26 Bible Verses about Pursuing Violence
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Bring forth the spear, and stop the way against them that pursue me; say unto my soul, "I am thy salvation."
A man full of words shall not prosper upon the earth; a malicious and wicked person shall be hunted away, and destroyed.
Ephraim keepeth the air, and followeth after the east wind: he is ever increasing lies and destruction. They be confederate with the Assyrians, their oil is carried into Egypt.
And this is the cause that they be so puffed up in pride, and overwhelmed with cruelty and unrighteousness.
Loving and favorable is the face of the righteous; but the forehead of the ungodly is past shame, and presumptuous.
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life; but the mouth of the ungodly is past shame, and presumptuous.
malicious violence is grown up, and the ungodly waxen to a staff. None of them shall remain over, none of their riches, not one of their seed: and no lamentation shall be made for them.
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of robbery.
He is lame of his feet, yea drunken is he in vanity, that committeth any message to a fool.
A good man shall enjoy the fruit of his mouth; but he that hath a froward mind, shall be spoiled.
sayeth the LORD: they gather together evil gotten goods, and lay up robbery in their houses.'
Ye are taken out for the evil day, even ye that sit in the stole of willfulness;
For their heart imagineth to do hurt, and their lips talk of mischief.
But ye imagine mischief in your hearts, and your hands deal with wickedness.
They come all to spoil: out of them cometh an east wind, which bloweth and gathereth their captives, like as the sand.
I myself have seen the ungodly in great power, and flourishing like a green bay-tree.
"If he now get a son, that is a murderer, a shedder of blood: if he do one of these things
Because of thy great merchandise, thy heart is full of wickedness, and thou hast offended. Therefore will I cast thee from the mount of God, O thou covering Cherub, and destroy thee among the glistering stones.
At the same time there shall many stand up against the king of the south, so that the wicked children of thy people also shall exalt themselves, to fulfill the vision, and then fall.
From the time of John Baptist, hitherto, the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence,
The law, and the prophets reigned until the time of John: and since that time, the kingdom of God is preached, and every man striveth to go in.
For the wrong that thou hast done in Lebanon shall overwhelm thee, and the wild beasts shall make thee afraid: because of men's blood, and for the wrong done in the land, in the city, and to all such as dwell therein.
Woe unto him, that buildeth the town with blood, and maintaineth the city with unrighteousness.
In the same day also will I visit all those that tread over the threshold so proudly, which fill their lords' house with robbery and falsity.
Seeing thou hast spoiled many Heathen, therefore shall the remnant of the people spoil thee: because of men's blood, and for the wrong done in the land, in the city and unto all them that dwell therein.
