'Force' in the Bible

But I say to you, Do not make use of force against an evil man; but to him who gives you a blow on the right side of your face let the left be turned.

Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away.

And from the days of John the Baptist till now, the kingdom of heaven is forcing its way in, and men of force take it.

For all the prophets and the law were in force till John.

But he who gives hearing, without doing, is like a man building a house on the earth without a base for it; and when the force of the river came against it, straight away it came down; and the destruction of that house was great.

The law and the prophets were till John: but then came the preaching of the kingdom of God, and everyone makes his way into it by force.

And being in great trouble of soul, the force of his prayer became stronger, and great drops, like blood, came from him, falling to the earth.

Now when Jesus saw that the people were about to come and take him by force to make him a king, he went away again up the mountain by himself.

And when they were not able to get them, they took Jason and some of the brothers by force before the rulers of the town, crying, These men, who have made trouble all over the world have now come here;

And the town was full of noise and trouble, and they all came running into the theatre, having taken by force Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia who were journeying in company with Paul.

And when he came on to the steps, he was lifted up by the armed men, because of the force of the people;

And when the argument became very violent, the chief captain, fearing that Paul would be pulled in two by them, gave orders to the armed men to take him by force from among them, and take him into the army building.

But after a little time, a very violent wind, named Euraquilo, came down from it with great force.

And coming to a point between two seas, they got the ship to land; and the front part was fixed in the sand and not able to be moved, but the back part was broken by the force of the waves.

But the sense of my letter was that if a brother had the name of being one who went after the desires of the flesh, or had the desire for other people's property, or was in the way of using violent language, or being the worse for drink, or took by force what was not his, you might not keep company with such a one, or take food with him.

Or is a thief, or the worse for drink, or makes use of strong language, or takes by force what is not his, will have any part in the kingdom of God.

Let every man do after the purpose of his heart; not giving with grief, or by force: for God takes pleasure in a ready giver.

For his letters, they say, have weight and are strong; but in body he is feeble, and his way of talking has little force.

Those who have the desire to seem important in the flesh, put force on you to undergo circumcision; only that they may not be attacked because of the cross of Christ.

Take care that no one takes you away by force, through man's wisdom and deceit, going after the beliefs of men and the theories of the world, and not after Christ:

But you have put the poor man to shame. Are not the men of wealth rulers over you? do they not take you by force before their judges?

And the stars of heaven were falling to the earth, like green fruit from a tree before the force of a great wind.