for the weapons of our warfare are not human weapons, but are made powerful by God for tearing down strongholds. We tear down arguments

He also told them a parable: "No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old garment. If he does, he will have torn the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.

For if I boast somewhat more about our authority that the Lord gave us for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be ashamed of doing so.

Because of this I am writing these things while absent, so that when I arrive I may not have to deal harshly with you by using my authority -- the Lord gave it to me for building up, not for tearing down!

And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into fiery hell.

And he said to them, "Do you see all these things? I tell you the truth, not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!"

Then the high priest tore his clothes and declared, "He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? Now you have heard the blasphemy!

Just then the temple curtain was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks were split apart.

When they were not able to bring him in because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Jesus. Then, after tearing it out, they lowered the stretcher the paralytic was lying on.

No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; otherwise, the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and the tear becomes worse.

For his hands and feet had often been bound with chains and shackles, but he had torn the chains apart and broken the shackles in pieces. No one was strong enough to subdue him.

I feel torn between the two, because I have a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far,

For many live, about whom I have often told you, and now, with tears, I tell you that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ.

If your eye causes you to sin, tear it out! It is better to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,

Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!"

Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, "Why do we still need witnesses?

And the temple curtain was torn in two, from top to bottom.

When they had done this, they caught so many fish that their nets started to tear.

As she stood behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. She wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and anointed them with the perfumed oil.

Then, turning toward the woman, he said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered your house. You gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.

As I remember your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy.

During his earthly life Christ offered both requests and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his devotion.

For you know that later when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no opportunity for repentance, although he sought the blessing with tears.

Then he said, 'I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

"As for these things that you are gazing at, the days will come when not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!"

because the Lamb in the middle of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."

because the sun's light failed. The temple curtain was torn in two.

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will not exist any more -- or mourning, or crying, or pain, for the former things have ceased to exist."