'Seize' in the Bible

But from the days of John the baptist until now, the kingdom of the heavens is taken by violence, and the violent seize on it.

But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.

When they sought to seize Him, they feared the people, because they considered Him to be a prophet.

and took counsel together in order that they might seize Jesus by subtlety and kill him;

Now he that delivered him up had given them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, he it is: seize him.

In that hour Jesus said to the crowds, Are ye come out as against a robber with swords and sticks to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye did not seize me.

When his friends heard it, they went out to seize him: for they said, "He is insane."

But no one can go into a strong man’s house and steal his property unless he first overpowers and ties up the strong man, and then he will ransack and rob his house.

and wherever it doth seize him, it doth tear him, and he foameth, and gnasheth his teeth, and pineth away; and I spake to thy disciples that they may cast it out, and they were not able.'

And they were seeking to seize Him, and yet they feared the people, for they understood that He spoke the parable against them. And so they left Him and went away.

Now the passover and the feast of unleavened bread was after two days. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they might seize him by subtlety and kill him.

Now he that delivered him up had given them a sign between them, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is he; seize him, and lead him away safely.

And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a robber, with swords and staves to seize me?

I was daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye did not seize me; but it is that the scriptures may be fulfilled.

And a certain young man followed him with a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men seize him;

plotting against Him to catch Him in something He might say.

But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you, handing you over to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.

But Jesus replied, “Stop! No more of this.” And He touched the ear and healed him.

Jesus therefore knowing that they were going to come and seize him, that they might make him king, departed again to the mountain himself alone.

Then they tried to seize Him. Yet no one laid a hand on Him because His hour had not yet come.

The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to seize Him.

Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him.

and I give them life eternal; and they shall never perish, and no one shall seize them out of my hand.

My Father who has given them to me is greater than all, and no one can seize out of the hand of my Father.

Then they were trying again to seize Him, yet He eluded their grasp.

and both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that if any one may know where he is, he may shew it, so that they may seize him.

And when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. And those were the days of unleavened bread.

For if, through the transgression of the one individual, Death made use of the one individual to seize the sovereignty, all the more shall those who receive God's overflowing grace and gift of righteousness reign as kings in Life through the one individual, Jesus Christ.

In Damascus the ethnarch of Aretas the king was watching the city of the Damascenes, wishing to seize me,

Pray with unceasing prayer and entreaty on every fitting occasion in the Spirit, and be always on the alert to seize opportunities for doing so, with unwearied persistence and entreaty on behalf of all God's people,

so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us.

Let us seize and hold tightly the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is reliable and trustworthy and faithful [to His word];

Be sober [well balanced and self-disciplined], be alert and cautious at all times. That enemy of yours, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion [fiercely hungry], seeking someone to devour.