23 Bible Verses about Pursuing People

Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

You shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.

He pursues them and passes on safely, by paths his feet have not trod.

Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall chase ten thousand, and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.

One man of you puts to flight a thousand, since it is the LORD your God who fights for you, just as he promised you.

How could one have chased a thousand, and two have put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had given them up?

A thousand shall flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you shall flee, till you are left like a flagstaff on the top of a mountain, like a signal on a hill.

but do not stay there yourselves. Pursue your enemies; attack their rear guard. Do not let them enter their cities, for the LORD your God has given them into your hand."

And Gideon came to the Jordan and crossed over, he and the 300 men who were with him, exhausted yet pursuing.

So the men pursued after them on the way to the Jordan as far as the fords. And the gate was shut as soon as the pursuers had gone out.

I pursued my enemies and destroyed them, and did not turn back until they were consumed.

I pursued my enemies and overtook them, and did not turn back till they were consumed.

let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it, and let him trample my life to the ground and lay my glory in the dust. Selah

and you said, "No! We will flee upon horses"; therefore you shall flee away; and, "We will ride upon swift steeds"; therefore your pursuers shall be swift.

Israel has spurned the good; the enemy shall pursue him.

and say, "God has forsaken him; pursue and seize him, for there is none to deliver him."

In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor; let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.

The enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil, my desire shall have its fill of them. I will draw my sword; my hand shall destroy them.'

Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles in the heavens; they chased us on the mountains; they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.

Judah has gone into exile because of affliction and hard servitude; she dwells now among the nations, but finds no resting place; her pursuers have all overtaken her in the midst of her distress.

Our pursuers are at our necks; we are weary; we are given no rest.

Then Abner called to Joab, "Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that the end will be bitter? How long will it be before you tell your people to turn from the pursuit of their brothers?"

therefore, as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will prepare you for blood, and blood shall pursue you; because you did not hate bloodshed, therefore blood shall pursue you.