52 Bible Verses about enemies, of Jesus Christ

Now after they departed, behold, an agent of Lord appears to Joseph in a dream, saying, After rising, take the child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and thou be there until I tell thee, for Herod is going to seek the child to And having awaken, he took the child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt. And he was there until the end of Herod, so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled, which says, Out of Egypt I called my Son.read more.
Then Herod, when he saw that he was scorned by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and having sent forth, he killed all the boys in Bethlehem, and in all the borders of it, from two years old and under, according to the time that Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, which says, A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children. And she did not want to be comforted, because they are not. But when Herod perished, behold, an agent of Lord appears in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, After rising, take the child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those seeking the child's life have died.

And having awaken, he took the child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt. And he was there until the end of Herod, so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled, which says, Out of Egypt I called my Son. Then Herod, when he saw that he was scorned by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and having sent forth, he killed all the boys in Bethlehem, and in all the borders of it, from two years old and under, according to the time thatread more.
Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, which says, A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children. And she did not want to be comforted, because they are not. But when Herod perished, behold, an agent of Lord appears in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, After rising, take the child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those seeking the child's life have died.

And a great sign was seen in heaven. A woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and a crown of twelve stars upon her head. And having in her womb, she cried out, suffering birth pains, and suffering to give birth. And another sign was seen in heaven. And behold, a great fiery dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems upon his heads.read more.
And his tail drags the third part of the stars of the sky, and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was going to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child. And she gave birth to a son, a male who was going to tend all the nations with an iron rod. And her child was taken up to God and to his throne.

And straightaway the Spirit drives him forth into the wilderness. And he was there in the wilderness forty days tempted by Satan. And he was with the wild beasts. And the heavenly agents served him.

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward he was hungry. And after he who tempts came, he said to him, If thou are the Son of God, speak so that these stones may become bread.read more.
But having answered, he said, It is written, Man will not live on bread alone, but on every word coming out through the mouth of God. Then the devil takes him into the holy city, and stands him on the pinnacle of the temple. And he says to him, If thou are the Son of God, cast thyself down, for it is written, He will command his agents about thee, and, They will take thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. Jesus said to him, Again it is written, Thou shall not challenge Lord thy God. Again, the devil takes him onto an exceedingly high mountain, and shows him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them. And he says to him, All these things I give thee, if after falling down, thou will worship me. Then Jesus says to him, Get thee behind me, Satan, for it is written, Thou shall worship Lord thy God, and him only thou shall serve. Then the devil leaves him, and behold, heavenly agents came and served him.

And Jesus, full of Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, being tempted forty days by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days, and when they were ended, afterward he was hungry. And the devil said to him, If thou are the Son of God, speak to this stone that it may become bread.read more.
And Jesus answered, saying to him, It is written, Man will not live on bread alone, but on every saying of God. And having brought him onto a high mountain, the devil showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said to him, I will give to thee all this authority, and the glory of them, because it has been delivered to me, and to whomever I want I give it. If therefore thou will worship before me, it will all be thine. And having answered, Jesus said to him, Go thee behind me, Satan. It is written, Thou shall worship Lord thy God, and him only shall thou serve. And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and he said to him, If thou are the Son of God, cast thyself down from here, for it is written, He will give his agents orders about thee, to protect thee, and, They will take thee up on their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. And having answered, Jesus said to him, It is said, Thou shall not challenge Lord thy God. And when the devil ended every temptation, he withdrew from him until a time.

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed. He shall bruise thy head, and thou shall bruise his heel.

And having taken him aside, Peter began to rebuke him, saying, Be merciful to thee, Lord. This will, no, not be to thee. But having turned around, he said to Peter, Go thee behind me, Satan. Thou are my stumbling-block, because thou regard not the things of God, but the things of men.

And Satan entered into Judas who was called Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.

Having said these things, Jesus was troubled in the spirit, and testified and said, Truly, truly, I say to you, that one of you will betray me. Therefore the disciples looked at each other, being uncertain about whom he speaks. And one of his disciples whom Jesus loved was sitting at Jesus' bosom.read more.
Simon Peter therefore gestured to this man to inquire whoever he may be about whom he speaks. And that man, having leaned thus toward Jesus' breast, says to him, Lord, who is he? Jesus replies, He is that man to whom I, having dipped the morsel, will give. And when he dipped the morsel, he gives it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. And after the morsel, then Satan entered into that man. Jesus therefore says to him, What thou do, do more quickly.

But when they went out, the Pharisees held a consultation against him, how they might destroy him.

And the Pharisees having gone out, they straightaway were making a plot with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

But they were filled with fury, and deliberated with each other what they might do to Jesus.

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against LORD, and against his anointed, [saying],

He was despised, and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. And as him from whom men hide their face he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

But having become morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people held consultation against Jesus in order to condemn him to death.

Because of this therefore the Jews sought even more to kill him, because not only did he relax the Sabbath, but also he called God his own Father, making himself equal to God.

And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee, for he did not want to walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.

So from that day they consulted together so that they might kill him.

