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Psalm 143:3 (100.00%)

For the enemy pursues my soul. He has struck my life down to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead.

For the enemy H341 (8802) hath persecuted H7291 (8804) my soul H5315; he hath smitten H1792 my life H2416 down H1792 (8765) to the ground H776; he hath made me to dwell H3427 (8689) in darkness H4285, as those that have been long H5769 dead H4191 (8801).

For an enemy hath pursued my soul, He hath bruised to the earth my life, He hath caused me to dwell in dark places, As the dead of old.

Proverbs 11:19 (100.00%)

He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death.

As righteousness H6666 [tendeth] to life H2416: so he that pursueth H7291 (8764) evil H7451 [pursueth it] to his own death H4194.

Rightly is righteousness for life, And whoso is pursuing evil-for his own death.

Proverbs 12:11 (100.00%)

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.

He that tilleth H5647 (8802) his land H127 shall be satisfied H7646 (8799) with bread H3899: but he that followeth H7291 (8764) vain H7386 [persons is] void H2638 of understanding H3820.

Whoso is tilling the ground is satisfied with bread, And whoso is pursuing vanities is lacking heart,

Proverbs 13:21 (100.00%)

Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

Evil H7451 pursueth H7291 (8762) sinners H2400: but to the righteous H6662 good H2896 shall be repayed H7999 (8762).

Evil pursueth sinners, And good recompenseth the righteous.

Proverbs 15:9 (100.00%)

The way of the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but he loves him who follows after righteousness.

The way H1870 of the wicked H7563 [is] an abomination H8441 unto the LORD H3068: but he loveth H157 (8799) him that followeth H7291 (8764) after righteousness H6666.

An abomination to Jehovah is the way of the wicked, And whoso is pursuing righteousness He loveth.

Proverbs 19:7 (100.00%)

All the relatives of the poor shun him; how much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.

All the brethren H251 of the poor H7326 (8802) do hate H8130 (8804) him: how much more do his friends H4828 go far H7368 (8804) from him? he pursueth H7291 (8764) [them with] words H561, [yet] they [are] wanting [to him].

All the brethren of the poor have hated him, Surely also his friends have been far from him, He is pursuing words-they are not!

Proverbs 21:21 (100.00%)

He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life, righteousness, and honor.

He that followeth H7291 (8802) after righteousness H6666 and mercy H2617 findeth H4672 (8799) life H2416, righteousness H6666, and honour H3519.

Whoso is pursuing righteousness and kindness, Findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

Proverbs 28:1 (100.00%)

The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

The wicked H7563 flee H5127 (8804) when no man pursueth H7291 (8802): but the righteous H6662 are bold H982 (8799) as a lion H3715.

The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident.

Proverbs 28:19 (100.00%)

One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

He that tilleth H5647 (8802) his land H127 shall have plenty H7646 (8799) of bread H3899: but he that followeth H7291 (8764) after vain H7386 [persons] shall have poverty enough H7389.

Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied with bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled with poverty.

Ecclesiastes 3:15 (100.00%)

That which is has been long ago, and that which is to be has been long ago. God seeks again that which is passed away.

That which hath been is now H3528; and that which is to be hath already H3528 been; and God H430 requireth H1245 (8762) that which is past H7291 (8737).

What is that which hath been? already it is, and that which is to be hath already been, and God requireth that which is pursued.

Isaiah 1:23 (100.00%)

Your princes are rebellious and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes and follows after rewards. They don’t defend the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.

Thy princes H8269 [are] rebellious H5637 (8802), and companions H2270 of thieves H1590: every one loveth H157 (8802) gifts H7810, and followeth H7291 (8802) after rewards H8021: they judge H8199 (8799) not the fatherless H3490, neither doth the cause H7379 of the widow H490 come H935 (8799) unto them.

Thy princes are apostates, and companions of thieves, Every one loving a bribe, and pursuing rewards, The fatherless they judge not, And the plea of the widow cometh not to them.

Isaiah 5:11 (100.00%)

Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink, who stay late into the night, until wine inflames them!

Woe H1945 unto them that rise up early H7925 (8688) in the morning H1242, [that] they may follow H7291 (8799) strong drink H7941; that continue H309 (8764) until night H5399, [till] wine H3196 inflame H1814 (8686) them!

