26 Bible Verses about Pursuing Violence
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Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of theirs: neither shall there be wailing for them.
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things,
By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall.
And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.
Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.