414 occurrences across the corpus

OT Pseudepigrapha

Testament of Levi 4:15

Yea, ye shall bring a curse upon our race, because the light of the law which was given for to lighten every man this ye desire to destroy by teaching commandments contrary to the ordinances of God.

Testament of Judah 4:14

And He shall guard the might of my kingdom for ever; for the Lord aware to me with an oath that He would not destroy the kingdom from my seed for ever.

Testament of Issachar 1:44

And do ye therefore obey them, and walk in the singleness of your father; for unto Gad hath it been given to destroy the troops that are coming upon Israel.

Testament of Zebulun 2:38

But upon the ungodly shall the Lord bring eternal fire, and destroy them throughout all generations.

Testament of Dan 2:16

Therefore is the enemy eager to destroy all that call upon the Lord.

Testament of Joseph 1:65

Remember that if thou kill thyself, Asteho, the concubine of thy husband, thy rival, will beat thy children, and thou wilt destroy thy memorial from off the earth.

Testament of Benjamin 1:21

In thee shall be fulfilled the prophecy of heaven concerning the Lamb of God, and Saviour of the world, and that a blameless one shall be delivered up for lawless men, and a sinless one shall die for ungodly men in the blood of the covenant, for the salvation of the Gentiles and of Israel, and shall destroy Beliar and his servants.

The Story of Ahikar 4:10

Saying, 'O my grief! O Haiqar, who didst know the secrets and the riddles! woe is me for thee, O Haiqar! O teacher of my country and ruler of my kingdom, where shall I find thy like? O Haiqar, O teacher of my country, where shall I turn for thee? woe is me for thee! how did I destroy thee! and I listened to the talk of a stupid, ignorant boy without knowledge, without religion, without manliness.

4 Maccabees 2:46

And yet, were our Law, as you suggest, not truly divine, while we vainly believed it to be divine, not even so would it be right for us to destroy our reputation for piety.

4 Maccabees 3:9

'Why, O Eleazar, dost thou madly destroy thyself in this misery? We will bring to thee of the seethed meats, but do thou feign only to partake of the swine's flesh, and so save thyself.'

4 Maccabees 5:46

O enemy of virtue and enemy of man, for what crime dost thou destroy us in this way?

Odes of Solomon 22:5

He that overthrew by my hands the dragon with seven heads: and thou hast set me over his roots that I might destroy his seed.

Odes of Solomon 28:17

They sought to destroy the memorial of him who was before them.

Odes of Solomon 39:3

And they sweep away their fords, and catch their bodies and destroy their lives.