26 Bible Verses about Pursuing Violence

And draw out spear and lance, To meet my pursuers. Say to my soul, 'Thy salvation I am.'

A talkative man is not established in the earth, One of violence -- evil hunteth to overflowing.

Ephraim is enjoying wind, And is pursuing an east wind, All the day lying and spoiling he multiplieth, And a covenant with Asshur they make, And oil to Egypt is carried.

Therefore hath pride encircled them, Violence covereth them as a dress.

Blessings are for the head of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.

A fountain of life is the mouth of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.

The violence hath risen to a rod of wickedness, There is none of them, nor of their multitude, Nor of their noise, nor is there wailing for them.

For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink.

He is cutting off feet, he is drinking injury, Who is sending things by the hand of a fool.

From the fruit of the mouth a man eateth good, And the soul of the treacherous -- violence.

And they have not known to act straightforwardly, An affirmation of Jehovah, Who are treasuring up violence and spoil in their palaces.

Who are putting away the day of evil, And ye bring nigh the seat of violence,

For destruction doth their heart meditate, And perverseness do their lips speak.

Even in heart ye work iniquities, In the land the violence of your hands ye ponder.

Wholly for violence it doth come in, Their faces swallowing up the east wind, And it doth gather as the sand a captivity.

I have seen the wicked terrible, And spreading as a green native plant,

And -- he hath begotten a son, A burglar -- a shedder of blood, And he hath made a brother of one of these,

By the abundance of thy merchandise They have filled thy midst with violence, And thou dost sin, And I thrust thee from the mount of God, And I destroy thee, O covering cherub, From the midst of the stones of fire.

and in those times many do stand up against the king of the south, and sons of the destroyers of thy people do lift themselves up to establish the vision -- and they have stumbled.

A gracious woman retaineth honour, And terrible men retain riches.

'And, from the days of John the Baptist till now, the reign of the heavens doth suffer violence, and violent men do take it by force,

the law and the prophets are till John; since then the reign of God is proclaimed good news, and every one doth press into it;

For violence to Lebanon doth cover thee, And spoil of beasts doth affright them, Because of man's blood, and of violence to the land, To the city, and to all dwelling in it.

Woe to him who is building a city by blood, And establishing a city by iniquity.

And I have laid a charge on every one Who is leaping over the threshold in that day, Who are filling the house of their masters With violence and deceit.

Because thou hast spoiled many nations, Spoil thee do all the remnant of the peoples, Because of man's blood, and of violence to the land, To the city, and to all dwelling in it.