What Does the Bible Say About Your Enemies?

Matthew 5:44 ESV / 84 helpful votes

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

Matthew 5:38-39 ESV / 46 helpful votes

“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.

John 14:1 ESV / 44 helpful votes

“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 35 helpful votes

Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. ...

John 14:15 ESV / 31 helpful votes

“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

Ezra 7:6 ESV / 28 helpful votes

This Ezra went up from Babylonia. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses that the Lord, the God of Israel, had given, and the king granted him all that he asked, for the hand of the Lord his God was on him.

Revelation 21:8 ESV / 21 helpful votes

But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

Revelation 12:9 ESV / 15 helpful votes

And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 15 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 7 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

Isaiah 54:17 ESV / 6 helpful votes

No weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed, and you shall refute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their vindication from me, declares the Lord.”

Ephesians 4:27 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And give no opportunity to the devil.

Acts 20:29 ESV / 5 helpful votes

I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;

Matthew 7:15-20 ESV / 5 helpful votes

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. ...

Jude 1:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

1 John 2:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.

1 John 2:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour.

2 Peter 2:1-22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth will be blasphemed. And in their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep. For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment; if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly; ...

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

Titus 3:10-11 ESV / 4 helpful votes

As for a person who stirs up division, after warning him once and then twice, have nothing more to do with him, knowing that such a person is warped and sinful; he is self-condemned.

Titus 3:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

To speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people.

2 Timothy 3:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

While evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

2 Timothy 3:1-5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

Ephesians 6:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

2 Corinthians 11:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.

2 Corinthians 4:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

Romans 16:17-18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them. For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.

John 15:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.

John 7:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it that its works are evil.

John 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Luke 17:1-2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And he said to his disciples, “Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come! It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.

Matthew 24:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

Isaiah 5:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

Isaiah 3:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For the look on their faces bears witness against them; they proclaim their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! For they have brought evil on themselves.

Proverbs 29:25 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.

Proverbs 26:24-26 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips and harbors deceit in his heart; when he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart; though his hatred be covered with deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

Proverbs 21:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.

Proverbs 3:31-32 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Do not envy a man of violence and do not choose any of his ways, for the devious person is an abomination to the Lord, but the upright are in his confidence.

Proverbs 1:10-19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without reason; like Sheol let us swallow them alive, and whole, like those who go down to the pit; we shall find all precious goods, we shall fill our houses with plunder; throw in your lot among us; we will all have one purse”— ...

Psalm 118:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?

Psalm 91:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day,

Psalm 56:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.

Psalm 23:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

Psalm 3:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

I will not be afraid of many thousands of people who have set themselves against me all around.

Job 21:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

They spend their days in prosperity, and in peace they go down to Sheol.

Deuteronomy 32:32 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For their vine comes from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah; their grapes are grapes of poison; their clusters are bitter;

Deuteronomy 31:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.”

Deuteronomy 13:1-5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, and the sign or wonder that he tells you comes to pass, and if he says, ‘Let us go after other gods,’ which you have not known, ‘and let us serve them,’ you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams. For the Lord your God is testing you, to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. You shall walk after the Lord your God and fear him and keep his commandments and obey his voice, and you shall serve him and hold fast to him. But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has taught rebellion against the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you out of the house of slavery, to make you leave the way in which the Lord your God commanded you to walk. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.

Deuteronomy 7:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes

You shall not be in dread of them, for the Lord your God is in your midst, a great and awesome God.

Luke 5:32 ESV / 3 helpful votes

I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”

51 Bible Verses about Your Enemies

Matthew 5:44 ESV / 84 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:38-39 ESV / 46 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 14:1 ESV / 44 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 35 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 14:15 ESV / 31 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ezra 7:6 ESV / 28 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 21:8 ESV / 21 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 12:9 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 54:17 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 4:27 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 20:29 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 7:15-20 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jude 1:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 2:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 2:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Peter 2:1-22 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Titus 3:10-11 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Titus 3:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 3:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 6:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 11:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 4:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 16:17-18 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 15:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 7:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 17:1-2 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 24:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 5:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 3:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 29:25 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 26:24-26 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 21:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 3:31-32 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 1:10-19 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 118:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 91:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 56:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 23:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 3:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 21:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 32:32 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 31:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 13:1-5 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 7:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 5:32 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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