19 Bible Verses about Overtaking

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Deuteronomy 28:2

And all these blessings will come on you and overtake you, if your ears are open to the voice of the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 28:1

Now if you give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and keep with care all these orders which I have given you today, then the Lord your God will put you high over all the nations of the earth:

1 Samuel 30:8

Then David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go after this band? will I be able to overtake them? And in answer he said, Go after them, for you will certainly overtake them, and get back everything.

Exodus 15:9

Egypt said, I will go after them, I will overtake, I will make division of their goods: my desire will have its way with them; my sword will be uncovered, my hand will send destruction on them.

Genesis 31:23

And taking the men of his family with him, he went after him for seven days and overtook him in the hill-country of Gilead.

Genesis 31:25

Now when Laban overtook him, Jacob had put up his tent in the hill-country; and Laban and his brothers put up their tents in the hill-country of Gilead.

Genesis 44:6

So he overtook them and said these words to them.

Exodus 14:9

But the Egyptians went after them, all the horses and carriages of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them in their tents by the sea, by Pihahiroth, before Baal-zephon.

Judges 18:22

When they had gone some way from the house of Micah, the men from the houses near Micah's house came together and overtook the children of Dan,

Judges 20:45

And turning, they went in flight to the rock of Rimmon in the waste land: and on the highways five thousand of them were cut off by the men of Israel, who, pushing on hard after them to Geba, put to death two thousand more.

2 Kings 25:5

But the Chaldaean army went after the king, and overtook him in the lowlands of Jericho, and all his army went in flight from him in every direction.

Jeremiah 39:5

But the Chaldaean army went after them and overtook Zedekiah in the lowlands of Jericho: and they made him a prisoner and took him up to Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, to Riblah in the land of Hamath, to be judged by him.

Jeremiah 52:8

And the Chaldaean army went after King Zedekiah and overtook him on the other side of Jericho, and all his army went in flight from him in every direction.

Psalm 7:5

Let my hater go after my soul and take it; let my life be crushed to the earth, and my honour into the dust. (Selah.)

Psalm 18:37

I go after my haters and overtake them; not turning back till they are all overcome.

Lamentations 1:3

Judah has been taken away as a prisoner because of trouble and hard work; her living-place is among the nations, there is no rest for her: all her attackers have overtaken her in a narrow place.

Jeremiah 42:16

Then it will come about that the sword, which is the cause of your fear, will overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and need of food, which you are fearing, will go after you there in Egypt; and there death will come to you.

Hosea 2:7

And if she goes after her lovers she will not overtake them; if she makes search for them she will not see them; then will she say, I will go back to my first husband, for then it was better for me than now.

Amos 9:13

See, the days will come, says the Lord, when the ploughman will overtake him who is cutting the grain, and the crusher of the grapes him who is planting seed; and sweet wine will be dropping from the mountains, and the hills will be turned into streams of wine.

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