'Destroy' in the Bible

Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.

The one who does not slander with his tongue, who does no evil to his neighbor, and who does not destroy his friend's reputation.

From the wicked that destroy me, my deadly enemies, who compass me about.

Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.

Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.

Do not destroy me along with sinners,or my life along with men of bloodshed

Do not turn me over to my enemies, for false witnesses who want to destroy me testify against me.

Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.

For day and night you tormented me; you tried to destroy me in the intense heat of summer. (Selah)

Evil shall destroy the wicked; and they that hate the righteous shall bear their guilt.

Those who seek my life set traps,and those who want to harm me threaten to destroy me;they plot treachery all day long.

You rebuke by chastening a man with the consequence of iniquities; you destroy what is attractive to him, as one would treat a moth. Indeed, every person is a puff of wind. Interlude

Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.

You love any words that destroy,you treacherous tongue!

God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

"Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others."

He will recompense the evil to my foes;Destroy them in Your faithfulness.

Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

May death destroy them! May they go down alive into Sheol! For evil is in their dwelling place and in their midst.

For you have delivered me from death and my feet from stumbling, so that I may walk before God in the light of the living! To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "Do Not Destroy," when he fled from Saul into a cave.

To the Overseer. -- 'Destroy not.' -- A secret treasure of David, in his fleeing from the face of Saul into a cave. Favour me, O God, favour me, For in Thee is my soul trusting, And in the shadow of Thy wings I trust, Until the calamities pass over.

Be exalted above the heavens, God! May your glory cover the earth! To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "Do Not Destroy".

To the Overseer. -- 'Destroy not.' -- A secret treasure, by David. Is it true, O dumb one, righteously ye speak? Uprightly ye judge, O sons of men?

A person will say, "Certainly, the righteous are rewarded; certainly there is a God who judges the earth." To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "Do Not Destroy," when Saul sent men to watch the house in order to kill him.

To the Overseer. -- 'Destroy not,' by David. -- A secret treasure, in Saul's sending, and they watch the house to put him to death. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God, From my withstanders set me on high.

Go ahead and destroy them in anger! Wipe them out, and they will know to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob. Interlude

But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

Those far from You will certainly perish;You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.

They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.

Why do You hold back Your hand?Stretch out Your right hand and destroy them!

Don't ignore the shout of those opposing you, The uproar of those who rebel against you continuously. To the Director: To the tune of "Do not Destroy!" A psalm of Asaph. A song.

To the Overseer. -- 'Destroy not.' -- A Psalm of Asaph. -- A Song. We have given thanks to Thee, O God, We have given thanks, and near is Thy name, They have recounted Thy wonders.

Yet He was compassionate;He atoned for their guiltand did not destroy them.He often turned His anger asideand did not unleash all His wrath.

He sent swarms of insects to bite them and frogs to destroy them.

God, nations have invaded your land to desecrate your holy Temple, to destroy Jerusalem,

"Come," they say, "and let's destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more."

Your wrath sweeps over me;Your terrors destroy me.

He will pay them back for their sinsand destroy them for their evil.The Lord our God will destroy them.

I will destroy anyonewho secretly slanders his neighbor;I cannot tolerate anyonewith haughty eyes or an arrogant heart.

I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.

Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:

The Lord is at your right hand; he will utterly destroy kings in the time of his wrath.

He will execute judgment against the nations, filling graves with corpses. He will utterly destroy leaders far and wide.

All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.

They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.

Remember, Lord, what the Edomites saidthat day at Jerusalem:“Destroy it! Destroy itdown to its foundations!”

And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.

Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.

The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.