'Foes' in the Bible

But if you will carefully obey him and do everything I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.

if I had not feared insult from the enemy,or feared that these foes might misunderstandand say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed;it wasn’t the Lord who did all this.’”

He said this about Judah:Lord, hear Judah’s cry and bring him to his people.He fights for his cause with his own hands,but may You be a help against his foes.

So Gad went to David, told him the choices, and asked him, “Do you want three years of famine to come on your land, to flee from your foes three months while they pursue you, or to have a plague in your land three days? Now, think it over and decide what answer I should take back to the One who sent me.”

three years of famine, or three months of devastation by your foes with the sword of your enemy overtaking you, or three days of the sword of the Lord—a plague on the land, the angel of the Lord bringing destruction to the whole territory of Israel.’ Now decide what answer I should take back to the One who sent me.”

A psalm of David when he fled from his son Absalom.Lord, how my foes increase!There are many who attack me.

My enemy will say, “I have triumphed over him,”and my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.

When evildoers came against me to devour my flesh,my foes and my enemies stumbled and fell.

Do not give me over to the will of my foes,for false witnesses rise up against me,breathing violence.

Through You we drive back our foes;through Your name we trample our enemies.

But You give us victory over our foesand let those who hate us be disgraced.

Why should I fear in times of trouble?The iniquity of my foes surrounds me.

With God we will perform valiantly;He will trample our foes.

He beat back His foes;He gave them lasting shame.

I would quickly subdue their enemiesand turn My hand against their foes.”

I will crush his foes before himand strike those who hate him.

You have lifted high the right hand of his foes;You have made all his enemies rejoice.

Fire goes before Himand burns up His foes on every side.

The Lord made His people very fruitful;He made them more numerous than their foes,

Water covered their foes;not one of them remained.

With God we will perform valiantly;He will trample our foes.

His heart is assured; he will not fear.In the end he will look in triumph on his foes.

My anger overwhelms mebecause my foes forget Your words.

My persecutors and foes are many.I have not turned from Your decrees.

and rescued us from our foes.        His love is eternal.

Therefore the Lord God of Hosts,the Mighty One of Israel, declares:“Ah, I will gain satisfaction from My foes;I will take revenge against My enemies.

Your many foes will be like fine dust,and many of the ruthless, like blowing chaff.Then suddenly, in an instant,

So He will repay according to their deeds:fury to His enemies,retribution to His foes,and He will repay the coastlands.

I will set fire to Egypt;Pelusium will writhe in anguish,Thebes will be breached,and Memphis will face foes in broad daylight.

The Lord is a jealous and avenging God;the Lord takes vengeanceand is fierce in wrath.The Lord takes vengeance against His foes;He is furious with His enemies.