Adversary

When you enter into battle in your land against an adversary who attacks you, sound short blasts on the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God and saved from your enemies.

But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with Achish and told him, “Send that man back and let him return to the place you assigned him. He must not go down with us into battle only to become our adversary during the war. What better way for him to regain the favor of his master than with the heads of our men?

But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side, and there is no adversary or crisis.

Then the LORD raised up against Solomon an adversary, Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom.

And God raised up against Solomon another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer king of Zobah,

Esther replied, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked man—Haman!” And Haman stood in terror before the king and queen.

His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.

They did not remember His power—the day He redeemed them from the adversary,

He delivered His strength to captivity, and His splendor to the hand of the adversary.

The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary—those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly.

Reconcile quickly with your adversary, while you are still on the way to court. Otherwise, he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.

Make every effort to reconcile with your adversary while you are on your way to the magistrate. Otherwise, he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and the officer may throw you into prison.

And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’

So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.

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