And when they were departed, behold an angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Rise and take the child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and continue there, untill I tell thee to return: for Herod will seek the child to destroy Him.

And be not afraid of them, who can only 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.

But the pharisees went out of the synagogue and took counsel together against Him, how they might destroy Him:

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

This fellow 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 common people to ask for Barabbas, and so to destroy Jesus.

and he cried out, 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.

And the pharisees went out, and immediately took counsel with the Herodians against Him, how to destroy Him:

And it has often thrown him both 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 to destroy Him; for they feared Him, because all the people were struck with his doctrine.

What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those husbandmen, and will let the vineyard to others.

saying, 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:

saying, Let us alone, what hast thou to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know who thou art, the holy one of God:

for the Son of man came not to destroy mens lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.

And He was teaching daily in the temple: but the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers 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 this they said, God forbid.

Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again: then said the Jews,

The thief cometh only to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they may have life, and may have it in perfection.

If we suffer Him to go on thus, all the people will believe on Him, and the Romans will come and destroy both our place and nation.

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

But if thy brother be grieved by thy food, thou dost not herein walk in love. Do not by thy food destroy him, for whom Christ died.

Do not for the sake of meat destroy thy brother who is the work of God: all things indeed are pure; but to the man that eateth with offence it is evil.

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

If any one destroy the temple of God, him will God destroy: for the temple of God is holy, and this temple are ye.

meats are for the belly, and the belly for meats, but God will destroy both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

And then the wicked one shall be detected, whom the Lord will destroy by the breath of his mouth, and abolish by the brightness of his coming:

Seeing then the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He also himself in like manner partook of them; that by death He might destroy him that had the empire of death, that is, the devil:

Now there is but one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou then that judgest another?

he, that makes a practise of sin, is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. And for this the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.

The nations were enraged, but thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and to give a reward to thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and to those that fear thy name, small and great; and to destroy them that destroy the earth.