26 Bible Verses about Pursuing Violence

Hold your spear to block the way of those who pursue me. Say to me: I am your salvation.

Do not let slanderers prosper on earth. Let evil hunt down violent people with one blow after another.

The people of Ephraim try to catch the wind and try to chase the east wind all day. They are very dishonest, violent and destructive. They make treaties with Assyria and take olive oil to Egypt.

That is why arrogance is their necklace and violence covers them like clothing.

Blessings cover the head of the righteous. Violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

The mouth of a righteous man is a fountain of life. Aggression comes from the mouth of the wicked.

Violence has grown into a weapon for punishing wickedness. None of the people will be left. None of that crowd, none of their wealth, and nothing of value will be left.

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 violence.

A man eats well by the fruit of his mouth. Transgressors eat violence.

Those who store up violence and robbery in their dwellings do not know how to do what is right, declared Jehovah.

You put far away the evil day and cause the place of violence to come near.

Their minds meditate on evil, and their lips talk about trouble.

No, in your heart you plot unrighteousness. You measure out the violence of your hands on the earth.

They all come for violence. Their crowds look straight ahead and gather prisoners like the sand.

I have seen a wicked, violent man spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil.

Suppose this person has a son who robs and murders. The son does all these other things

By the abundance of your trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned. Therefore I have cast you as profane from the mountain of God. I have destroyed you, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

In those times there will many who stand up against the king of the south. Also the children of the violent among your people will rebel up to establish the vision, but they will fall.

A gracious woman retains honor. Ruthless and violent men retain riches.

From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been man's goal, and men of violence have attempted to take it by force.

The Law of Moses and the writings of the prophets was in effect until John the Baptist. From that time on the Good News about the Kingdom of God is being taught.

The violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you. The destruction of the animals and shedding of blood will frighten you. The violence done to the inhabitants of the land and the city will terrify you.

Woe to him who builds a town with bloodshed and establishes a city with iniquity!

I will punish all who worship false gods and who steal and kill in order to fill their master's house with violence.

The people who remain will plunder you because you have plundered many nations. It is because of the blood you shed and the violence you brought on the land, the city and all who dwell there.