“I will send my terror before you, and I will destroy all the people whom you encounter; I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.

“Bring trouble to the Midianites, and destroy them,

Samuel said, “Why are you asking me, now that the Lord has turned away from you and has become your enemy?

Even if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will defeat you before the enemy. God is capable of helping or defeating.”

On that same day King Ahasuerus gave the estate of Haman, that adversary of the Jews, to Queen Esther. Now Mordecai had come before the king, for Esther had revealed how he was related to her.

Lord, lead me in your righteousness because of those who wait to ambush me, remove the obstacles in the way in which you are guiding me!

Do not let those who are my enemies for no reason gloat over me! Do not let those who hate me without cause carry out their wicked schemes!

How blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! They will not be put to shame when they confront enemies at the city gate.

When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin learned that the former exiles were building a temple for the Lord God of Israel,

My eyes grow dim from suffering; they grow weak because of all my enemies.

Do not disregard what your enemies say, or the unceasing shouts of those who defy you.

My zeal consumes me, for my enemies forget your instructions.

That very day Herod and Pilate became friends with each other, for prior to this they had been enemies.

The enemy said, ‘I will chase, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.’

I for my part will do this to you: I will inflict horror on you, consumption and fever, which diminish eyesight and drain away the vitality of life. You will sow your seed in vain because your enemies will eat it.

I will set my face against you. You will be struck down before your enemies, those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when there is no one pursuing you.

I will bring on you an avenging sword, a covenant vengeance. Although you will gather together into your cities, I will send pestilence among you and you will be given into enemy hands.

In spite of this, however, when they are in the land of their enemies I will not reject them and abhor them to make a complete end of them, to break my covenant with them, for I am the Lord their God.

When you do go across the Jordan River and settle in the land he is granting you as an inheritance and you find relief from all the enemies who surround you, you will live in safety.

instead in hunger, thirst, nakedness, and poverty you will serve your enemies whom the Lord will send against you. They will place an iron yoke on your neck until they have destroyed you.