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Jubilees

Jubilees 48:11

them to work, but the remedies we did not allow to be wrought by their hands. And the Lord smote them with malignant ulcers, and they were not able to stand, for we destroyed them so that

Jubilees 48:14

midst of the sea as if it were dry land. And all the peoples whom he brought to pursue after Israel, the Lord our God cast them into the midst of the sea, into the depths of the abyss beneath the children of Israel, even as the people of Egypt had cast their children into the river He took vengeance on of them, and one thousand strong and energetic men were destroyed on

NT Apocrypha/Pseudepigrapha

Acts of Paul and Thecla 8:14

Others said, Let the whole city be destroyed for this vile action. Kill us all, O governor. O cruel sight! O unrighteous judgment.

Acts of Paul and Thecla 9:15

And Alexander himself was afraid, and desired the governor, saying: I entreat you, take compassion on me and the city, and release this woman, who has fought with the beasts; lest, both you and I, and the whole city be destroyed

Gospel of Nicodemus, Part I: The Acts of Pilate 9:3

And he rose up from the judgement-seat and sought to go forth. And the Jews cried out, saying: We know our king, even Caesar and not Jesus. For indeed the wise men brought gifts from the east unto him as unto a king, and when Herod heard from the wise men that a king was born, he sought to slay him, and when his father Joseph knew that, he took him and his mother and they fled into Egypt. And when Herod heard it he destroyed the children of the Hebrews that were born in Bethlehem.

OT Pseudepigrapha

The First Book of Adam and Eve 13:8

"If I had let My wrath fall heavily upon thee, I should have destroyed thee; and had I turned thee into darkness, it would have been as if I killed thee.

The First Book of Adam and Eve 44:5

"Were it not for My mercy I would have destroyed thee and thy hosts from off the earth. But I have had patience with thee, unto the end of the world."

The First Book of Adam and Eve 46:5

"Then look at Me, O Adam; I created thee, and how many times have I delivered thee out of his hand? If not, would he not have destroyed thee?"

The Second Book of Adam and Eve 18:2

But this time when they went into the cave they found not Jared, but they found the lamp put out, and the bodies of the fathers thrown about, and voices came from them by the power of God, that said, "Satan in an apparition has deceived our son, wishing to destroy him, as he destroyed our son Cain."

2 Enoch 33:5

If I turn away my face, then all things will be destroyed.

Testament of Reuben 1:7

And I tell you that he smote me with a sore plague in my loins for seven months; and had not my father Jamb prayed for me to the Lord, the Lord would have destroyed me.

Testament of Reuben 2:8

For many hath fornication destroyed; because, though a man be old or noble, or rich or poor, he bringeth reproach upon himself with the sons of men and derision with Beliar.

Testament of Simeon 3:3

Then shall perish the seed of Canaan, and a remnant shall not be unto Amalek, and all the Cappadocians shall perish, and all Hittites shall be utterly destroyed.

Testament of Levi 2:12

And I destroyed at that time the sons of Hamor, as it is written in the heavenly tables.

Testament of Levi 4:8

Get wisdom in the fear of God with diligence; for though there be a leading into captivity, and cities and lands be destroyed, and gold and silver and every possession perish, the wisdom of the wise nought can take away, save the blindness of ungodliness, and the callousness that comes of sin.

Testament of Levi 5:9

Therefore shall they be taken captive and become a prey, and their land and their substance shall be destroyed.

Testament of Judah 1:41

And I and Simeon had ourselves behind the town, and seized upon the heights, and destroyed this city also.

Testament of Judah 1:44

And in the depth of night our brethren came and we opened to them the gates; and we destroyed all the men and their substance, and we took for a prey all that was theirs, and their three walls we cast down.

Testament of Judah 4:1

AND now, my children, I command you, love Levi, that ye may abide, and exalt not yourselves against him, lest ye be utterly destroyed.

Testament of Dan 1:9

But the God of my fathers did not suffer him to fall into my hands, so that I should find him alone and slay him, and cause a second tribe to be destroyed in Israel.

Testament of Asher 1:23

For many in killing the wicked do two works, of good and evil; but the whole is good, because he hath uprooted and destroyed that which is evil.

Testament of Asher 1:38

For I know that ye shall sin, and be delivered into the hands of your enemies; and your land shall be made desolate, and your holy places destroyed, and ye shall be scattered unto the four corners of the earth.

Testament of Joseph 1:46

Woman, reverence God, and do not this evil deed, lest thou be destroyed; for know indeed that I will declare this thy device unto all men.

Testament of Joseph 2:74

And I saw that from Judah was born a virgin wearing a linen garment, and from her, was born a lamb, without spot; and on his left hand there was as it were a lion; and all the beasts rushed against him, and the lamb overcame them, and destroyed them and trod them under foot.

Testament of Benjamin 1:44

And when he was two hundred years old he began to suffer, and in the nine-hundredth year he was destroyed.

Ascension of Isaiah 11:43

But Manasseh did not remember them nor place these things in his heart, but becoming the servant of Satan he was destroyed.

The Letter of Aristeas 5:33

This was stopped, however, at the time of the Persian rule, since the authorities of the time spread abroad a false report that the working of the mines was useless and expensive in order to prevent their country from being destroyed by the mining in these districts and possibly taken away from them owing to the Persian rule, since by the assistance of this false report they found an excuse for entering the district.

The Letter of Aristeas 6:31

For since it is considered unseemly even to touch such unclean animals, as have been mentioned, on account of their particular habits, ought we not to take every precaution lest our own characters should be destroyed to the same extent?

The Letter of Aristeas 9:65

And he replied, 'Virtue, for it is the creator of good deeds, and by it evil is destroyed, even as you exhibit nobility of character towards all by the gift which God bestows upon you.'

Odes of Solomon 7:23

For ignorance hath been destroyed, because the knowledge of the Lord hath arrived.

Odes of Solomon 15:9

Death hath been destroyed before my face: and Sheol hath been abolished by my word:

Odes of Solomon 22:7

Thy right hand destroyed his wicked poison; and thy hand levelled the way for those who believe in thee.

Odes of Solomon 24:8

And the Lord destroyed the imaginations of all them that had not the truth with them.

Odes of Solomon 31:1

The abysses were dissolved before the Lord: and darkness was destroyed by His appearance:

Odes of Solomon 33:2

And He destroyed perdition from before Him, and devastated all its order;

Odes of Solomon 33:8

And make you wise in the ways of truth: that you be not destroyed nor perish: