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Bible Verses About Fighting Back
Find Bible verses about fighting back — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about fighting back?
The Bible addresses fighting back with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Genesis 19:26
“But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.”
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Matthew 26:52
“Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place, for all those who take the sword will die by the sword.”
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Luke 9:62
“But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God."”
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Acts 5:39
“But if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow it, and you would be found even to be fighting against God!"”
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Isaiah 50:6
“I gave my back to the strikers, and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair; I didn't hide my face from shame and spitting.”
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Proverbs 20:22
“Don't say, "I will pay back evil." Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.”
2 Chronicles 16:9
“For the eyes of Yahweh run back and forth throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein you have done foolishly; for from hencefort...”
Genesis 8:11
“The dove came back to him at evening, and, behold, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off. So Noah knew that the waters were abated from the earth.”
Psalms 114:3
“The sea saw it, and fled. The Jordan was driven back.”
Psalms 126:1
“When Yahweh brought back those who returned to Zion, we were like those who dream.”
Acts 1:11
“who also said, "You men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who was received up from you into the sky will come back in the same way as you saw him going into the sky."”
Romans 2:6
“who "will pay back to everyone according to their works:"”
Exodus 23:4
“"If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.”
Exodus 33:23
“then I will take away my hand, and you will see my back; but my face shall not be seen."”
Ezekiel 39:25
“Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Now will I bring back the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy on the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for my holy name.”
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Job 33:18 — “He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword....”
Psalms 107:27 — “They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end....”
Hebrews 10:38 — “But the righteous will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him."...”
1 Peter 2:23 — “Who, when he was cursed, didn't curse back. When he suffered, didn't threaten, but committed himself...”
Ezekiel 24:14 — “I, Yahweh, have spoken it: it shall happen, and I will do it: I will not go back, neither will I spa...”
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