But they replied, “Stand back!” Also, they said, “This man came here as an alien, and he keeps acting like a judge. We will deal worse with you than with them.” So they pressed hard against Lot, and came close to breaking down the door.

Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I put the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.”

The Oil for the Lamp

You shall command the children of Israel that they bring you pure oil of olive pressed for the light, to cause the lamp to burn continually.

They press out oil within their walls and tread their winepresses, yet suffer thirst.

For Your arrows pierce me, and Your hand presses down on me.

because of the voice of the enemy, because of the pressure of the wicked, for they cause trouble to drop on me, and in wrath they have animosity against me.

so your barns will be filled with plenty, and your presses will burst out with new wine.

They shall pass through the land hard-pressed and hungry; when they are hungry, they shall be furious and curse their king and their God as they look upward.

Gladness and joy are taken away out of the plentiful field, and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, nor shall there be shouting; the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses. I have made their vintage shouting to cease.

And they committed harlotries in Egypt. They committed harlotries in their youth. There their breasts were pressed, and there their virgin bosom was handled.

Let us know, let us press on to know the Lord. His appearance is as sure as the dawn. He will come to us like the rain; like the spring rains He will water the earth.

For He had healed many, so that all who had diseases pressed on Him to touch Him.

So Jesus went with him. And many people followed Him and pressed in on Him.

His disciples said to Him, “You see the crowd pressing against You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’ ”

The Calling of the First Disciples

As the people pressed upon Him to hear the word of God, He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret

Give, and it will be given to you: Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will men give unto you. For with the measure you use, it will be measured unto you.”

Jesus said, “Who touched Me?” When everyone denied it, Peter and those who were with Him said, “Master, the crowds are pressing against You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’ ”

The Demand for a Sign

When the crowds pressed upon Him, He began to say, “This is an evil generation. It looks for a sign, but no sign will be given it except the sign of Jonah the prophet.

But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how pressed I am until it is accomplished!

“The Law and the Prophets were preached until John. Since then the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is pressing into it.

For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around you and surround you, and press you in on every side.

When Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul was pressed by the Spirit and testified to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

So if Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a complaint against anyone, the courts are open and there are proconsuls. Let them press charges against one another.

For we would not, brothers, have you ignorant of our troubles which came to us in Asia. We were pressured beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life.

Beside the external things, the care of all the churches pressures me daily.