And when they had departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.

And fear not them who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.

They say to him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard to other husbandmen, who will render him the fruits in their seasons.

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

But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.

And the Pharisees went forth, and immediately took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

And often it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.

And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people were astonished at his doctrine.

What therefore will the Lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.

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

Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.

Then said Jesus to them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath-days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?

For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.

And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests, and the scribes, and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,

He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, may that never be.

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

The thief cometh not, but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they may have life, and that they may have it more 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.

But if thy brother is grieved with thy food, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy food, for whom Christ died.

For the sake of food, destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offense.

For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

If any man defileth the temple of God, him will God destroy: for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for lewdness, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the spirit of his mouth, and will destroy with the brightness of his coming:

Since then the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

There is one lawgiver, who is able to save, and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?

He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward to thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them who destroy the earth.