For ye were called for this. Because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, so that ye should follow his footsteps. Who did no sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth. Who, being reviled, did not revile in return. Suffering, he did not threaten, but yielded to him who judges righteously.read more.
Who himself took up our sins in his body upon the tree, so that we, having died to sins, might live to the righteousness of him from whose wound ye were healed.

But, that the word that is written in their law may be fulfilled, They hated me without cause.

Let not those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me. Neither let them wink with the eye who hate me without a cause.

Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who would cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. That which I took not away I have to restore.

Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, having gone to the chief priests, he said, What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him to you? And they weighed out to him thirty silver pieces. And from that time he sought a favorable opportunity so that he might betray him.

Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

For the son dishonors the father. The daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man's enemies are the men of his own house.

And as they were eating, he said, Truly I say to you, that one of you will betray me. And being exceedingly sorrowful, they began, each of them, to say to him, Is it I, Lord? And having answered, he said, He who dipped his hand with me in the dish, this man will betray me.read more.
The Son of man indeed goes as it is written about him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of man is betrayed! It were good for him if that man had not been born. And Judas (the man who betrayed him) having answered, he said, Is it I, Rabbi? He says to him, Thou have said.

And that man, having leaned thus toward Jesus' breast, says to him, Lord, who is he? Jesus replies, He is that man to whom I, having dipped the morsel, will give. And when he dipped the morsel, he gives it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. And after the morsel, then Satan entered into that man. Jesus therefore says to him, What thou do, do more quickly.

this man, having been designated (by the purpose and foreknowledge of God) a man delivered up, ye, having taken by lawless hands, killed, having crucified,

Pilate says to them, What then shall I do to Jesus who is called Christ? They all say to him, He should be crucified.

And straightaway in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scholars and the whole council, having made a plan, after binding Jesus, they took him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.

They lead Jesus therefore from Caiaphas to the Praetorium. And it was early, and they did not enter into the Praetorium, so that they would not be defiled, but that they might eat the Passover. Pilate therefore went out to them, and said, What accusation do ye bring against this man? They answered and said to him, If this man were not an evildoer, we would not have delivered him up to thee.read more.
Pilate therefore said to them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said to him, It is not permitted for us to kill any man, so that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled that he spoke, signifying what kind of death he was going to die.

The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Boy Jesus, whom ye actually delivered up and denied him in the presence of Pilate who preferred to release that man.

And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing. And dividing his garments, they cast a lot.

but they were only hearing that the man who once persecuted us now preaches the good-news, the faith that he once ravaged.

But Saul, still breathing threat and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, after going to the high priest, he requested letters from him for Damascus, to the synagogues, so that if he found any who were of the Way, both men and women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. And on going, it came to pass for him to approach Damascus. And suddenly there shone around him a light out of heaven.read more.
And after falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why do thou persecute me? And he said, Who are thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecute. But arise, and enter into the city, and it will be told thee what thou must do.

And I persecuted this Way as far as death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. As also the high priest testifies about me, and all the senior council, from whom also having received letters to the brothers in Damascus, I was going to bring bound even those who were there to Jerusalem so that they might be pun

Indeed therefore I thought it necessary for myself to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus the Nazarene, which also I did at Jerusalem. And I locked up many of the sanctified in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests. And when they were killed, I gave a vote against them. And punishing them often at all the synagogues, I compelled them to blaspheme. And being extraordinarily furious toward them, I persecuted them even as far as to outside cities.

For if, while being enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more having been reconciled we will be saved by his life.

For many walk, who (I told you often, and now also say while weeping) are enemies of the cross of Christ,

I now rejoice in sufferings for you, and make complete in my flesh things lacking of the afflictions of the Christ for his body, which is the church.

For he must reign until he will put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy abolished is death.

Thou shall break them with a rod of iron, thou shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

But who can abide the day of his coming? And who shall stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap.

The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand until I place thine enemies a footstool of thy feet?

LORD says to my lord, Sit thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand

Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of the heavenly, and the earthly, and the sub-earthly, and that every tongue should acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Since it is a righteous thing according to God to repay restriction to those who restrict you, and relief with us, to you who are restricted, at the revealing of the Lord Jesus from heaven with his agents of power in a fire of flame rendering vengeance to those who have not known God, and to those not obeying the good-news of our Lord Jesus Christ.read more.
Men who will suffer punishment, a penalty of eternal destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might, when he comes to be glorified in his sanctified, and to be marveled in that day by all those who believe (because our testimony among you was believed).

Let not any man deceive you in any way, because if not, the defection may come first, and he may be revealed--the man of sin, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or an object of worship, so as for him to sit in the temple of God, as God, displaying himself that he is God. Do ye not remember that when I was yet with you I told you these things?read more.
And now ye know that which restrains, for him to be revealed in his own time. For the mystery of lawlessness is already working, only he who restrains it until now will develop from the midst. And then the lawless will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the spirit of his mouth, and will neutralize at the appearance of his coming.

But to which of the heavenly agents has he ever said, Sit thou by my right hand until I place thine enemies a footstool of thy feet?

waiting henceforth until his enemies are placed a footstool of his feet.