And ye have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the Lord your God is he that hath fought for you. Joshua 23:3
One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the Lord your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you. Joshua 23:10
So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years. Judges 5:31
For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the Lord reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day. I Samuel 24:19
And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth. II Samuel 7:9
Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? I Kings 21:20
But the Lord your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies. II Kings 17:39
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. Psalms 25:2&19
And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left. Psalms 106:11
The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. Psalms 110:1
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. Psalms 143:9&12
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: Proverbs 25:21
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. Proverbs 27:6
Never trust thine enemy: for like as iron rusteth, so is his wickedness.
Though he humble himself, and go crouching, yet take good heed and beware of him, and thou shalt be unto him as if thou hadst wiped a lookingglass, and thou shalt know that his rust hath not been altogether wiped away.
Set him not by thee, lest, when he hath overthrown thee, he stand up in thy place; neither let him sit at thy right hand, lest he seek to take thy seat, and thou at the last remember my words, and be pricked therewith. Sirach/Ecclesiasticus 12:10-12
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
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;
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? Matthew 5:43-47
A man’s foes shall be they of his own household. Matthew 10:36
Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you. Luke 6:27
But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. Luke 6:35
The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. I Corinthians 15:26
Relent not in pursuit of the enemy. If ye are suffering, lo! they suffer even as ye suffer and ye hope from Allah that for which they cannot hope. Allah is ever Knower, Wise. Koran 4:104
Being driven and smitten by the hands of mine enemies, on whom I will pour out my wrath without measure in mine own time.
And whomsoever ye curse, I will curse, and ye shall avenge me of mine enemies.
And my presence shall be with you even in avenging me of mine enemies, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me. Mormon Doctrine & Covenants 103:2&25&26
There is more cause of danger from disunion among ourselves than by anything from our enemies. Oliver Cromwell
Our party must continue to strike fear in the heart of the white man, our real enemy! Robert Mugabe
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. Napoléon Bonaparte
I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made. Franklin D Roosevelt
I think that most people would rather face the light of a real enemy than the darkness of their imagined fears. Max Brooks, World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
Isn’t it the sweetest mockery to mock our enemies? Sophocles
The Bible tells us to love our neighbours, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people. G K Chesterton
Jim is my enemy, but it turns out that Jim is also his own worst enemy. And the enemy of my enemy is my friend. So Jim is actually my friend. But, because he is his own worst enemy, the enemy of my friend is my enemy. So actually, Jim is my enemy. But ... The Office US s6e8: Koi Pond, Dwight, NBC 2009
The present ‘War on Terror’ is a fraudulent attempt to create a new Moslem enemy, much like the attack on the Jew’s in the 1930s. NATO and many Western Military masters are following the same tactics as Hitler’s Nazis. Tony Gosling, website introduction
The rich are always going to provide us with an enemy for ever. Everything is a Rich Man’s Trick, 2014
Mr Shelby, may I tell you something. You have a lot of enemies. Peaky Blinders s4e3: Blackbird, factory manager to Tommy, BBC 2017
A common danger unites even the bitterest enemies. Aristotle
One hundred years ago Muslim Azerbaijan used to supply half the world’s oil. In recent years Western oil firms have invested vast sums here. But officially Azerbaijan is still at war with neighbouring Armenia. Simon Reeve, Holidays in the Danger Zone: Places that Don’t Exist V: Nagorno Karabakh, BBC 2003
Azerbaijan and Armenia got their independence but a small mountainous area called Nagorno Karabakh triggered war. ibid.
In September last year Armenia and Azerbaijan went to war. In 44 days of fighting, the fortunes of the two countries and their peoples were turned upside down … So who really won this war? And what does the future hold for people who have lived through and lost so much? Our World: Who Won the Karabakh War? BBC 2021
Two neighbours, two wars, the bitterest of enemies. Nagorno Karabakh is an Armenian-majority area inside Azerbaijan’s international borders. In 1992 a long-running dispute over who should control it turned into war. Armenia invaded taking over Najorno Karabakh and the surrounding areas. ibid.
The CIA’s first enemy was to be the red menace from Russia. Secrets of the CIA, 2006
He makes no friend who never made a foe. Alfred Lord Tennyson, Idylls of the King
The main doctrine of a fanatic’s creed is that his enemies are the enemies of God. Andrew White