49 Bible Verses about Enemy Attacks

The enemy crieth so, and the ungodly cometh on so fast: for they are minded to do me some mischief, so maliciously are they set against me.

{To the Chanter, Destroy Not, Michtam of David, when Saul sent to watch the house, to the intent to kill him} Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God, and defend me from them that rise up against me.

The LORD shall smite thine enemies that rise against thee before thy face. They shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.

And stand ye not still, but follow after your enemies and smite the hindmost of them. And suffer them not to enter into their cities, for the LORD your God hath delivered them into your hands.

the LORD said unto me, 'Say unto them: see that ye go not up and that ye fight not, for I am not among you: lest ye be plagued before your enemies.'

"And when ye shall go to war in your land against your enemies that vex you, ye shall trump with the trumpets and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God and saved from your enemies.

Mine enemies are daily at hand to swallow me up; for they be many that fight against me, O thou Most Highest.

{A Psalm of David} Plead thou my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me, and fight thou against them that fight against me.

For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians hear a noise of chariots and a noise of horses, and the noise of a great Host. Insomuch that they said one to another, "See, the king of Israel hath hired against us, the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Egypt, to come upon us."

If the LORD himself had not been on our side, when men rose up against us,

Mine eye also shall see his lust of mine enemies, and mine ear shall hear his desire of the wicked that arise up against me.

They shall fight against thee, but they shall not be able to overcome thee: for I am with thee, to deliver thee, sayeth the LORD."

They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; they that are mine enemies, and would destroy me guiltless, are mighty. I paid them the things that I never took.

and hearken what they say, and so shall thine hands be strong, and then thou shalt go down unto the host." Then he went down with Phurah his lad, even hard unto the men of arms that were in the host.

Though a host of men were laid against me, yet shall not my heart be afraid; and though there rose up war against me, yet will I put my trust in him.

And when the soldiers came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD and said, "Smite this people with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the desire of Elisha."

When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

For lo, they lie in waiting for my soul; the mighty men are gathered together against me, without any offense or fault of me, O LORD.

from the ungodly that trouble me. Mine enemies compass me round about, to take away my soul.

For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take their counsel together,

For when Israel had sown then came the Midianites, the Amalekites, and they of the east country upon them and pitched their tents against them,

Put on the armour of God, that ye may stand steadfast against the crafty assaults of the devil.

They compass me about with words of hatred, and fight against me without a cause.

Stand up, O LORD, in thy wrath, lift up thyself, because of the indignation of mine enemies; arise up for me in the judgment that thou hast commanded.

"Arise, let us go up by night, and destroy her strongholds!"

I should soon have put down their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

{To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

They also that reward evil for good are against me, because I follow the thing that is good.

God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his wickedness.

And of thy goodness scatter mine enemies abroad, and destroy all them that vex my soul; for I am thy servant.

They hold all together, and keep themselves close, and mark my steps, when they lay wait for my soul.

Yea, many a time have they vexed me from my youth up, but they have not overcome me.

I will not be afraid for ten thousands of the people that have set themselves against me.

So that whoso seeketh after them, shall not find them. Thy destroyers shall perish, and so shall they that undertake to make battle against thee.

Happy is the man, that hath his quiver full of them; they shall not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.

If it were mine enemy that reviled me, I could bear it: or if one that ought me evil will did threaten me, I would hide myself from him.

And he saved them from the adversary's hand, and delivered them from the hand of the enemy.

he met thee by the way and smote the hindmost of you, all that were over laboured and dragged behind, when thou wast fainted and weary, and he feared not God.

It is he that delivereth me from my cruel enemies, and setteth me up against mine adversaries: thou shalt rid me from the wicked man. {TYNDALE: And delivereth me from mine enemies: thou liftest me up on high from them that rise against me, and deliverest me from the wicked men.}

But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor any evil plague.

"Vex the Midianites and smite them,

Thou shalt not be afraid for any terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

And the Lord shall deliver me from all evil doing, and shall keep me unto his heavenly kingdom. To whom be praise for ever and ever. Amen.

Behold, the alien that was far from thee shall dwell with thee: and he that was sometime a stranger unto thee, shall be joined with thee.

And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies and on them that hate thee and persecute thee.

So we brake up, from the water of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and delivered us from the hand of the enemies and of such as laid wait for us by the way.

They run and prepare themselves, without my fault; Arise thou therefore to help me, and behold.

Moreover, the noise of thy enemies shall be like thin dust, and the multitude of tyrants shall be as the dry straw that cannot tarry: even suddenly and in haste shall their blast go.

and looked, and gat me up, and said unto the chief men and rulers, and to the other people, "Be not ye afraid of them, but think rather upon the great LORD, which ought to be feared; and fight for your brethren, sons, daughters, wives, and houses."