Bible Dictionary
RUIN
Ruin means the destruction or collapse of a building, state, people, or moral condition. Scripture also uses related terms for desolation, brokenness, and the disastrous results of wickedness.
Biblical Usage
Scripture uses ruin literally for buildings and houses and figuratively for a state or people. It also associates ruin with moral destruction and wickedness, while some passages rendered “ruin” are more accurately translated “stumblingblock” or “stumbling.”