12 Bible Verses about Defeat Of God's People

Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down, and struck them and beat them down as far as Hormah.

And he gathered to himself the sons of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and defeated Israel, and they possessed the city of the palm trees.

So the Philistines fought and Israel was defeated, and every man fled to his tent; and the slaughter was very great, for there fell of Israel thirty thousand foot soldiers.

So about three thousand men from the people went up there, but they fled from the men of Ai.

O Lord, what can I say since Israel has turned their back before their enemies?

In those days the Lord began to cut off portions from Israel; and Hazael defeated them throughout the territory of Israel:

Then the sons of Benjamin came out of Gibeah and felled to the ground on that day 22,000 men of Israel.

Benjamin went out against them from Gibeah the second day and felled to the ground again 18,000 men of the sons of Israel; all these drew the sword.

That day the battle was very severe, and Abner and the men of Israel were beaten before the servants of David.

The people of Israel were defeated there before the servants of David, and the slaughter there that day was great, 20,000 men.

Judah was defeated by Israel, and they fled each to his tent.

Now if their transgression is riches for the world and their failure is riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their fulfillment be!