15 Bible Verses about Enemies Surrounding
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I am surrounded by lions;
I lie down with those who devour men.
Their teeth are spears and arrows;
their tongues are sharp swords.
Before they went to bed, the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, the whole population, surrounded the house.
When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will surround us and wipe out our name from the earth. Then what will You do about Your great name?”
he sent horses, chariots, and a massive army there. They went by night and surrounded the city.
When the servant of the man of God got up early and went out, he discovered an army with horses and chariots surrounding the city. So he asked Elisha, “Oh, my master, what are we to do?”
Then the city was broken into, and all the warriors fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden, even though the Chaldeans surrounded the city. As the king made his way along the route to the Arabah,
They surrounded me like bees;
they were extinguished like a fire among thorns;
in the name of Yahweh I destroyed them.
They advance against me; now they surround me.
They are determined
to throw me to the ground.
For dogs have surrounded me;
a gang of evildoers has closed in on me;
they pierced my hands and my feet.
For the days will come on you when your enemies will build an embankment against you, surround you, and hem you in on every side.
“When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then recognize that its desolation has come near.
They came up over the surface of the earth and surrounded the encampment of the saints, the beloved city. Then fire came down from heaven and consumed them.
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