26 Bible Verses about Pursuing Violence

Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that pursue me: Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he continually multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.

Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment.

Blessings are upon the head of the righteous; But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life; But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness; none of them'shall remain , nor of their multitude, nor of their wealth: neither shall there be eminency among them.

For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.

He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off his own feet, and drinketh in damage.

A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; But the soul of the treacherous'shall eat violence.

For they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.

-ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

For their heart studieth oppression, And their lips talk of mischief.

Nay, in heart ye work wickedness; Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

They come all of them for violence; the set of their faces is forwards; and they gather captives as the sand.

I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.

If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth any one of these things,

By the abundance of thy traffic they filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore have I cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God; and I have destroyed thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the children of the violent among thy people shall lift themselves up to establish the vision; but they shall fall.

A gracious woman obtaineth honor; And violent men obtain riches.

And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and men of violence take it by force.

The law and the prophets were until John: from that time the gospel of the kingdom of God is preached, and every man entereth violently into it.

For the violence done to Lebanon shall cover thee, and the destruction of the beasts, which made them afraid; because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.

Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!

And in that day I will punish all those that leap over the threshold, that fill their master's house with violence and deceit.

Because thou hast plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder thee, because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.