26 Bible Verses about Pursuing Violence

Also draw out the spear and the lance against those who pursue me; say to my soul, I am your salvation.

Do not let an evil speaker be established in the earth; evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Ephraim feeds on wind and follows after the east wind. He daily multiplies lies and cruelty. And they make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.

Therefore pride enchains them; violence covers them like a robe.

Blessings are on the head of the just; but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

The mouth of a righteous one is a well of life; but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

Violence has risen up for a rod of wickedness. None of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of their riches; nor shall there be wailing for them.

For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off the feet and drinks down damage.

From the fruit of his mouth a man shall eat good, but the soul of the treacherous eats violence.

For they do not know to do right, says Jehovah, those who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.

You who put the evil day far away, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

For their heart studies ruin, and their lips talk of mischief.

Yes, in heart you work the evil, you weigh the violence of your hands in the land.

All of him shall come for violence; the gathering of their faces is forward; and they gather captives like the sand.

I have seen the wicked ruthless, and spreading himself like a luxuriant native tree.

And if he fathers a son who is violent, who sheds blood, and who does to a brother any of these;

By the multitude of your goods they have filled your midst with violence, and you have sinned. So I cast you profaned from the height of God, and I destroy you, O covering cherub, from among the stones of fire.

And in those times there shall stand up many against the king of the south. Also the robbers of your people shall rise up to establish the vision, but they shall fall.

A gracious woman keeps honor, and the strong keep riches.

And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of Heaven is taken by violence, and the violent take it by force.

The Law and the Prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God is proclaimed, and everyone is pressing into it.

For the violence of Lebanon shall cover you, and the ruin of beasts shall terrify them because of the blood of man, and the violence of the land, the city, and all those dwelling in it.

Woe to him who builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity!

And I will punish all those who leap on the threshold in that day, who fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.

Because you have stripped many nations, all the rest of the people shall strip you; because of men's blood, and the violence of the land, of the city, and of all who dwell in it.