Bible verses about "enemies" | DouayRheims

¹⁴ The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.

¹ Be not emulous of evildoers; nor envy them that work iniquity. ² For they shall shortly wither away as grass, and as the green herbs shall quickly fall. ³ Trust in the Lord, and do good, and dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed with its riches. ⁴ Delight in the Lord, and he will give thee the requests of thy heart. ⁵ Commit thy way to the Lord, and trust in him, and he will do it.

¹⁰ For my enemies have spoken against me; and they that watched my soul have consulted together,

⁷ When the ways of man shall please the Lord, he will convert even his enemies to peace.

¹ For David himself. Judge thou, O Lord, them that wrong me: overthrow them that fight against me. ² Take hold of arms and shield: and rise up to help me. ³ Bring out the sword, and shut up the way against them that persecute me: say to my soul: I am thy salvation. ⁴ Let them be confounded and ashamed that seek after my soul. Let them be turned back and be confounded that devise evil against me. ⁵ Let them become as dust before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord straiten them. ⁶ Let their way become dark and slippery; and let the angel of the Lord pursue them. ⁷ For without cause they have hidden their net for me unto destruction: without cause they have upbraided my soul. ⁸ Let the snare which he knoweth not come upon him: and let the net which he hath hidden catch him: and into that very snare let them fall. ⁹ But my soul shall rejoice in the Lord; and shall be delighted in his salvation. ¹⁰ All my bones shall say: Lord, who is like to thee? Who deliverest the poor from the hand of them that are stronger than he; the needy and the poor from them that strip him. ¹¹ Unjust witnesses rising up have asked me things I knew not. ¹² They repaid me evil for good: to the depriving me of my soul. ¹³ But as for me, when they were troublesome to me, I was clothed with haircloth. I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer shall be turned into my bosom. ¹⁴ As a neighbour and as an own brother, so did I please: as one mourning and sorrowful so was I humbled. ¹⁵ But they rejoiced against me, and came together: scourges were gathered together upon me, and I knew not. ¹⁶ They were separated, and repented not: they tempted me, they scoffed at me with scorn: they gnashed upon me with their teeth. ¹⁷ Lord, when wilt thou look upon me? rescue thou my soul from their malice: my only one from the lions. ¹⁸ I will give thanks to thee in a great church; I will praise thee in a strong people. ¹⁹ Let not them that are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: who have hated me without cause, and wink with the eyes. ²⁰ For they spoke indeed peaceably to me; and speaking in the anger of the earth they devised guile. ²¹ And they opened their mouth wide against me; they said: Well done, well done, our eyes have seen it. ²² Thou hast seen, O Lord, be not thou silent: O Lord, depart not from me. ²³ Arise, and be attentive to my judgment: to my cause, my God, and my Lord. ²⁴ Judge me, O Lord my God according to thy justice, and let them not rejoice over me. ²⁵ Let them not say in their hearts: It is well, it is well, to our mind: neither let them say: We have swallowed him up. ²⁶ Let them blush: and be ashamed together, who rejoice at my evils. Let them be clothed with confusion and shame, who speak great things against me. ²⁷ Let them rejoice and be glad, who are well pleased with my justice, and let them say always: The Lord be magnified, who delights in the peace of his servant. ²⁸ And my tongue shall meditate thy justice, thy praise all the day long.

⁷ If I shall walk in the midst of tribulation, thou wilt quicken me: and thou hast stretched forth thy hand against the wrath of my enemies: and thy right hand hath saved me.

⁴³ You have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thy enemy. ⁴⁴ But I say to you, Love your enemies: do good to them that hate you: and pray for them that persecute and calumniate you: ⁴⁵ That you may be the children of your Father who is in heaven, who maketh his sun to rise upon the good, and bad, and raineth upon the just and the unjust. ⁴⁶ For if you love them that love you, what reward shall you have? do not even the publicans this? ⁴⁷ And if you salute your brethren only, what do you more? do not also the heathens this? ⁴⁸ Be you therefore perfect, as also your heavenly Father is perfect.

³⁴ And Jesus said: Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. But they, dividing his garments, cast lots.

^{6 (57:7)} They prepared a snare for my feet; and they bowed down my soul. They dug a pit before my face, and they are fallen into it.

²⁰ But if the enemy be hungry, give him to eat; if he thirst, give him to drink. For, doing this, thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.

⁶ Do manfully and be of good heart: fear not, nor be ye dismayed at their sight: for the Lord thy God he himself is thy leader, and will not leave thee nor forsake thee.

¹⁷ When thy enemy shall fall, be not glad, and in his ruin let not thy heart rejoice:

¹⁴ Bless them that persecute you: bless, and curse not.

² For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful man is opened against me. ³ They have spoken against me with deceitful tongues; and they have compassed me about with words of hatred; and have fought against me without cause. ⁴ Instead of making me a return of love, they detracted me: but I gave myself to prayer. ⁵ And they repaid me evil for good: and hatred for my love.

²⁷ But I say to you that hear: Love your enemies. Do good to them that hate you. ²⁸ Bless them that curse you and pray for them that calumniate you. ²⁹ And to him that striketh thee on the one cheek, offer also the other. And him that taketh away from thee thy cloak, forbid not to take thy coat also. ³⁰ Give to every one that asketh thee: and of him that taketh away thy goods, ask them not again. ³¹ And as you would that men should do to you, do you also to them in like manner. ³² And if you love them that love you, what thanks are to you? For sinners also love those that love them. ³³ And if you do good to them who do good to you, what thanks are to you? For sinners also do this. ³⁴ And if you lend to them of whom you hope to receive, what thanks are to you? For sinners also lend to sinners, for to receive as much. ³⁵ But love ye your enemies: do good, and lend, hoping for nothing thereby: and your reward shall be great, and you shall be the sons of the Highest. For he is kind to the unthankful and to the evil. ³⁶ Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.