רָדַף

For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.

How many days must Your servant wait? When will You execute judgment on my persecutors?

All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me!

Those who follow after wickedness draw near; they are far from Your law.

Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies.

Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word.

Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.

For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.

Genuine righteousness leads to life, but the pursuit of evil brings death.

The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.

Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous.

The LORD detests the way of the wicked, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.

All the brothers of a poor man hate him—how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.

He who pursues righteousness and loving devotion finds life, righteousness, and honor.

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

The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

What exists has already been, and what will be has already been, for God will call to account what has passed.

Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.

Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.

The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.

“No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.

He pursues them, going on safely, hardly touching the path with his feet.

“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.

You understand, O LORD; remember me and attend to me. Avenge me against my persecutors. In Your patience, do not take me away. Know that I endure reproach for Your honor.

Let my persecutors be put to shame, but do not let me be put to shame. Let them be terrified, but do not let me be terrified. Bring upon them the day of disaster and shatter them with double destruction.

But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten.

I will pursue them with sword and famine and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse, a desolation, and an object of scorn and reproach among all the nations to which I banish them.

But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him.

…but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him.

Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.

All the splendor has departed from the Daughter of Zion. Her princes are like deer that find no pasture; they lack the strength to flee in the face of the hunter.

You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without pity.

You will pursue them in anger and exterminate them from under Your heavens, O LORD.

Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.

We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.

…therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will give you over to bloodshed and it will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, it will pursue you.

She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’

So let us know—let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.

But Israel has rejected good; an enemy will pursue him.

Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.

This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged continually, and his fury flamed incessantly.

But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness.