Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. For although all things are clean, ¹  it is wrong to cause anyone to stumble by what you eat.

But evil people are like thorns – all of them are tossed away, for they cannot be held in the hand.

Those who survive him are buried by the plague, ¹  and their ²  widows do not mourn for them.

Its underparts ¹  are the sharp points of potsherds, it leaves its mark in the mud like a threshing sledge. ² 

The Lord deserves praise, ¹  for ²  he did not hand us over as prey to their teeth.

The Lord tears down the house of the proud, ¹  but he maintains the boundaries of the widow. ² 

You counted the houses in Jerusalem, ¹  and demolished houses so you could have material to reinforce the wall. ² 

There are times, Jeremiah, ¹  when I threaten to uproot, tear down, and destroy a nation or kingdom. ² 

He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his weapons. ¹ 

they will tear out their hair because of you and put on sackcloth, and they will weep bitterly over you with intense mourning. ¹ 

“Watch out for false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are voracious wolves. ¹ 

Jesus replied, ¹  “Destroy ²  this temple and in three days I will raise it up again.”

for the weapons of our warfare are not human weapons, ¹  but are made powerful by God ²  for tearing down strongholds. ³  We tear down arguments ⁴ 

That night the Lord said to him, “Take the bull from your father’s herd, as well as a second bull, one that is seven years old. ¹  Pull down your father’s Baal altar and cut down the nearby Asherah pole.

“Do not hold back offerings from your granaries or your vats. ¹  You must give me the firstborn of your sons.

So Aaron said to them, “Break off the gold earrings that are on the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.” ¹ 

then the priest is to command that the stones that had the infection in them be pulled and thrown ¹  outside the city ²  into an unclean place.

But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; they gathered together to ambush me. ¹  They tore at me without stopping to rest. ² 

You keep track of my misery. ¹  Put my tears in your leather container! ²  Are they not recorded in your scroll? ³ 

They say, “Let’s attack Judah, terrorize it, and conquer it. ¹  Then we’ll set up the son of Tabeel as its king.” ²