36 Bible Verses about harassment
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yet because this widow troubles me, I will avenge her, that she not wear me down in the end.
But if you will not drive out the people of the land from before you, then it will be, those of them whom you let remain shall be goads in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they shall trouble you in the land in which you live.
My watchers panted for me daily; for many are they who proudly fight against me.
And out of Your mercy cut off my enemies, and destroy all those who afflict my soul; for I am Your servant.
And Jehovah said to me, Do not besiege Moab, nor fight with them in battle. For I will not give you any of their land for a possession. Because I have given Ar to the sons of Lot for a possession.
For they trouble you with their lies, with which they have deceived you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi the daughter of a ruler of Midian, their sister, who was stricken in the day of the plague because of Peor.
Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they be discouraged.
And that year they troubled and oppressed the sons of Israel; all the sons of Israel on the other side of Jordan, in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead, for eighteen years.
And the envy of Ephraim shall depart, and the foes of Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not trouble Ephraim.
For, indeed, coming into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but being troubled in every way, with fightings on the outside, and fears on the inside.
For they persecute him whom You have stricken, and they talk to the grief of those You pierced.
Let us go up against Judah and trouble it, and break her for ourselves, and set a king in the midst of it, the son of Tabeal.
But seeing the crowds, He was moved with compassion on them, because they were tired and scattered like sheep having no shepherd.
And when you come near, across from the sons of Ammon, do not trouble them nor be stirred up against them. For I will not give you any possessions from the land of the sons of Ammon, because I have given it to the sons of Lot for a possession.
Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall dash him at his feet.
He shall send from Heaven, and save me from the scorn of him who would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth His mercy and His truth.
and by the surpassing revelations, lest I be made haughty, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be made haughty.
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and an archer lurks for him.
You shall neither vex a stranger nor oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
And behold, a woman of Canaan coming out of these borders cried to Him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is grievously vexed with a demon.
And King David came to Bahurim. And, behold, a man of the house of Saul came out from there, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera. He came out, and he came cursing.
because he did not remember to do mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, and sought to kill the broken-hearted.
And He saw them toiling in rowing, for the wind was contrary to them. And about the fourth watch of the night He came toward them walking on the sea, and would have passed by them.
from the voice of the enemy, from the oppression of the wicked, for they shake trouble over me, and in wrath they hate me.
And the Devil, leading Him up into a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
And he went up from there to Bethel. And he was going up in the highway. And little boys came out from the city and mocked him, and said to him, Go up, bald head! Go up, bald head!
And Saul took the kingdom over Israel and fought against all his enemies on every side, with Moab, and with the sons of Ammon, and with Edom, and with the kings of Zobah, and with the Philistines. And wherever he turned himself, he troubled them.
While He still spoke, they came from the synagogue ruler's house, saying, Your daughter is dead; why do you still trouble the Teacher?
And at that time Herod the king threw on his hands to oppress some of those of the church.
And also a multitude came from the cities around Jerusalem, bringing sick ones, and those being tormented by unclean spirits, who were all healed.
in every way having been troubled, but not having been hemmed in; having been perplexed, but not utterly at a loss;