17 occurrences

'Pursuing' in the Bible

And I will set my face against you, and you shall be defeated {before} your enemies; and your haters shall rule over you, and you shall flee away, but there shall not be {anybody who is pursuing} you.

Verse ConceptsFace Of GoddefeatPursuingGuilty FearGod OpposingUnsuitable Rule

And behold, Barak [was] pursuing Sisera, and Jael went out to meet him, and she said to him, "Come, and I will show you the man whom you [are] seeking." And he came with her and saw that Sisera was lying dead with the peg in his temple.

Verse ConceptsPeople Made KnownThose Looking For People

Then Gideon came to the Jordan, crossing it with the three hundred men who [were] with him, weary and pursuing.

Verse ConceptsPursuing PeopleTirednessThree To Four HundredThree Hundred And AboveTired In PursuitNot Giving Uptiredgideon

He said to the men of Succoth, "Please give loaves of bread to the people who [are] {following me}, for they [are] weary, and I am pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian."

Verse ConceptsFeeding Groups

Saul went up from [pursuing the] Philistines, and [the] Philistines went to their place.

Verse ConceptsGroups going home

Then the {Israelites} returned from pursuing [the] Philistines and plundered their camp.

Verse ConceptsSpoils Of War

So Saul returned from pursuing David, and he went to confront [the] Philistines. Therefore, they called that place the Rock of Division.

Verse ConceptsEscapingEscaping From People

When Saul returned from [pursuing the] Philistines, they told him, "Look, David [is] in the wilderness of En Gedi."

Verse ConceptsDeserts, SpecificTelling Of Movementssaul

After whom did the king of Israel go out? After whom are you pursuing? After a dead dog? After one flea?

Verse ConceptsdogsInsectsPersecution, Nature OfFleasI Am Unimportantbugsrelentless

Then he said, "Why [is] my lord pursuing after his servant? For what have I done? And what evil [is] in my hand?

Verse ConceptsWhat Sin?

Then Abner called to Joab and said, "Will [the] sword devour forever? Do you not know that [there] will be bitterness in the end? {How long} will you not tell the people to turn {away from pursuing} their brothers?"

Verse ConceptsPursuing PeopleEternal Judgement

After Joab returned from [pursuing] Abner, he gathered all the people; nineteen of the servants of David [were] missing [along] with Asahel.

Verse ConceptsNineteen

Then Joab blew on the trumpet and the troops returned from pursuing after Israel, for Joab kept back the troops.

Verse ConceptsTrumpets To Stop Fighting

Then Gad came to David, and he told him and said to him, "Shall seven years of famine in the land come to you? Or three months of your fleeing from your enemies while he [is] pursuing you? Or should there be three days of pestilence in your land? Now consider and decide what I must return to the one who sent me a word."

Verse ConceptsFugitivesThree DaysTwo To Four MonthsThree YearsFamine ComingFamine Will ComeGod Will Cause Defeat

Let their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of Yahweh pursuing them.

Verse ConceptsWalking In DarknessSlipperynessDarkness Of EvilEvil WaysPersecutionPaths

Ephraim herds [the] wind and [is] pursuing [the] east wind all day long; he multiplies deception and violence and he {makes a treaty with Assyria}, and oil is brought to Egypt.

Verse ConceptsAliancesFeedingFalse ConfidenceIdolatry, Objections ToTreatyWindForbidden AlliancesPursuing ViolenceOut Of The EastThe East Wind

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