23 Bible Verses about Pursuing People

Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.

Instead, you'll pursue your enemies and they'll die by the sword before you.

And who pursues them and moves on unscathed by a path that his feet don't know?

Five of you will chase a hundred, a hundred of you will chase ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.

A single man makes a thousand flee, because the LORD your God is the one who is fighting for you, just as he promised you.

How can one person chase a thousand of them and two put a myriad to flight, unless their Rock delivers them and the LORD gives them up?

A thousand will flee at the threat of one; and run away, pursued by five, until you are left like a flagpole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill."

but don't stay there yourselves. Instead, pursue your enemies and attack them from behind. Don't allow them to enter their cities, because the LORD your God has delivered them into your control."

Meanwhile, Gideon and the 300 soldiers with him came to the Jordan, exhausted but continuing their pursuit.

So the men pursued them along the road that leads to the fords of the Jordan River. As soon as the search party had left, they shut the city gate after them.

I pursued my enemies and conquered them; I didn't return until they were consumed.

I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn around until they were utterly defeated.

then, let my enemy pursue me, let him overtake me, and let him trample my life to the ground. Interlude Let him put my honor into the dust.

Instead, you said, "No! We'll escape on horses!' Therefore, you'll flee away. And you said, "We'll ride off on swift steeds!' Therefore your pursuers will be swift.

"Israel has discarded what is good. The enemy will pursue them.

and say, "God has abandoned him. Run after him and seize him, because there's no deliverer."

The wicked one arrogantly pursues the afflicted, who are trapped in the schemes he devises.

"The enemy said, "I'll pursue them, I'll overtake them, I'll divide the spoil. I'll satisfy my anger on them, I'll draw my sword, and my hand will bring them to ruin.'

Our pursuers were swifter than soaring eagles; they pursued us over the mountains, lying in wait for us in the wilderness.

Judah has gone into exile to escape affliction and servitude. She that sat among the nations, has found no rest. All her pursuers overtook her amid narrow passes.

Our pursuers breathe down our necks; we are weary, but there is no rest for us.

Then Abner called out to Joab, "Must the battle sword keep on devouring forever? Don't you realize that the end result is bitterness? How long will it take for you to order your army to stop pursuing their own relatives?"

therefore as I'm alive and living," declares the Lord GOD, "I'm turning you over to bloodshed, and bloodshed will certainly overtake you, since you never have hated shedding blood. That's why bloodshed will certainly pursue you.