You stumble day and night, and the false prophets stumble with you; You have destroyed your own people! ¹ 

At that time,” ¹  the Lord says, “I will destroy the wise sages of Edom! ²  the advisers ³  from Esau’s mountain! ⁴ 

“In that day,” says the Lord, “I will destroy ¹  your horses from your midst, and smash your chariots.

“We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple made with hands and in three days build another not made with hands.’”

For we have heard him saying that Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place and change the customs ¹  that Moses handed down to us.”

For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will thwart the cleverness of the intelligent.” ¹ 

If someone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, which is what you are.

They were only hearing, “The one who once persecuted us is now proclaiming the good news ¹  of the faith he once tried to destroy.”

But there is only one who is lawgiver and judge – the one who is able to save and destroy. On the other hand, who are you to judge your neighbor? ¹ 

I will destroy ¹  Daughter Zion, ²  who is as delicate and defenseless as a young maiden. ³ 

But the Pharisees went out and plotted against him, as to how they could assassinate ¹  him.

This is what the Lord says: “When ¹  juice is discovered in a cluster of grapes, someone says, ‘Don’t destroy it, for it contains juice.’ ²  So I will do for the sake of my servants – I will not destroy everyone. ³ 

He threatened ¹  to destroy them, but ²  Moses, his chosen one, interceded with him ³  and turned back his destructive anger. ⁴ 

At Horeb you provoked him and he was angry enough with you to destroy you.

as water wears away stones, and torrents ¹  wash away the soil, ²  so you destroy man’s hope. ³ 

He will pay them back for their sin. ¹  He will destroy them because of ²  their evil; the Lord our God will destroy them.

“This is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘The Philistines ¹  have exacted merciless revenge, ²  showing intense scorn ³  in their effort to destroy Judah ⁴  with unrelenting hostility. ⁵ 

But reports will trouble him from the east and north, and he will set out in a tremendous rage to destroy and wipe out many.

and declared, “This man ¹  said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”

Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,