Now when they had departed, suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him."

"Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy, but to fulfill.

And do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

But the Pharisees went out, and conspired against him, how they might destroy him.

They told him, "He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will lease out the vineyard to other farmers, who will give him the fruit in its season."

and said, "This man said, 'I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.'"

Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

and saying, "You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself. If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross."

saying, "What do we have to do with you, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know you who you are: the Holy One of God."

And the Pharisees went out, and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

Often it has cast him both into the fire and into the water, to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us, and help us."

The chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him. For they feared him, because all the crowd was astonished at his teaching.

What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.

"We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.'"

29 Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, "Ha. You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days,

saying, "Ah. what have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know you who you are: the Holy One of God."

Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to destroy it?"

When his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from the sky, and destroy them?"

For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men?s lives, but to save them." And they went to another village.

He was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people sought to destroy him.

He will come and destroy these farmers, and will give the vineyard to others." When they heard it, they said, "May it never be."

Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to us."

Yet if because of food your brother is grieved, you walk no longer in love. Do not destroy with your food him for whom Christ died.

For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, I will bring the discernment of the discerning to nothing."

If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are.

For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how I severely persecuted the church of God, and tried to destroy it.

but they only heard: "He who once persecuted us now preaches the faith that he once tried to destroy."

Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth, and destroy by the manifestation of his coming;

Only one is the lawgiver and judge, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?

He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.

The nations were angry, and your wrath came, as did the time for the dead to be judged, and to give your bondservants the prophets, their reward, as well as to the saints, and those who fear your name, to the small and the great; and to destroy those who destroy the earth."