41 Bible Verses about Enemy Attacks

I am troubled because of the voice of the cruel ones, because of the loud cry of the evil-doers; for they put a weight of evil on me, and they are cruel in their hate for me.

Take me out of the hands of the cruel ones, O my God; keep me safe from those who come up against me.

By the power of the Lord, those who take arms against you will be overcome before you: they will come out against you one way, and will go in flight from you seven ways.

But do you, without waiting, go after their army, attacking them from the back; do not let them get into their towns, for the Lord your God has given them into your hands.

And the Lord said to me, Say to them, Do not go up to the attack; for I am not among you, and you will be overcome by those who are against you.

And if you go to war in your land against any who do you wrong, then let the loud note of the horn be sounded; and the Lord your God will keep you in mind and give you salvation from those who are against you.

My haters are ever ready to put an end to me; great numbers are lifting themselves up against me.

O Lord, be on my side against those who are judging me; be at war with those who make war against me.

For the Lord had made the sound of carriages and horses, and the noise of a great army, come to the ears of the Aramaeans, so that they said to one another, Truly, the king of Israel has got the kings of the Hittites and of the Egyptians for a price to make an attack on us.

They will be fighting against you, but they will not overcome you: for I am with you, says the Lord, to give you salvation.

Those who have hate for me without cause are greater in number than the hairs of my head; those who are against me, falsely desiring my destruction, are very strong; I gave back what I had not taken away.

And after hearing what they are saying, you will get strength to go down against the army. So he went down with his servant Purah to the outer line of the tents of the armed men.

Even if an army came against me with its tents, my heart would have no fear: if war was made on me, my faith would not be moved.

Now when the Aramaeans came down to Elisha, he made a prayer to the Lord saying, Lord, make this people blind. And he made them blind at Elisha's request.

When evil-doers, even my haters, came on me to put an end to me, they were broken and put to shame.

For see, they are watching in secret for my soul; the strong have come together against me? but not because of my sin, or my evil-doing, O Lord.

For my haters are waiting secretly for me; and those who are watching for my soul are banded together in their evil designs,

And whenever Israel's grain was planted, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the east came up against them;

Take up God's instruments of war, so that you may be able to keep your position against all the deceits of the Evil One.

Words of hate are round about me; they have made war against me without cause.

Come up, Lord, in your wrath; be lifted up against my haters; be awake, my God, give orders for the judging.

Up! let us go up by night, and send destruction on her great houses.

I would quickly overcome their haters: my hand would be turned against those who make war on them.

O God, let the voice of my grief come to your ear: keep my life from the fear of those who are against me.

The heads of the haters of God will be crushed; even the head of him who still goes on in his evil ways.

They come together, they are waiting in secret places, they take note of my steps, they are waiting for my soul.

You will make search for your haters but they will not be there; those who make war against you will be as nothing and will come to destruction.

For it was not my hater who said evil of me; that would have been no grief to me; it was not one outside the number of my friends who made himself strong against me, or I would have kept myself from him in a secret place;

And he took them safely out of the hands of their haters, and kept them from the attacks of those who were against them.

How, meeting you on the way, he made an attack on you when you were tired and without strength, cutting off all the feeble ones at the end of your line; and the fear of God was not in him.

He makes me free from my haters; I am lifted up over those who come up against me: you have made me free from the violent man.

But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side; no one is making trouble, and no evil is taking place.

Take up arms against the Midianites and overcome them;

You will have no fear of the evil things of the night, or of the arrow in flight by day,

The Lord will keep me safe from every evil work and will give me salvation in his kingdom in heaven: to whom be glory for ever and ever. So be it.

See, they may be moved to war, but not by my authority: all those who come together to make an attack on you, will be broken against you.

And the Lord your God will put all these curses on those who are against you, and on your haters who put a cruel yoke on you.

Then we went away from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was on us, and he gave us salvation from our haters and those who were waiting to make an attack on us by the way.

For no sin of mine they go quickly and get themselves ready; be awake and come to my help, and see.

And the army of your attackers will be like small dust, and all the cruel ones like dry stems gone before the wind; suddenly it will come about.

And after looking, I got up and said to the great ones and to the chiefs and to the rest of the people, Have no fear of them: keep in mind the Lord who is great and greatly to be feared, and take up arms for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives and your houses.