49 Bible Verses about Enemy Attacks

Because of the voice of the enemy,
Because of the pressure of the wicked;
For they bring down trouble upon me
And in anger they bear a grudge against me.

For the choir director; set to Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David, when Saul sent men and they watched the house in order to kill him.
Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;
Set me securely on high away from those who rise up against me.

“The Lord shall cause your enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you; they will come out against you one way and will flee before you seven ways.

but do not stay there yourselves; pursue your enemies and attack them in the rear. Do not allow them to enter their cities, for the Lord your God has delivered them into your hand.”

And the Lord said to me, ‘Say to them, “Do not go up nor fight, for I am not among you; otherwise you will be defeated before your enemies.”’

When you go to war in your land against the adversary who attacks you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, that you may be remembered before the Lord your God, and be saved from your enemies.

My foes have trampled upon me all day long,
For they are many who fight proudly against me.

A Psalm of David.
Contend, O Lord, with those who contend with me;
Fight against those who fight against me.

For the Lord had caused the army of the Arameans to hear a sound of chariots and a sound of horses, even the sound of a great army, so that they said to one another, “Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.”

“Had it not been the Lord who was on our side
When men rose up against us,

And my eye has looked exultantly upon my foes,
My ears hear of the evildoers who rise up against me.

They will fight against you, but they will not overcome you, for I am with you to deliver you,” declares the Lord.

Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head;
Those who would destroy me are powerful, being wrongfully my enemies;
What I did not steal, I then have to restore.

and you will hear what they say; and afterward your hands will be strengthened that you may go down against the camp.” So he went with Purah his servant down to the outposts of the army that was in the camp.

Though a host encamp against me,
My heart will not fear;
Though war arise against me,
In spite of this I shall be confident.

When they came down to him, Elisha prayed to the Lord and said, “Strike this people with blindness, I pray.” So He struck them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.

When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh,
My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.

For behold, they have set an ambush for my life;
Fierce men launch an attack against me,
Not for my transgression nor for my sin, O Lord,

From the wicked who despoil me,
My deadly enemies who surround me.

For my enemies have spoken against me;
And those who watch for my life have consulted together,

For it was when Israel had sown, that the Midianites would come up with the Amalekites and the sons of the east and go against them.

Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.

They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,
And fought against me without cause.

Arise, O Lord, in Your anger;
Lift up Yourself against the rage of my adversaries,
And arouse Yourself for me; You have appointed judgment.

“Arise, and let us attack by night
And destroy her palaces!”

“I would quickly subdue their enemies
And turn My hand against their adversaries.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint;
Preserve my life from dread of the enemy.

And those who repay evil for good,
They oppose me, because I follow what is good.

Surely God will shatter the head of His enemies,
The hairy crown of him who goes on in his guilty deeds.

And in Your lovingkindness, cut off my enemies
And destroy all those who afflict my soul,
For I am Your servant.

They attack, they lurk,
They watch my steps,
As they have waited to take my life.

“Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up;
Yet they have not prevailed against me.

I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people
Who have set themselves against me round about.

“You will seek those who quarrel with you, but will not find them,
Those who war with you will be as nothing and non-existent.

How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them;
They will not be ashamed
When they speak with their enemies in the gate.

For it is not an enemy who reproaches me,
Then I could bear it;
Nor is it one who hates me who has exalted himself against me,
Then I could hide myself from him.

So He saved them from the hand of the one who hated them,
And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

how he met you along the way and attacked among you all the stragglers at your rear when you were faint and weary; and he did not fear God.

He delivers me from my enemies;
Surely You lift me above those who rise up against me;
You rescue me from the violent man.

But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary nor misfortune.

“Be hostile to the Midianites and strike them;

You will not be afraid of the terror by night,
Or of the arrow that flies by day;

The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed, and will bring me safely to His heavenly kingdom; to Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

“If anyone fiercely assails you it will not be from Me.
Whoever assails you will fall because of you.

The Lord your God will inflict all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you.

Then we journeyed from the river Ahava on the twelfth of the first month to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was over us, and He delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the ambushes by the way.

For no guilt of mine, they run and set themselves against me.
Arouse Yourself to help me, and see!

But the multitude of your enemies will become like fine dust,
And the multitude of the ruthless ones like the chaff which blows away;
And it will happen instantly, suddenly.

When I saw their fear, I rose and spoke to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people: “Do not be afraid of them; remember the Lord who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives and your houses.”