Concordance

“Enemy” in the Bible

356 verses contain “enemy” (including word forms) in the Berean Standard Bible — the first 150 are listed below.

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Genesis 14:20 and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.
Genesis 22:17 … seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their…
Genesis 24:60 And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”
Genesis 49:8 Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you.
Exodus 1:10 Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”
Exodus 15:6 Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy.
Exodus 15:9 The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’
Exodus 23:4 If you encounter your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.
Exodus 23:22 But if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.
Exodus 23:27 I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.
Exodus 32:25 Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them run wild and become a laughingstock to their enemies.
Leviticus 26:7 You will pursue your enemies, and they will fall by the sword before you.
Leviticus 26:8 Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.
Leviticus 26:16 …ain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat…
Leviticus 26:17 And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.
Leviticus 26:25 …e among you, and you will be delivered into the hand of the…
Leviticus 26:32 And I will lay waste the land, so that your enemies who dwell in it will be appalled.
Leviticus 26:34 Then the land shall enjoy its Sabbaths all the days it lies desolate, while you are in the land of your enemies. At that time the land will rest and enjoy its Sabbaths.
Leviticus 26:36 …ll send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees…
Leviticus 26:37 They will stumble over one another as before the sword, though no one is behind them. So you will not be able to stand against your enemies.
Leviticus 26:38 You will perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies will consume you.
Leviticus 26:39 Those of you who survive in the lands of your enemies will waste away in their iniquity and will decay in the sins of their fathers.
Leviticus 26:41 …stility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and if their uncircumcised hearts will be humbled and they will make amends for their…
Leviticus 26:44 Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject or despise them so as to destroy them and break My covenant with them; for I am the…
Numbers 10:9 … be remembered before the LORD your God and saved from your…
Numbers 10:35 Whenever the ark set out, Moses would say, “Rise up, O LORD! May Your enemies be scattered; may those who hate You flee before You.”
Numbers 14:42 Do not go up, lest you be struck down by your enemies, because the LORD is not among you.
Numbers 23:11 Then Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you here to curse my enemies, and behold, you have only blessed them!”
Numbers 24:10 …ds together and said to Balaam, “I summoned you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have persisted in blessing them these three…
Numbers 24:18 Edom will become a possession, as will Seir, his enemy; but Israel will perform with valor.
Numbers 32:21 and if every one of your armed men crosses the Jordan before the LORD, until He has driven His enemies out before Him,
Numbers 35:23 or without looking drops a heavy stone that kills him, but he was not an enemy and did not intend to harm him,
Deuteronomy 1:42 But the LORD said to me, “Tell them not to go up and fight, for I am not with you to keep you from defeat by your enemies.”
Deuteronomy 6:19 driving out all your enemies before you, as the LORD has said.
Deuteronomy 12:10 …g you as an inheritance, and He gives you rest from all the enemies around you and you dwell…
Deuteronomy 20:1 When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you out…
Deuteronomy 20:3 saying to them, “Hear, O Israel, today you are going into battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not be alarmed or terrified because of them.
Deuteronomy 20:4 For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.”
Deuteronomy 20:14 …ou may take as plunder, and you shall use the spoil of your enemies that the LORD your God gives…
Deuteronomy 21:10 When you go to war against your enemies and the LORD your God delivers them into your hand and you take them captive,
Deuteronomy 23:9 When you are encamped against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every wicked thing.
Deuteronomy 23:14 … walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, lest He see anything unclean among you and turn away from…
Deuteronomy 25:19 When the LORD your God gives you rest from the enemies around you in the land that He is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you are to blot out the memory of…
Deuteronomy 28:7 The LORD will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you. They will march out against you in one direction but flee from you in seven.
Deuteronomy 28:25 The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror…
Deuteronomy 28:31 …y and not returned to you. Your flock will be given to your enemies, and no one will save…
Deuteronomy 28:48 you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed…
Deuteronomy 28:53 …your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on…
Deuteronomy 28:55 …use he has nothing left in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within all your…
Deuteronomy 28:57 …r lack of anything else in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within your…
Deuteronomy 28:68 …uld never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy…
Deuteronomy 30:7 Then the LORD your God will put all these curses upon your enemies who hate you and persecute you.
Deuteronomy 32:27 if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.’”
Deuteronomy 32:31 For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede.
