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Key Verses
- The enemy shall not exact from him or do him violence or outwit him, nor shall the wicked afflict and humble him. I will beat down his foes before his face and smite those who hate him. Psalm 89:22-23 AMPC
- For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Ephesians 6:12 NKJV
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- For our struggle is not against flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this [present] darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) places. Ephesians 6:12 AMP
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Insights
1. Promises
- “I will send My fear before you, I will cause confusion among all the people to whom you come, and will make all your enemies turn their backs to you. Exodus 23:27 NKJV
- All my enemies will be put to shame and greatly horrified; They shall turn back, they will suddenly be put to shame. Psalm 6:10 NASB
- At evening time, now look, sudden terror! Before morning the Assyrians are no more. This is the portion (fate) of those who plunder us, And the lot of those who pillage us. Isaiah 17:14 AMP
- For I,’ declares the Lord, ‘will be a wall of fire around her [protecting her from enemies], and I will be the glory in her midst.’” Zechariah 2:5 AMP
- The enemy shall not outwit him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
I will beat down his foes before his face, And plague those who hate him. Psalm 89:22-23 NKJV - Your hand will be lifted up against your adversaries, And all your enemies will be eliminated. Micah 5:9 NASB
- Behold, all they who are enraged and inflamed against you shall be put to shame and confounded; they who strive against you shall be as nothing and shall perish. You shall seek those who contend with you but shall not find them; they who war against you shall be as nothing, as nothing at all. Isaiah 41:11-12 AMPC
- But Moses said to the people, “Do not fear! Stand by and see the salvation of the LORD, which He will perform for you today; for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see them again, ever. Exodus 14:13 NASB
- “The LORD will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways. Deuteronomy 28:7 NKJV
- Let God arise, Let His enemies be scattered; Let those also who hate Him flee before Him. Psalm 68:1 NKJV
He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’ So Israel dwells securely; the fountain of Jacob lives untroubled in a land of grain and new wine, where even the heavens drip with dew. Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places.” Deuteronomy 33:27-29 BSB
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- “The enemy will not outwit him, Nor will the wicked man afflict or humiliate him. “I will crush his adversaries before him, And strike those who hate him Psalm 89:22-23 AMP
- Your hand shall be lifted against your adversaries, And all your enemies shall be cut off. Micah 5:9 NKJV
2. Deliverance from enemies
- He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. Psalm 106:10 NKJV
- Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy Psalm 107:2 NKJV
3. How enemies dealt with
- they all helped to destroy one another. 2 Chronicles 20:23 ESV
- And the survivors were so scattered that no two of them were left together. 1 Samuel 11:11 BSB
- With God we will do valiantly, For it is He who will trample down our enemies. Psalm 108:13 AMP
- The waters covered their enemies; There was not one of them left. Psalm 106:11 NKJV
- Then the waters returned and covered the chariots, the horsemen, and all the army of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them. Not so much as one of them remained. Exodus 14:28 NKJV
- So the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. Exodus 14:30 NKJV
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- For the sons of Ammon and Moab [suspecting betrayal] rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, completely destroying them; and when they had finished with the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another. 2 Chronicles 20:23 AMPC
4. Enemies see your prosperity
- You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over. Psalm 23:5 NKJV
- Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; and the Lord blessed him. The man began to prosper, and continued prospering until he became very prosperous; for he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and a great number of servants. So the Philistines envied him. Genesis 26:12-14 NKJV
5. No enemies beyond a certain day
- Now it came to pass when the king was dwelling in his house, and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies all around, that the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells inside tent curtains.” 2 Samuel 7:1-2 NKJV
- And I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you, and have made you a great name, like the name of the great men who are on the earth. 2 Samuel 7:9 NKJV
- Then David spoke to the LORD the words of this song, on the day when the
LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the
hand of Saul. 2 Samuel 22:1 NKJV - To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD, who spoke to the LORD the words of this song on the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. Psalm 18:1 NKJV