17 Bible Verses about Pressing

with this goal in mind, I strive toward the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

We are experiencing trouble on every side, but are not crushed; we are perplexed, but not driven to despair;

"Out of our way!" they cried, and "This man came to live here as a foreigner, and now he dares to judge us! We'll do more harm to you than to them!" They kept pressing in on Lot until they were close enough to break down the door.

"You aggressively attacked me and tried to knock me down, but the Lord helped me.

And when the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, she pressed herself into the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall. So he beat her again.

Now Pharaoh's cup was in my hand, so I took the grapes, squeezed them into his cup, and put the cup in Pharaoh's hand."

The Lord did as he asked. When he got up the next morning, he squeezed the fleece, and enough dew dripped from it to fill a bowl.

For as the churning of milk produces butter and as punching the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife.

So prophesy and say: 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Surely because they have made you desolate and crushed you from all directions, so that you have become the property of the rest of the nations, and have become the subject of gossip and slander among the people,

Because of the crowd, he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him so the crowd would not press toward him.

For he had healed many, so that all who were afflicted with diseases pressed toward him in order to touch him.

Jesus went with him, and a large crowd followed and pressed around him.

because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. As Jesus was on his way, the crowds pressed around him.

Then Jesus asked, "Who was it who touched me?" When they all denied it, Peter said, "Master, the crowds are surrounding you and pressing against you!"

His disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing against you and you say, 'Who touched me?'"

Now Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing around him to hear the word of God.

Give, and it will be given to you: A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be poured into your lap. For the measure you use will be the measure you receive."