Woe to those rising early in the morning, Strong drink they pursue! Tarrying in twilight, wine inflameth them!

Isaiah 17:13 (100.00%)

The nations will rush like the rushing of many waters, but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far off, and will be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.

The nations H3816 shall rush H7582 (8735) like the rushing H7588 of many H7227 waters H4325: but [God] shall rebuke H1605 (8804) them, and they shall flee H5127 (8804) far off H4801, and shall be chased H7291 (8795) as the chaff H4671 of the mountains H2022 before H6440 the wind H7307, and like a rolling thing H1534 before H6440 the whirlwind H5492.

Nations as the wasting of many waters are wasted, And He hath pushed against it, And it hath fled afar off, And been pursued as chaff of hills before wind, And as a rolling thing before a hurricane.

Isaiah 30:16 (100.00%)

but you said, “No, for we will flee on horses;” therefore you will flee; and, “We will ride on the swift;” therefore those who pursue you will be swift.

But ye said H559 (8799), No; for we will flee H5127 (8799) upon horses H5483; therefore shall ye flee H5127 (8799): and, We will ride H7392 (8799) upon the swift H7031; therefore shall they that pursue H7291 (8802) you be swift H7043 (8735).

And ye say, No, for on a horse we flee? Therefore ye flee, And on the swift we ride! Therefore swift are your pursuers.

Isaiah 41:3 (100.00%)

He pursues them and passes by safely, even by a way that he had not gone with his feet.

He pursued H7291 (8799) them, [and] passed H5674 (8799) safely H7965; [even] by the way H734 [that] he had not gone H935 (8799) with his feet H7272.

He pursueth them, he passeth over in safety A path with his feet he entereth not.

Isaiah 51:1 (100.00%)

“Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek Yahweh. Look to the rock you were cut from, and to the quarry you were dug from.

Hearken H8085 (8798) to me, ye that follow after H7291 (8802) righteousness H6664, ye that seek H1245 (8764) the LORD H3068: look H5027 (8685) unto the rock H6697 [whence] ye are hewn H2672 (8795), and to the hole H4718 of the pit H953 [whence] ye are digged H5365 (8795).

Hearken unto Me, ye pursuing righteousness, Seeking Jehovah, Look attentively unto the rock-ye have been hewn, And unto the hole of the pit-ye have been digged.

Jeremiah 15:15 (100.00%)

Yahweh, you know. Remember me, visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors. You are patient, so don’t take me away. Know that for your sake I have suffered reproach.

O LORD H3068, thou knowest H3045 (8804): remember H2142 (8798) me, and visit H6485 (8798) me, and revenge H5358 (8734) me of my persecutors H7291 (8802); take me not away H3947 (8799) in thy longsuffering H639 H750: know H3045 (8798) that for thy sake I have suffered H5375 (8800) rebuke H2781.

Thou, Thou hast known, O Jehovah, Remember me, and inspect me, And take vengeance for me of my pursuers, In Thy long-suffering take me not away, Know-I have borne for Thee reproach.

Jeremiah 17:18 (100.00%)

Let them be disappointed who persecute me, but don’t let me be disappointed. Let them be dismayed, but don’t let me be dismayed. Bring on them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.

Let them be confounded H954 (8799) that persecute H7291 (8802) me, but let not me be confounded H954 (8799): let them be dismayed H2865 (8735), but let not me be dismayed H2865 (8735): bring H935 (8687) upon them the day H3117 of evil H7451, and destroy H7665 (8798) them with double H4932 destruction H7670.

Let my pursuers be ashamed, and let not me be ashamed-me! Let them be affrighted, and let not me be affrighted-me! Bring in on them a day of evil, And a second time with destruction destroy them.

Jeremiah 20:11 (100.00%)

But Yahweh is with me as an awesome mighty one. Therefore my persecutors will stumble, and they won’t prevail. They will be utterly disappointed because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which will never be forgotten.

But the LORD H3068 [is] with me as a mighty H1368 terrible one H6184: therefore my persecutors H7291 (8802) shall stumble H3782 (8735), and they shall not prevail H3201 (8799): they shall be greatly H3966 ashamed H954 (8804); for they shall not prosper H7919 (8689): [their] everlasting H5769 confusion H3639 shall never be forgotten H7911 (8735).

