'Foes' in the Bible

And blessed, praised, and glorified be God Most High,Who has given your enemies into your hand.”And Abram gave him a tenth of all [the treasure he had taken in battle].

I will send My terror ahead of you, and I will throw into confusion all the people among whom you come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you [in flight].

If I sharpen the lightning of My sword,And My hand takes hold of judgment,I will render vengeance on My adversaries,And I will repay those who hate Me.

“Rejoice, O nations, with His people;For He will avenge the blood of His servants,And will render vengeance on His adversaries,And will atone for His land and His people.”

So the anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and He gave them into the hands (power) of plunderers who robbed them; and He sold them into the hands of their surrounding enemies, so that they could no longer stand [in opposition] before their enemies.

But when they forgot the Lord their God, He sold them into the hand of Sisera, commander of Hazor’s army, and into the hand of the Philistines and of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.

“You know that David my father could not build a house (temple) for the Name (Presence) of the Lord his God because of the wars which surrounded him, until the Lord put his enemies under his feet.

either three years of famine, or three months to be swept away before your enemies, while the sword of your enemies overtakes you, or else three days of the sword of the Lord and plague in the land, and the angel of the Lord bringing destruction throughout all the territory of Israel.’ Now therefore, consider what answer I shall return to Him who sent me.”

God replied to Solomon, “Because this was in your heart and you did not ask for riches, possessions or honor and personal glory, or the life of those who hate you, nor have you even asked for long life, but you have asked for wisdom and knowledge for yourself so that you may rule and administer justice to My people over whom I have made you king,

Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babes You have established strengthBecause of Your adversaries,That You might silence the enemy and make the revengeful cease.

His ways prosper at all times;Your judgments [Lord] are on high, out of his sight [so he never thinks about them];As for all his enemies, he sneers at them.

Many [enemies like] bulls have surrounded me;Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.

When the wicked came against me to eat up my flesh,My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.

I will extol and praise You, O Lord, for You have lifted me up,And have not let my enemies rejoice over me.

My times are in Your hands;Rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from those who pursue and persecute me.

Do not let those who are wrongfully my enemies rejoice over me;Nor let those who hate me without cause wink their eye [maliciously].

Judge me, O Lord my God, according to Your righteousness and justice;And do not let them rejoice over me.

But You have saved us from our enemies,And You have put them to shame and humiliated those who hate us.

Come and see the works of God,He is awesome in His deeds toward the children of men.

You have ascended on high, You have led away captive Your captives;You have received gifts among men,Even from the rebellious also, that the Lord God may dwell there.

“I will crush his adversaries before him,And strike those who hate him.

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

Their enemies also oppressed them,And they were subdued under the [powerful] hand of their enemies.

The Lord will send the scepter of Your strength from Zion, saying,“Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”

You are near, O Lord,And all Your commandments are truth.

“Their quiver is [filled with the dead] like an open grave;They are all mighty men [heroes of their nation].

“The sound [of Egypt fleeing from the enemy] is like [the rustling of] an escaping serpent,For her foes advance with a mighty armyAnd come against her like woodcutters with axes.

“People have heard that I groan,That I have no comforter [in You].All my enemies have heard of my desperation;They are delighted [O Lord] that You have done it.Oh, that You would bring the day [of judgment] which You have proclaimedSo that they will become like me.

The Lord has done what He planned;He has accomplished His wordWhich He commanded from days of old.He has demolished without sparing,And He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you;He has exalted the power of your enemies.

Why do You make men like the fish of the sea,Like reptiles and creeping things that have no ruler [and are helpless against their enemies]?

and a man’s enemies will be the members of his [own] household [when one believes and another does not].

To grant us that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies,Might serve Him without fear,

for I will give you [skillful] words and wisdom which none of your opponents will be able to resist or refute.

Therefore it says,“When He ascended on high,He led captivity captive,And He bestowed gifts on men.”

who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and harassed and drove us out; and [they] continue to be highly displeasing to God and [to show themselves] hostile to all people,