Bible verses about "enemies" | Great

¹⁴ The Lorde shall fyght for you, and ye shall holde your peace.

¹ A Psalme of Dauid. Fret not thy self because of the vngodly: nether be thou enuyous agaynst the euell doers. ² For they shall soone be cut downe lyke the grasse, & be wythered euen as the grene herbe. ³ Put thou thy trust in the Lorde, & be doinge good: dwell in the lande, and verely thou shalt be fedd. ⁴ Delyte thou in the Lorde, & he shall geue the thy hertes desyre. ⁵ Commytte thy waye vnto the Lorde, & put thy trust in hym, & he shall brynge it to passe.

¹⁰ Go not farre fro me, O God: my God, haste the to helpe me.

⁷ When a mans wayes please the Lorde, he maketh his very enemyes to be his frendes.

¹ Of Dauid. Pleate thou my cause, O Lorde, with them that stryue with me: and fyght thou agaynst them that fyght agaynst me. ² Laye hande vpon the shilde & buckler, and stande vp to helpe me. ³ Brynge forth the speare, & stoppe the waye agaynst them that persecute me: saye vnto my soule: I am thy saluacyon. ⁴ Let them be confounded and put to shame, that seke after my soule: let them be turned backe, and brought to confusyon, that ymagyne myschefe for me. ⁵ Let them be as the dust before the wynde, and the angell of the Lorde scatterynge them. ⁶ Let theyr waye be darcke and slyppery, and let the angell of the Lorde persecute them. ⁷ For they haue pryuely layed theyr net to destroye me without a cause, yee euen without a cause haue they made a pytte for my soule. ⁸ Let a soden destruction come vpon him vnawares: & hys net that he hath layed priuely, catch hym selfe, that he maye fall into hys awne myschefe. ⁹ And my soule be ioyfull in the Lorde: it shall reioyse in his saluacyon. ¹⁰ All my bones shall saye: Lorde, who is lyke vnto the? which delyuerest the poore from hym that is to stronge for hym, yee the poore and hym that is in misery, from hym that spoyleth hym. ¹¹ False witnesse dyd ryse vp: they layed to my charge, thynges that I knowe not. ¹² They rewarded me euell for good, to the greate dyscomforte of my soule. ¹³ Neuerthelesse, when they were sycke, I put on a sacke clothe: and humbled my soule with fastynge, and my prayer shall turne into myne awne bosome. ¹⁴ I behaued my selfe as though it had bene my frende or my brother, I wente heuely, as one that mourneth for hys mother. ¹⁵ But in myne aduersyte they reioysed, and gathered them together: Yee the very abiectes came together agaynst me vnawares, makynge mowes at me, and ceassed not. ¹⁶ With the flatrers were busy mockers, which gnasshed vpon me with theyr teeth. ¹⁷ Lorde, howe longe wylt thou loke vpon thys? O delyuer my soule from the calamityes which they brynge on me, and my dearlynge from the lyons? ¹⁸ So wyll I geue the thankes in the greate congregacyon I wyll prayse the amonge moche people. ¹⁹ O let not them that are myne enemyes triumphe ouer me vngodlye nether: let them wyncke with theyr eyes, that hate me without a cause. ²⁰ And why? theyr comonyng is not for peace, but they ymagyne disceatfull wordes agaynst them that are quyet in the lande. ²¹ They gaped vpon me with theyr mouthes, and sayde: fye on the, fye on the: we dyd se it with oure eyes. ²² This thou hast sene, O Lorde: holde not thy tonge then, go not farre fro me, O Lord. ²³ A wake and stande vp to iudge my quarell auenge thou my cause, my God, and my Lorde. ²⁴ Iudge me, O Lorde my God, accordynge to thy ryghteousnesse, and let them not triumphe ouer me. ²⁵ Let them not saye in their hertes: there, there, so wolde we haue it: nether lett them saye: we haue deuoured hym. ²⁶ Let them be put to confusyon and shame together that reioyse at my trouble: let them be clothed with rebuke and dishonoure that boast them selues agaynst me. ²⁷ Let them be glad and reioyse, that fauoure my ryghteous dealynge: yee let them saye allwaye blessed be the Lorde, which hath pleasure in the prosperitye of hys seruaunt. ²⁸ And as for my tonge, it shalbe talkynge of thy ryghteousnes and of thy prayse, all the daye longe.

⁷ Though I walke in the myddest of trouble: yet shalt thou refressh me: thou shalt stretch forth thyne hand vpon the furiousnes of myne enemyes, & thy ryght hand shall saue me.

⁴³ Ye haue heard that it is sayde, thou shalt loue thyne neyghbour, and hate thyne enemy. ⁴⁴ But I saye vnto you: loue your enemyes. Blesse them that curse you. Do good to them that hate you. Praye for them which hurt you and persecute you, ⁴⁵ that ye maye be the children of your father which is in heauen: for he maketh his sonne to aryse on the euell, & on the good, & sendeth rayne on the iust & on the vniust. ⁴⁶ For yf ye loue them which loue you: what reward haue ye? Do not the publycans also euen the same? ⁴⁷ And yf ye make moche of your brethren only, what singuler thinge do ye? Do not also the publicans lykewise? ⁴⁸ ye shall therfore be perfecte, euen as your father which is in heauen is perfecte.

³⁴ Then sayd Iesus: father forgeue them, for they wote not what they do. And they parted his rayment, and cast lottes.

⁶ They haue layed a nett for my fete, and pressed downe my soule: they haue dygged a pytt before me, and are fallen into the myddes of it them selues. Sela.

²⁰ Therfore, yf thyne enemy honger, fede him: yf he thyrst, geue hym dryncke. For in so doyng thou shalt heape coles of fyre on hys heade.

⁶ Plucke vp youre hartes therfore, and be stronge, dreade not, nor be aferde of them: for the Lord thy God him selfe doth go wyth the. He shall not fayle the, nor forsake the.

¹⁷ Reioyce not thou at the fall of thyne enemye, & lett not thyne herte be glad when he stombleth.

¹⁴ Blesse them which persecute you: blesse (I saye) and course not.

² & they haue spoken against me with false tonges. They compased me about also with wordes of hatred, & fought agaynst me without a cause. ³ For the loue that I had vnto them, lo, they take now my contrary part, but I geue my self vnto prayer. ⁴ Thus haue they rewarded me euell for good, and hatred for my good wyll. ⁵ Set thou an vngodly man to be ruler ouer hym, and let Satan stande at his ryght hande.

²⁷ But I saye vnto you which heare. Loue youre enemyes. Do good to them which hate you. ²⁸ Besse them that curse you. And praye for them which wrongfullye trouble you. ²⁹ And vnto hym that smyteth the on the one cheke, offer also the other. And him that taketh awaye thy gowne, forbyd not to take thy cote also. ³⁰ Geue to euery man that asketh of the. And of him that taketh a waye thy goodes, aske them not agayne. ³¹ And as ye wolde that men shuld do to you, do ye also to them lykewyse. ³² And yf ye loue them which loue you, what thanke haue ye? For synners also loue theyr louers. ³³ And yf ye do good for them which do good for you, what thanke haue ye? For synners also do euen the same. ³⁴ And yf ye lende to them of whom ye hope to receaue: what thanke haue ye? for synners also lende to synners, to receaue soch lyke agayne. ³⁵ But loue ye youre enemyes, and do good, and lende, lokynge for nothynge agayne: and your reward shalbe greate, and ye shalbe the chyldren of the hyest: for he is kynde vnto the vnkynde and to the euyll. ³⁶ Be ye therfore mercyfull, as your father also is mercyfull.