Demolish

“Very well,” he answered, “I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.

You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.

…you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.

Then David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Do not let this matter upset you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him with these words.”

Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD.

He will demolish the sacred pillars of the temple of the sun in the land of Egypt, and he will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.’”

Thus Jeremiah was to say to Baruch: “This is what the LORD says: Throughout the land I will demolish what I have built and uproot what I have planted.

They will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I will scrape the soil from her and make her a bare rock.

They will plunder your wealth and pillage your merchandise. They will demolish your walls, tear down your beautiful homes, and throw your stones and timber and soil into the water.

Their hearts are devious; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars and demolish their sacred pillars.

I will root out the Asherah poles from your midst and demolish your cities.

Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.

The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

We demolish arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.