And Jehovah is with me, as a terrible mighty one, Therefore my persecutors stumble and prevail not, They have been exceedingly ashamed, For they have not acted wisely, Confusion age-during is not forgotten.

Jeremiah 29:18 (100.00%)

I will pursue after them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an object of horror, an astonishment, a hissing, and a reproach among all the nations where I have driven them,

And I will persecute H7291 (8804) them H310 with the sword H2719, with the famine H7458, and with the pestilence H1698, and will deliver H5414 (8804) them to be removed H2189 (8675) H2113 to all the kingdoms H4467 of the earth H776, to be a curse H423, and an astonishment H8047, and an hissing H8322, and a reproach H2781, among all the nations H1471 whither I have driven H5080 (8689) them:

And I have pursued after them with sword, with famine, and with pestilence, and have given them for a trembling to all kingdoms of the earth, for a curse and for an astonishment, and for a hissing, and for a reproach among all the nations whither I have driven them,

Jeremiah 39:5 (100.00%)

But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. When they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he pronounced judgment on him.

But the Chaldeans H3778’ army H2428 pursued H7291 (8799) after H310 them, and overtook H5381 (8686) Zedekiah H6667 in the plains H6160 of Jericho H3405: and when they had taken H3947 (8799) him, they brought him up H5927 (8686) to Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 to Riblah H7247 in the land H776 of Hamath H2574, where he gave H1696 (8762) judgment H4941 upon him.

And the forces of the Chaldeans pursue after them, and overtake Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and they take him, and bring him up unto Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, to Riblah, in the land of Hamath, and he speaketh with him-judgments.

Jeremiah 52:8 (100.00%)

but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.

But the army H2428 of the Chaldeans H3778 pursued H7291 (8799) after H310 the king H4428, and overtook H5381 (8686) Zedekiah H6667 in the plains H6160 of Jericho H3405; and all his army H2428 was scattered H6327 (8738) from him.

And the forces of the Chaldeans pursue after the king, and overtake Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and all his forces have been scattered from him,

Lamentations 1:3 (100.00%)

Judah has gone into captivity because of affliction and because of great servitude. She dwells among the nations. She finds no rest. All her persecutors overtook her in her distress.

Judah H3063 is gone into captivity H1540 (8804) because of affliction H6040, and because of great H7230 servitude H5656: she dwelleth H3427 (8804) among the heathen H1471, she findeth H4672 (8804) no rest H4494: all her persecutors H7291 (8802) overtook H5381 (8689) her between the straits H4712.

Removed hath Judah because of affliction, And because of the abundance of her service; She hath dwelt among nations, She hath not found rest, All her pursuers have overtaken her between the straits.

Lamentations 1:6 (100.00%)

All majesty has departed from the daughter of Zion. Her princes have become like deer that find no pasture. They have gone without strength before the pursuer.

And from the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726 all her beauty H1926 is departed H3318 (8799): her princes H8269 are become like harts H354 [that] find H4672 (8804) no pasture H4829, and they are gone H3212 (8799) without strength H3581 before H6440 the pursuer H7291 (8802).

And go out from the daughter of Zion doth all her honour, Her princes have been as harts- They have not found pasture, And they go powerless before a pursuer.

Lamentations 3:43 (100.00%)

“You have covered us with anger and pursued us. You have killed. You have not pitied.

Thou hast covered H5526 (8804) with anger H639, and persecuted H7291 (8799) us: thou hast slain H2026 (8804), thou hast not pitied H2550 (8804).

Thou hast covered Thyself with anger, And dost pursue us; Thou hast slain-Thou hast not pitied.

Lamentations 3:66 (100.00%)

You will pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Yahweh.

Persecute H7291 (8799) and destroy H8045 (8686) them in anger H639 from under the heavens H8064 of the LORD H3068.

Thou pursuest in anger, and destroyest them, From under the heavens of Jehovah!

Lamentations 4:19 (100.00%)

Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky. They chased us on the mountains. They set an ambush for us in the wilderness.

Our persecutors H7291 (8802) are swifter H7031 than the eagles H5404 of the heaven H8064: they pursued H1814 (8804) us upon the mountains H2022, they laid wait H693 (8804) for us in the wilderness H4057.

Swifter have been our pursuers, Than the eagles of the heavens, On the mountains they have burned after us, In the wilderness they have laid wait for us.