Deuteronomy 32:42 I will make My arrows drunk with blood, while My sword devours flesh— the blood of the slain and captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.”
Deuteronomy 33:27 The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’
Deuteronomy 33:29 …hield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high…
Joshua 5:13 …Joshua approached Him and asked, “Are You for us or for our…
Joshua 7:8 O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies?
Joshua 7:12 This is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They will turn their backs and run from their enemies, because they themselves have been set apart for…
Joshua 7:13 …hings devoted to destruction. You cannot stand against your enemies until you remove…
Joshua 10:13 …d the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance upon its enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? “So the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed…
Joshua 10:19 But you, do not stop there. Pursue your enemies and attack them from behind. Do not let them reach their cities, for the LORD your God has delivered them into your hand.”
Joshua 10:25 “Do not be afraid or discouraged,” Joshua said. “Be strong and courageous, for the LORD will do this to all the enemies you fight.”
Joshua 21:44 … side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their…
Joshua 22:8 …y many clothes. Divide with your brothers the spoil of your…
Joshua 23:1 A long time after the LORD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, when Joshua was old and well along in years,
Judges 2:14 …se who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to…
Judges 2:18 … was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under those who…
Judges 3:28 “Follow me,” he told them, “for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they followed him down and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to…
Judges 5:31 So may all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.
Judges 8:24 Then he added, “Let me make a request of you, that each of you give me an earring from his plunder.” (For the enemies had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)
Judges 8:34 The Israelites failed to remember the LORD their God who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side.
Judges 11:36 “My father,” she replied, “you have given your word to the LORD. Do to me as you have said, for the LORD has avenged you of your enemies, the Ammonites.”
Judges 16:23 …. They rejoiced and said, “Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our…
Judges 16:24 And when the people saw him, they praised their god, saying: “Our god has delivered into our hands our enemy who destroyed our land and multiplied our dead.”
1 Samuel 2:1 At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD in whom my horn is exalted. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.
1 Samuel 4:3 …, so that it may go with us to save us from the hand of our…
1 Samuel 12:10 … Baals and Ashtoreths. Now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, that we may serve…
1 Samuel 12:11 So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely.
1 Samuel 14:24 …ny food before evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies.” So none of the troops tasted any…
1 Samuel 14:30 …ad eaten freely today from the plunder they took from their enemies! Would not the slaughter of the Philistines have been much…
1 Samuel 14:47 …assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side—the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines.…
1 Samuel 18:25 … dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the…
1 Samuel 18:29 he grew even more afraid of David. So from then on Saul was David’s enemy.
1 Samuel 19:17 …d to Michal, “Why did you deceive me like this? You sent my enemy away and he has escaped!” Michal replied, “He said to me, ‘Help me get away, or I will kill…
1 Samuel 20:15 and do not ever cut off your loving devotion from my household—not even when the LORD cuts off every one of David’s enemies from the face of the earth.”
1 Samuel 20:16 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the LORD hold David’s enemies accountable.”
1 Samuel 24:4 …ut which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do with him as you wish.’” Then David crept up secretly and cut off a…
1 Samuel 24:19 When a man finds his enemy, does he let him go away unharmed? May the LORD reward you with good for what you have done for me this day.
1 Samuel 25:26 …loodshed and avenging yourself with your own hand. May your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be like…
1 Samuel 25:29 …le of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a…
1 Samuel 26:8 Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the spear through him into the ground with one stroke. I…
1 Samuel 28:16 “Why do you consult me,” asked Samuel, “since the LORD has turned away from you and become your enemy?
1 Samuel 29:8 …til today, to keep me from going along to fight against the enemies of my lord the…
1 Samuel 30:26 When David arrived in Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, “Here is a gift for you from the plunder of the LORD’s enemies.”
2 Samuel 3:18 Now take action, because the LORD has said to David, ‘Through My servant David I will save My people Israel from the hands of the Philistines and of all their enemies.’”
2 Samuel 4:8 …he king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. Today the LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his…
2 Samuel 5:20 …, “Like a bursting flood, the LORD has burst out against my enemies before me.” So he called that place…
2 Samuel 7:1 After the king had settled into his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him,
2 Samuel 7:9 I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like the greatest in the land.
2 Samuel 7:11 …s over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that He Himself will establish a house for…
2 Samuel 11:16 So as Joab besieged the city, he assigned Uriah to a place where he saw the strongest enemy soldiers.
2 Samuel 18:19 Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, “Please let me run and tell the king the good news that the LORD has avenged him of his enemies.”
