23 Bible Verses about Pursuing People
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Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord.
But you will chase your enemies and they will fall before you by the sword;
“He pursues them, passing on in safety,
By a way he had not been traversing with his feet.
five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand, and your enemies will fall before you by the sword.
One of your men puts to flight a thousand, for the Lord your God is He who fights for you, just as He promised you.
“How could one chase a thousand,
And two put ten thousand to flight,
Unless their Rock had sold them,
And the Lord had given them up?
One thousand will flee at the threat of one man;
You will flee at the threat of five,
Until you are left as a flag on a mountain top
And as a signal on a hill.
but do not stay there yourselves; pursue your enemies and attack them in the rear. Do not allow them to enter their cities, for the Lord your God has delivered them into your hand.”
Then Gideon and the 300 men who were with him came to the Jordan and crossed over, weary yet pursuing.
So the men pursued them on the road to the Jordan to the fords; and as soon as those who were pursuing them had gone out, they shut the gate.
“I pursued my enemies and destroyed them,
And I did not turn back until they were consumed.
I pursued my enemies and overtook them,
And I did not turn back until they were consumed.
Let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it;
And let him trample my life down to the ground
And lay my glory in the dust. Selah.
And you said, “No, for we will flee on horses,”
Therefore you shall flee!
“And we will ride on swift horses,”
Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift.
Saying, “God has forsaken him;
Pursue and seize him, for there is no one to deliver.”
In pride the wicked hotly pursue the afflicted;
Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.
“The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil;
My desire shall be gratified against them;
I will draw out my sword, my hand will destroy them.’
Our pursuers were swifter
Than the eagles of the sky;
They chased us on the mountains,
They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness.
Judah has gone into exile under affliction
And under harsh servitude;
She dwells among the nations,
But she has found no rest;
All her pursuers have overtaken her
In the midst of distress.
Our pursuers are at our necks;
We are worn out, there is no rest for us.
Then Abner called to Joab and said, “Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitter in the end? How long will you refrain from telling the people to turn back from following their brothers?”
therefore as I live,” declares the Lord God, “I will give you over to bloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you; since you have not hated bloodshed, therefore bloodshed will pursue you.