26 Bible Verses about Pursuing Violence

Then draw the spear, and close up against my pursuers, Say to my soul, Thy salvation, I am!

As for the slanderer, let him not be established in the earth, - As for the man of wrongful violence, let misfortune hunt him with thrust upon thrust.

Ephraim, feedeth on wind, and pursueth the east wind, all the day, falsehood and force, doth he magnify, - and, a covenant with Assyria, would they solemnize, and, oil into Egypt, must be borne along.

For this cause, doth arrogance deck them as a neck-chain, And a garment of wrong is their attire;

Blessings, are for the head of the righteous man, but, the mouth of the lawless, covereth up wrong.

A well-spring of life, is the mouth of the righteous, but, the mouth of the lawless, covereth wrong.

Violence hath risen up as a sceptre of lawlessness, - There are none of them And none of their multitude And none of their throngs And no lamentation over them.

For they consume bread gotten by lawlessness, and, wine obtained by violence, they drink.

One who cutteth off feet, one who drinketh down wrong, is he who sendeth a message by the hand of a dullard.

Of the fruit of his mouth, shall a man eat what is good, but, the soul of the treacherous, shall be sated with violence.

Therefore do they not know how to do right, Declareth Yahweh, who are treasuring up violence and spoil in their palaces.

Ye who are putting far away the day of calamity, - but bringing near the abode of violence:

For, violence, their heart muttereth, and, mischief, their lips do speak.

Aye! ye all do work, perversity, - Throughout the land, your hands, weigh out, violence!

Solely for violence, will he come, the intent of their faces, is - To the east! And he hath gathered, as the sand, a captive host;

I have seen a lawless man, a tyrant, and spreading himself out, like a cedar in Lebanon;

But he hath begotten a son Who is a violent man A shedder of blood,- Who doeth the like of any of these things;

By the abundance of fly traffic, they fled thy midst with violence And thou didst sin,- So I cast thee as profane a out of the mountain of God. And destroyed thee O covering cherub, from amid the stones of fire:

And, in those times, many, will rise against the king of the south, - and, the sons of the oppressors of thy people, will exalt themselves to confirm the vision, but will be overthrown.

A gracious wife, obtaineth honour, but, the diligent, shall obtain wealth.

But, from the days of John the Immerser, until even now, the kingdom of the heavens, is being invaded, and, invaders, are, seizing upon it.

The law and the prophets, were until John, - from that time, the good news of the kingdom of God, is being proclaimed, and, everyone, thereinto, is forcing his way.

For, the violence done to Lebanon, shall cover thee, and wasting by wild beasts shall cause them terror, - for shedding Human blood, and doing violence to the earth, to the city, and to all who dwell therein.

Alas! for him who buildeth a city with deeds of blood, - and establisheth a town with perversity.

And I will punish every one who leapeth over the threshold, in that day, - those who fill the house of their lords with violence and deceit.

Because, thou, hast plundered many nations, all the residue of the peoples, shall plunder thee, - for shedding Human blood, and doing violence to the earth, to the city, and to all who dwell therein.