'Enemies' in the Bible

If thy people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatsoever way thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;

Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for Jehovah had made them to rejoice over their enemies.

And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of the countries, when they heard that Jehovah fought against the enemies of Israel.

But Amaziah would not hear; for it was of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies , because they had sought after the gods of Edom.

And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.

Also I said, The thing that ye do is not good: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?

Now it came to pass, when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah, and to Geshem the Arabian, and unto the rest of our enemies, that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though even unto that time I had not set up the doors in the gates;)

And it came to pass, when all our enemies heard thereof , that all the nations that were about us feared, and were much cast down in their own eyes; for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.

But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee; therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies,

A copy of the writing, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published unto all the peoples, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.

Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have rule over them, (whereas it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them,)

And the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they would unto them that hated them.

And the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of them that hated them seventy and five thousand; but on the spoil they laid not their hand.

as the days wherein the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.

Arise, O Jehovah; save me, O my God: For thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.

Lead me, O Jehovah, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; Make thy way straight before my face.

All mine enemies shall be put to shame and sore troubled: They shall turn back, they shall be put to shame suddenly.

When mine enemies turn back, They stumble and perish at thy presence.

From the wicked that oppress me, My deadly enemies, that compass me about.

I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from mine enemies.

I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; Neither will I turn again till they are consumed.

Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.

He rescueth me from mine enemies; Yea, thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me; Thou deliverest me from the violent man.

Thy hand will find out all thine enemies; Thy right hand will find out those that hate thee.

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou hast anointed my head with oil; My cup runneth over.

O my God, in thee have I trusted, Let me not be put to shame; Let not mine enemies triumph over me.

Consider mine enemies, for they are many; And they hate me with cruel hatred.

And now shall my head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me. And I will offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto Jehovah.

Teach me thy way, O Jehovah; And lead me in a plain path, Because of mine enemies.

My times are in thy hand: Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; Neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

But the wicked shall perish, And the enemies of Jehovah shall be as the fat of lambs: They shall consume; In smoke shall they consume away.

But mine enemies are lively, and are strong; And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive, And he shall be blessed upon the earth; And deliver not thou him unto the will of his enemies.

Mine enemies speak evil against me,'saying , When will he die, and his name perish?

Thine arrows are sharp; The peoples fall under thee; They are in the heart of the king's enemies.

He will requite the evil unto mine enemies: Destroy thou them in thy truth.

For he hath delivered me out of all trouble; And mine eye hath seen my desire upon mine enemies.

Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; For they are many that fight proudly against me.

Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call: This I know, that God is for me.

Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: Set me on high from them that rise up against me.

My God with his lovingkindness will meet me: God will let me see my desire upon mine enemies.

Say unto God, How terrible are thy works! Through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.

Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered; Let them also that hate him flee before him.

But God will smite through the head of his enemies, The hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his guiltiness.

That thou mayest crush them , dipping thy foot in blood, That the tongue of thy dogs may have its portion from thine enemies.

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

Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: Ransom me because of mine enemies.

For mine enemies speak concerning me; And they that watch for my soul take counsel together,

They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; And his enemies shall lick the dust.

And he led them safely, so that they feared not; But the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors; And our enemies laugh among themselves.

I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries.

For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult; And they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; Thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.

Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries; Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

For, lo, thine enemies, O Jehovah, For, lo, thine enemies shall perish; All the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

Mine eye also hath seen my desire on mine enemies, Mine ears have heard my desire of the evil-doers that rise up against me.

Mine enemies reproach me all the day; They that are mad against me do curse by me.

Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were brought into subjection under their hand.

Jehovah saith unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

Jehovah will send forth the rod of thy strength out of Zion: Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.

Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; For they are ever with me.

Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: They shall not be put to shame, When they speak with their enemies in the gate.

His enemies will I clothe with shame; But upon himself shall his crown flourish.

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me; Thou wilt stretch forth thy hand against the wrath of mine enemies, And thy right hand will save me.

For they speak against thee wickedly, And thine enemies take thy name in vain.

I hate them with perfect hatred: They are become mine enemies.

Deliver me, O Jehovah, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.

And in thy lovingkindness cut off mine enemies, And destroy all them that afflict my soul; For I am thy servant.

When a man's ways please Jehovah, He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Therefore saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies;

Therefore Jehovah will set up on high against him the adversaries of Rezin, and will stir up his enemies,

Jehovah will go forth as a mighty man; he will stir up his zeal like a man of war: he will cry, yea, he will shout aloud; he will do mightily against his enemies.

According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, wrath to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompense.

Jehovah hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy grain to be food for thine enemies; and foreigners shall not drink thy new wine, for which thou hast labored:

A voice of tumult from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of Jehovah that rendereth recompense to his enemies.

And ye shall see it , and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like the tender grass: and the hand of Jehovah shall be known toward his servants; and he will have indignation against his enemies.

I have forsaken my house, I have cast off my heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.

She that hath borne seven languisheth; she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day; she hath been put to shame and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith Jehovah.

And I will make them to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not; for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you.

And thou, even of thyself, shalt discontinue from thy heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger which shall burn for ever.

And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies will I give to be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth.

And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters; and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend, in the siege and in the distress, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their life, shall distress them.

For thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it; and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive to Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.

Moreover I will give all the riches of this city, and all the gains thereof, and all the precious things thereof, yea, all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies; and they shall make them a prey, and take them, and carry them to Babylon.

And afterward, saith Jehovah, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, even such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.

I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life; and their dead bodies shall be for food unto the birds of the heavens, and to the beasts of the earth.

And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, that are gone away from you.

Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy, and sought his life.

And I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life; and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith Jehovah; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them;

She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks; Among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; they are become her enemies.

Her adversaries are become the head, her enemies prosper; For Jehovah hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: Her young children are gone into captivity before the adversary.

They have heard that I sigh; there is none to comfort me; All mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: Thou wilt bring the day that thou hast proclaimed, and they shall be like unto me.

All thine enemies have opened their mouth wide against thee; They hiss and gnash the teeth; they say, We have swallowed her up; Certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.

They have chased me sore like a bird, they that are mine enemies without cause.

when I have brought them back from the peoples, and gathered them out of their enemies lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations.

And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.