Also I said, It [is] not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and [that] there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)
And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard [thereof], and all the heathen that [were] about us saw [these things], they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.
Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest [them] from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.
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 [them] from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;
The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province [was] published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
Now in the twelfth month, that [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, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)
Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.
But 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 their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,
As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as [one of] his enemies.
Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies [upon] the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return [and] be ashamed suddenly.
Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me [to] the judgment [that] thou hast commanded.
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
His ways are always grievous; thy judgments [are] far above out of his sight: [as for] all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
From the wicked that oppress me, [from] my deadly enemies, [who] compass me about.
To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day [that] the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
I will call upon the LORD, [who is worthy] to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.
When the wicked, [even] mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.
Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
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 the LORD [shall be] as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
But mine enemies [are] lively, [and] they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; [and] he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?
[As] with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where [is] thy God?
Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
Thine arrows [are] sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; [whereby] the people fall under thee.
He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.
For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen [his desire] upon mine enemies.
Mine enemies would daily swallow [me] up: for [they be] many that fight against me, O thou most High.
When I cry [unto thee], then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God [is] for me.
To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see [my desire] upon mine enemies.
Through God we shall do valiantly: for he [it is that] shall tread down our enemies.
Say unto God, How terrible [art thou in] thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm [or] Song of David. Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.
But God shall wound the head of his enemies, [and] the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of [thine] enemies, [and] the tongue of thy dogs in the same.
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, [being] mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored [that] which I took not away.
Draw nigh unto my soul, [and] redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns [for] signs.
Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.
And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned 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 thy strong arm.
Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
Mine eye also shall see [my desire] on mine enemies, [and] mine ears shall hear [my desire] of the wicked that rise up against me.
A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
Mine enemies reproach me all the day; [and] they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.
And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.
Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
Through God we shall do valiantly: for he [it is that] shall tread down our enemies.
A Psalm of David. The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
His heart [is] established, he shall not be afraid, until he see [his desire] upon his enemies.
Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they [are] ever with me.
My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
Many [are] my persecutors and mine enemies; [yet] do I not decline from thy testimonies.
Happy [is] the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
For they speak against thee wickedly, [and] thine enemies take [thy name] in vain.
I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I [am] thy servant.
When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:
Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;
LORD, [when] thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: [but] they shall see, and be ashamed for [their] envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.
The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.
According to [their] deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompense.
The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn [to be] meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:
A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompense to his enemies.
And when ye see [this], your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and [his] indignation toward his enemies.
I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine 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 ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD.
And I will make [thee] 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 thyself, shalt discontinue from thine 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 hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, 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 straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.
For thus saith the LORD, 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 into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.
Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies, which shall spoil them, and take them, and carry them to Babylon.
And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and 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 meat unto the fowls of the heaven, 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, which are gone up from you.
Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give Pharaohhophra 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, his enemy, and that sought his life.
For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.
For 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 the LORD; 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 the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.
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 called, and they shall be like unto me.
All thine enemies have opened their mouth 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 mouths against us.
Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.
Then Daniel, whose name [was] Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream [be] to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies.
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.
Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go [even] to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.
Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.
For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies [are] the men of his own house.
God [is] jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and [is] furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth [wrath] for his enemies.
But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
Behold, thy people in the midst of thee [are] women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.
And they shall be as mighty [men], which tread down [their enemies] in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD [is] with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?
For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
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