26 Bible Verses about Pursuing Violence

Most Relevant Verses

Psalm 35:3

Brandish the spear and block those who pursue me. Tell my soul, "I am your salvation."

Psalm 140:11

An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim feeds on wind, and chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.

Proverbs 10:6

Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

Ezekiel 7:11

Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness; none of them [shall remain], nor of their multitude, nor of their wealth: neither shall there be eminency among them.

Proverbs 4:17

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

Proverbs 26:6

One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.

Proverbs 13:2

By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things; but the unfaithful crave violence.

Amos 3:10

"Indeed they don't know to do right," says Yahweh, "Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces."

Amos 6:3

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

Psalm 58:2

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

Habakkuk 1:9

All of them come for violence. Their hordes face the desert. He gathers prisoners like sand.

Psalm 37:35

I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.

Ezekiel 18:10

If he fathers a son who is a robber, a shedder of blood, and who does any one of these things,

Ezekiel 28:16

By the abundance of your traffic they filled the midst of you with violence, and you have sinned: therefore I have cast you as profane out of the mountain of God; and I have destroyed you, covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

Daniel 11:14

In those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the children of the violent among your people shall lift themselves up to establish the vision; but they shall fall.

Matthew 11:12

From the days of John the Baptizer until now, the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.

Habakkuk 2:17

For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of the animals, which made them afraid; because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to every city and to those who dwell in them.

Zephaniah 1:9

In that day, I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, who fill their master's house with violence and deceit.

Habakkuk 2:8

Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples will plunder you, because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all who dwell in it.

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