Leviticus 26:36

New American Bible - revised edition

Those of you who survive in the lands of their enemies, I will make so fainthearted that the sound of a driven leaf will pursue them, and they shall run as if from the sword, and fall though no one pursues them;

Cross References

Genesis 35:5

Then, as they set out, a great terror fell upon the surrounding towns, so that no one pursued the sons of Jacob.

Genesis 4:12

If you till the ground, it shall no longer give you its produce. You shall become a constant wanderer on the earth.

2 Chronicles 14:14

They also attacked the tents of the cattle-herders and carried off a great number of sheep and camels. Then they returned to Jerusalem.

Job 13:25

Will you harass a wind-driven leaf or pursue a withered straw?

Psalm 53:5

Do they not know better, those who do evil, who feed upon my people as they feed upon bread? Have they not called upon God?

Psalm 53:6

They are going to fear his name with great fear, though they had not feared it before. For God will scatter the bones of those encamped against you. They will surely be put to shame, for God has rejected them.

Psalm 89:43

You have exalted the right hand of his foes, have gladdened all his enemies.

Proverbs 28:1

The wicked flee though none pursue; but the just, like a lion, are confident.

Isaiah 30:17

A thousand shall tremble at the threat of one— if five threaten, you shall flee. You will then be left like a flagstaff on a mountaintop, like a flag on a hill.

Isaiah 7:2

When word came to the house of David that Aram had allied itself with Ephraim, the heart of the king and heart of the people trembled, as the trees of the forest tremble in the wind.

Isaiah 7:4

and say to him: Take care you remain calm and do not fear; do not let your courage fail before these two stumps of smoldering brands, the blazing anger of Rezin and the Arameans and of the son of Remaliah—

Jeremiah 37:10

Even if you could defeat the whole Chaldean army that is now attacking you, and only the wounded remained, each in his tent, these would rise up and destroy the city with fire.

Jeremiah 46:16

he stumbled repeatedly then collapsed. They said to each other, “Get up! We must return to our own people, To the land of our birth, away from the destroying sword.”

Lamentations 1:3

Judah has gone into exile, after oppression and harsh labor; She dwells among the nations, yet finds no rest: All her pursuers overtake her in the narrow straits.

Lamentations 1:6

From daughter Zion has gone all her glory: Her princes have become like rams that find no pasture. They have gone off exhausted before their pursuers.

Lamentations 4:19

Our pursuers were swifter than eagles in the sky, In the mountains they were hot on our trail, they ambushed us in the wilderness.

Ezekiel 21:12

When they ask you, “Why are you groaning?” you shall say: Because of what I heard! When it comes every heart shall melt, every hand fall helpless; every spirit will grow faint, and every knee run with water. See, it is coming, it is here!—oracle of the Lord God. Song of the Sword.

Ezekiel 21:15

Sharpened to make a slaughter, burnished to flash lightning! Why should I stop now? You have rejected the rod and every judgment!

Ezekiel 21:7

Son of man, turn your face toward Jerusalem: preach against its sanctuary, prophesy against the land of Israel.

Hosea 8:3

But Israel has rejected what is good; the enemy shall pursue him.

Leviticus 26:17

I will turn against you, and you will be beaten down before your enemies and your foes will lord it over you. You will flee though no one pursues you.

Leviticus 26:35

during all the time that it lies desolate, enjoying the rest that you would not let it have on your sabbaths when you lived there.

Deuteronomy 1:44

Then the Amorites living in that hill country came out against you and put you to flight the way bees do, cutting you down in Seir as far as Hormah.

Joshua 5:1

When all the kings of the Amorites to the west of the Jordan and all the kings of the Canaanites by the sea heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until they crossed over, their hearts melted and they were utterly dispirited because of the Israelites.

Joshua 7:5

who killed some thirty-six of them. They pursued them from the city gate to the Shebarim, and defeated them on the descent, so that the confidence of the people melted away like water.

1 Samuel 17:24

When the Israelites saw the man, they all retreated before him, terrified.