23 Bible Verses about Pursuing People
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Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord;
And you will put to flight those who are against you, and they will be put to death by your swords.
Then five of you will put to flight a hundred, and a hundred of you will put to flight ten thousand, and all who are against you will be put to death by your swords.
One man of you is able to put to flight a thousand; for it is the Lord your God who is fighting for you, as he has said to you.
How would it be possible for one to overcome a thousand, and two to send ten thousand in flight, if their rock had not let them go, if the Lord had not given them up?
A thousand will go in fear before one; even before five you will go in flight: till you are like a pillar by itself on the top of a mountain, and like a flag on a hill.
But do you, without waiting, go after their army, attacking them from the back; do not let them get into their towns, for the Lord your God has given them into your hands.
Then Gideon came to Jordan and went over it with his three hundred, overcome with weariness and in need of food.
So the men went after them on the road to Jordan as far as the river-crossing: and when they had gone out after them, the door into the town was shut.
I go after my haters and overtake them; not turning back till they are all overcome.
I go after my haters and overtake them; not turning back till they are all overcome.
Let my hater go after my soul and take it; let my life be crushed to the earth, and my honour into the dust. (Selah.)
Saying, No, for we will go in flight on horses; so you will certainly go in flight: and, We will go on the backs of quick-running beasts; so those who go after you will be quick-footed.
Saying, God has given him up; go after him and take him, for he has no helper.
The evil-doer in his pride is cruel to the poor; let him be taken by the tricks of his invention.
Egypt said, I will go after them, I will overtake, I will make division of their goods: my desire will have its way with them; my sword will be uncovered, my hand will send destruction on them.
Those who went after us were quicker than the eagles of the heaven, driving us before them on the mountains, waiting secretly for us in the waste land.
Judah has been taken away as a prisoner because of trouble and hard work; her living-place is among the nations, there is no rest for her: all her attackers have overtaken her in a narrow place.
Our attackers are on our necks: overcome with weariness, we have no rest.
Then crying out to Joab, Abner said, Are fighting and destruction to go on for ever? do you not see that the end will only be bitter? how long will it be before you send the people back and make them give up attacking their countrymen?
For this cause, by my life, says the Lord, because you have been sinning through blood, blood will come after you.