'Destroy' in the Bible

Now when they were departed, behold, an 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 tell thee: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.

Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil.

And be not afraid of them that 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, and took counsel against him, how they might destroy him.

They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will let out the vineyard unto other husbandmen, who shall 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.

Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus thou Nazarene? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.

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

And oft-times it hath cast him both into the fire and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do anything, have compassion on us, and help us.

And the chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, for all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.

What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto 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.

Ah! what have we to do with thee, Jesus thou Nazarene? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.

And Jesus said unto 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?

And he was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people sought to destroy him:

He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.

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

The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and 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 shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered unto us.

For if because of meat thy brother is grieved, thou walkest no longer in love. Destroy not with thy meat him for whom Christ died.

For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought.

If any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.

One only is the lawgiver and judge, even he who is able to save and to destroy: but who art thou that judgest thy neighbor?

he that doeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. To this end was the Son of God manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

And the nations were wroth, and thy wrath came, and the time of the dead to be judged, and the time to give their reward to thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and to them that fear thy name, the small and the great; and to destroy them that destroy the earth.