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This collection has 18 Bible verses about enemies: 7 from the Old Testament and 11 from the New Testament. Romans appears most often (4 verses), across 9 books of Scripture.
What does the Bible say about enemies? Read 18 carefully selected Bible verses about enemies, with full scripture text you can save, share, and study.
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"But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,"
"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;"
“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you.
"But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you."
"But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil."
"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."
"Therefore “If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head.”"
"Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head."
"Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”"
"Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord."
"Don’t be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good."
"Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good."
"If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink: for you will heap coals of fire on his head, and Yahweh will reward you."
"If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee."
"Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls. Don’t let your heart be glad when he is overthrown;"
"Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:"
“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again. If you see the donkey of him who hates you fallen down under his burden, don’t leave him, you shall surely help him with it.
"If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him."
"You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over."
"Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over."
"He kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, don’t hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he fell asleep."
"And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep."
"Alexander, the coppersmith, did much evil to me. The Lord will repay him according to his deeds,"
"Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:"
"When a man’s ways please Yahweh, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him."
"When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him."
"Contend, Yahweh, with those who contend with me. Fight against those who fight against me."
"Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me."
"For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we will be saved by his life."
"For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life."
"But I tell you, don’t resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also."
"But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also."
"We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure. Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now."
"And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day."
"Though I walk in the middle of trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your right hand will save me."
"Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me."
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible and the King James Version (both public domain), checked word for word against the full text. Updated October 2, 2026.
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This collection has 18 Bible verses about enemies: 7 from the Old Testament and 11 from the New Testament. Romans appears most often (4 verses), across 9 books of Scripture. What does the Bible say about enemies? Read 18 carefully selected Bible verses about enemies, with full scripture text you can save, share, and study.
Matthew 5:44: "But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you," Luke 6:27-28: "“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you." Luke 6:35: "But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil." Full collection: 18 verses on this page (39% Old Testament, 61% New Testament).
This page collects 18 verses about enemies from 9 books. Romans is the most frequent source (4 verses). Scripture touches the theme in many places; these are the ones readers look up most often for study and encouragement.
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