26 Bible Verses about Pursuing Violence

Take up your spear and keep back my attackers; say to my soul, I am your salvation.

Let not a man of evil tongue be safe on earth: let destruction overtake the violent man with blow on blow.

Ephraim's food is the wind, and he goes after the east wind: deceit and destruction are increasing day by day; they make an agreement with Assyria, and take oil into Egypt.

For this reason pride is round them like a chain; they are clothed with violent behaviour as with a robe.

Blessings are on the head of the upright, but the face of sinners will be covered with sorrow.

The mouth of the upright man is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the evil-doer is a bitter cup.

Violent behaviour has been lifted up into a rod of evil; it will not be slow in coming, it will not keep back.

The bread of evil-doing is their food, the wine of violent acts their drink.

He who sends news by the hand of a foolish man is cutting off his feet and drinking in damage.

A man will get good from the fruit of his lips, but the desire of the false is for violent acts.

For they have no knowledge of how to do what is right, says the Lord, who are storing up violent acts and destruction in their great houses.

You who put far away the evil day, causing the rule of the violent to come near;

For the purposes of their hearts are destruction, and their lips are talking of trouble.

The purposes of your hearts are evil; your hands are full of cruel doings on the earth.

They are coming all of them with force; the direction of their faces is forward, the number of their prisoners is like the sands of the sea.

I have seen the evil-doer in great power, covering the earth like a great tree.

If he has a son who is a thief, a taker of life, who does any of these things,

Through all your trading you have become full of violent ways, and have done evil: so I sent you out shamed from the mountain of God; the winged one put an end to you from among the stones of fire.

In those times, a number will take up arms against the king of the south: and the children of the violent among your people will be lifting themselves up to make the vision come true; but it will be their downfall.

A woman who is full of grace is honoured, but a woman hating righteousness is a seat of shame: those hating work will undergo loss, but the strong keep their wealth.

And from the days of John the Baptist till now, the kingdom of heaven is forcing its way in, and men of force take it.

The law and the prophets were till John: but then came the preaching of the kingdom of God, and everyone makes his way into it by force.

For the violent acts against Lebanon will come on you, and the destruction of the cattle will be a cause of fear to you, because of men's blood and the violent acts against the land and the town and all who are living in it.

A curse on him who is building a place with blood, and basing a town on evil-doing!

And in that day I will send punishment on all those who come jumping over the doorstep and make their master's house full of violent behaviour and deceit.

Because you have taken their goods from great nations, all the rest of the peoples will take your goods from you; because of men's blood and violent acts against the land and the town and all who are living in it.