Lamentations 5:5 (100.00%)

Our pursuers are on our necks. We are weary, and have no rest.

Our necks H6677 [are] under persecution H7291 (8738): we labour H3021 (8804), [and] have no rest H5117 (8717).

For our neck we have been pursued, We have laboured-there hath been no rest for us.

Ezekiel 35:6 (100.00%)

therefore, as I live,” says the Lord Yahweh, “I will prepare you for blood, and blood will pursue you. Since you have not hated blood, therefore blood will pursue you.

Therefore, [as] I live H2416, saith H5002 (8803) the Lord H136 GOD H3069, I will prepare H6213 (8799) thee unto blood H1818, and blood H1818 shall pursue H7291 (8799) thee: sith H518 thou hast not hated H8130 (8804) blood H1818, even blood H1818 shall pursue H7291 (8799) thee.

Therefore, I live-an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Surely for blood I do appoint thee, And blood doth pursue thee, If blood thou hast not hated, Blood also doth pursue thee.

Hosea 2:7 (100.00%)

She will follow after her lovers, but she won’t overtake them; and she will seek them, but won’t find them. Then she will say, ‘I will go and return to my first husband, for then it was better with me than now.’

And she shall follow H7291 (8765) after her lovers H157 (8764), but she shall not overtake H5381 (8686) them; and she shall seek H1245 (8765) them, but shall not find H4672 (8799) [them]: then shall she say H559 (8804), I will go H3212 (8799) and return H7725 (8799) to my first H7223 husband H376; for then [was it] better H2896 with me than now H6258.

And she hath pursued her lovers, And she doth not overtake them, And hath sought them, and doth not find, And she hath said: I go, and I turn back unto My first husband, For-better to me then than now.

Hosea 6:3 (100.00%)

Let’s acknowledge Yahweh. Let’s press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.”

Then shall we know H3045 (8799), [if] we follow H7291 (8799) on to know H3045 (8800) the LORD H3068: his going forth H4161 is prepared H3559 (8737) as the morning H7837; and he shall come H935 (8799) unto us as the rain H1653, as the latter H4456 [and] former rain H3384 (8802) unto the earth H776.

And we know-we pursue to know Jehovah, As the dawn prepared is His going forth, And He cometh in as a shower to us, As gathered rain-sprinkling earth.’

Hosea 8:3 (100.00%)

Israel has cast off that which is good. The enemy will pursue him.

Israel H3478 hath cast off H2186 (8804) [the thing that is] good H2896: the enemy H341 (8802) shall pursue H7291 (8799) him.

Cast off good hath Israel, an enemy pursueth him.

Hosea 12:1 (100.00%)

Ephraim feeds on wind, and chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.

Ephraim H669 feedeth H7462 (8802) on wind H7307, and followeth H7291 (8802) after the east wind H6921: he daily H3117 increaseth H7235 (8686) lies H3577 and desolation H7701; and they do make H3772 (8799) a covenant H1285 with the Assyrians H804, and oil H8081 is carried H2986 (8714) into Egypt H4714.

Ephraim is enjoying wind, And is pursuing an east wind, All the day lying and spoiling he multiplieth, And a covenant with Asshur they make, And oil to Egypt is carried.

Amos 1:11 (100.00%)

Yahweh says: “For three transgressions of Edom, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and cast off all pity, and his anger raged continually, and he kept his wrath forever;

Thus saith H559 (8804) the LORD H3068; For three H7969 transgressions H6588 of Edom H123, and for four H702, I will not turn away H7725 (8686) [the punishment] thereof; because he did pursue H7291 (8800) his brother H251 with the sword H2719, and did cast off H7843 (8765) all pity H7356, and his anger H639 did tear H2963 (8799) perpetually H5703, and he kept H8104 (8804) his wrath H5678 for ever H5331:

Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Edom, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of his pursuing with a sword his brother, And he hath destroyed his mercies, And tear perpetually doth his anger, And his wrath-he hath kept it for ever,

Nahum 1:8 (100.00%)

But with an overflowing flood, he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.

But with an overrunning H5674 (8802) flood H7858 he will make H6213 (8799) an utter end H3617 of the place H4725 thereof, and darkness H2822 shall pursue H7291 (8762) his enemies H341 (8802).

And with a flood passing over, An end He maketh of its place, And His enemies doth darkness pursue.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.