2 Samuel 18:32 …eplied, “May what has become of the young man happen to the enemies of my lord the king and to all who rise up against you to harm…
2 Samuel 19:9 …ael were arguing, “The king rescued us from the hand of our enemies and delivered us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled the land because of…
2 Samuel 22:1 And David sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
2 Samuel 22:4 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.
2 Samuel 22:18 He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.
2 Samuel 22:38 I pursued my enemies and destroyed them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.
2 Samuel 22:41 You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me.
2 Samuel 22:49 who frees me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.
2 Samuel 24:13 …e in your land, three months of fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply to Him…
1 Kings 3:11 …questing long life or wealth for yourself or death for your enemies—but you have asked for discernment to administer…
1 Kings 5:3 …for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD had put his enemies under his…
1 Kings 8:33 When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading with You in…
1 Kings 8:37 … blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemy besieges them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may…
1 Kings 8:44 When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to the LORD in the direction of the city You have chosen and the house I…
1 Kings 8:46 …t sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to his own land, whether far or…
1 Kings 8:48 …urn to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray to You in the direction of the land that You gave to their…
1 Kings 11:25 Rezon was Israel’s enemy throughout the days of Solomon, adding to the trouble caused by Hadad. So Rezon ruled over Aram with hostility toward Israel.
1 Kings 21:20 …ah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” He replied, “I have found you out because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the…
2 Kings 17:39 but worship the LORD your God, and He will deliver you from the hands of all your enemies.”
2 Kings 21:14 So I will forsake the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hands of their enemies. And they will become plunder and spoil to all their enemies,
1 Chronicles 5:20 … cried out to God in battle, they were helped against their enemies, and the Hagrites and all their allies were delivered into their hands. Because they put their trust…
1 Chronicles 12:17 …be united with you; but if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free of violence, may the God of our fathers see it and judge…
1 Chronicles 14:11 … said, “Like a bursting flood, God has burst out against my enemies by my hand.” So they called that place…
1 Chronicles 17:8 I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like the greatest in the land.
1 Chronicles 17:10 …ed judges over My people Israel. And I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover, I declare to you that the LORD will build a house for…
1 Chronicles 21:12 …ars of famine, three months of being swept away before your enemies and overtaken by their swords, or three days of the sword of the LORD—days of plague upon the land,…
1 Chronicles 22:9 …ho will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name will be Solomon, and I will grant to Israel peace and quiet during his…
2 Chronicles 1:11 …ng riches or wealth or glory for yourself or death for your enemies—and since you have not even requested long life but have asked for wisdom and knowledge to govern My…
2 Chronicles 6:24 When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading before You…
2 Chronicles 6:28 … blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemies besiege them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may…
2 Chronicles 6:34 When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to You in the direction of the city You have chosen and the house I have…
2 Chronicles 6:36 …t sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to a land far or…
2 Chronicles 6:38 …urn to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray in the direction of the land that You gave to their…
2 Chronicles 20:27 Then all the men of Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat at their head, returned joyfully to Jerusalem, for the LORD had made them rejoice over their enemies.
2 Chronicles 20:29 And the fear of God came upon all the kingdoms of the lands when they heard that the LORD had fought against the enemies of Israel.
2 Chronicles 25:8 Even if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will make you stumble before the enemy, for God has power to help and power to overthrow.”
2 Chronicles 26:13 Under their authority was an army of 307,500 trained for war, a powerful force to support the king against his enemies.
Ezra 4:1 When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the LORD, the God of Israel,
Ezra 8:22 …r an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek Him, but His…
Ezra 8:31 … of our God was upon us to protect us from the hands of the enemies and bandits along the…
Nehemiah 4:11 And our enemies said, “Before they know or see a thing, we will come into their midst, kill them, and put an end to the work.”
Nehemiah 4:15 When our enemies heard that we were aware of their scheme and that God had frustrated it, each of us returned to his own work on the wall.
Nehemiah 5:9 So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?
Nehemiah 6:1 …hen Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left—though to that time I had not yet installed…
Nehemiah 6:16 When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and disheartened, for they realized that this task had been accomplished by our God.
Nehemiah 9:27 So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great…

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