkedah, Joshua captured it on that day and struck it, and its king, with the edge of the sword. He devoted to destruction every person in it; he left none remaining. And he did to the king of Makkedah gjust as he had done to the king of Jericho.

Joshua 11:11-12

11And they struck with the sword all who were in it, devoting them to destruction;
That is, setting apart ( devoting) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction); also verses 12, 20, 21
ithere was none left that breathed. And he burned Hazor with fire.
12And all the cities of those kings, and all their kings, Joshua captured, and struck them with the edge of the sword, devoting them to destruction, jjust as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded.

Job 20:5

5 kthat the exulting of the wicked is short,
and the joy of the godless but for a moment?

Luke 17:26-30

26 lJust as it was in the days of mNoah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 nThey were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. 28Likewise, just as it was in the days of oLot—they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, 29 pbut on the day when Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all 30so will it be qon the day when the Son of Man is revealed.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

3While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then rsudden destruction will come upon them sas labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
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