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The concept of spoil is prevalent throughout the Old Testament, where it often signifies the material rewards of victory in battle. The term is used both literally, to describe the physical plunder taken from defeated enemies, and metaphorically, to illustrate spiritual or moral lessons.<br><br><b>Old Testament Context</b><br><br>The notion of spoil is deeply embedded in the narratives of the Israelites' military campaigns. In the Book of Joshua, the Israelites are commanded to conquer the land of Canaan, and the spoils of these conquests are often dedicated to the Lord. For instance, in <a href="/joshua/6-19.htm">Joshua 6:19</a>, regarding the fall of Jericho, it is stated, "But all the silver and gold and articles of bronze and iron are holy to the LORD; they must go into His treasury." This directive underscores the principle that the first fruits of victory belong to God.<br><br>In <a href="/bsb/1_samuel/30.htm">1 Samuel 30</a>, David's encounter with the Amalekites provides another example. After the Amalekites raided Ziklag and took captives, David pursued them and recovered all that was taken. The passage notes, "David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives. Nothing was missing, young or old, son or daughter, plunder or anything else they had taken. David brought everything back" (<a href="/1_samuel/30-18.htm">1 Samuel 30:18-19</a>). This recovery of spoil not only restored what was lost but also demonstrated God's favor and provision.<br><br><b>Moral and Ethical Considerations</b><br><br>The distribution and use of spoil often carried moral and ethical implications. In some instances, God commanded the complete destruction of the enemy's possessions, as seen in the case of the Amalekites in <a href="/bsb/1_samuel/15.htm">1 Samuel 15</a>. Saul's failure to fully obey God's command to destroy all the spoil led to his rejection as king. This narrative highlights the importance of obedience to divine instructions over the desire for material gain.<br><br>The ethical treatment of spoil is further illustrated in the laws given in Deuteronomy. <a href="/deuteronomy/20-14.htm">Deuteronomy 20:14</a> provides guidelines for the treatment of spoil in warfare, stating, "But the women, children, livestock, and whatever else is in the city—all its spoil—you may take as plunder for yourselves. And you may use the spoil of your enemies that the LORD your God gives you." This regulation reflects a controlled and sanctioned approach to the acquisition of spoil, emphasizing the need for order and respect for God's commands.<br><br><b>New Testament Perspective</b><br><br>While the New Testament does not focus on physical spoil in the same manner as the Old Testament, the concept is used metaphorically to describe spiritual victories. In <a href="/colossians/2-15.htm">Colossians 2:15</a>, Paul writes, "And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross." Here, the imagery of spoil is applied to Christ's victory over spiritual forces, illustrating the ultimate triumph of good over evil.<br><br><b>Conclusion</b><br><br>The biblical concept of spoil serves as a multifaceted symbol of victory, divine provision, and moral responsibility. It reflects the historical realities of ancient warfare while also conveying deeper spiritual truths about obedience, justice, and the sovereignty of God.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>v. t.</I>) To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession.<p>2. (<I>v. t.</I>) To seize by violence;; to take by force; to plunder.<p>3. (<I>v. t.</I>) To cause to decay and perish; to corrupt; to vitiate; to mar.<p>4. (<I>v. t.</I>) To render useless by injury; to injure fatally; to ruin; to destroy; as, to spoil paper; to have the crops spoiled by insects; to spoil the eyes by reading.<p>5. (<I>v. i.</I>) To practice plunder or robbery.<p>6. (<I>v. i.</I>) To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to decay; as, fruit will soon spoil in warm weather.<p>7. (<I>n.</I>) That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty.<p>8. (<I>n.</I>) Public offices and their emoluments regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction, to be bestowed for its own advantage; -- commonly in the plural; as to the victor belong the spoils.<p>9. (<I>n.</I>) That which is gained by strength or effort.<p>10. (<I>n.</I>) The act or practice of plundering; robbery.<p>11. (<I>n.</I>) Corruption; cause of corruption.<p>12. (<I>n.</I>) The slough, or cast skin, of a serpent or other animal.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">SPOIL</span><p>spoil.<br><br>See <a href="../b/booty.htm">BOOTY</a>; <a href="../w/war.htm">WAR, 8</a>.<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/5351.htm"><span class="l">5351. phtheiro -- to destroy, corrupt, <b>spoil</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> to destroy, corrupt, <b>spoil</b>. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: phtheiro Phonetic<br> Spelling: (fthi'-ro) Short Definition: I corrupt, <b>spoil</b>, destroy Definition <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5351.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/4812.htm"><span class="l">4812. sulagogeo -- to carry off as <b>spoil</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> to carry off as <b>spoil</b>. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: sulagogeo Phonetic<br> Spelling: (soo-lag-ogue-eh'-o) Short Definition: I plunder Definition: I plunder <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4812.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/1311.htm"><span class="l">1311. diaphtheiro -- to destroy utterly, to <b>spoil</b>, corrupt</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to destroy utterly, to <b>spoil</b>, corrupt. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration:<br> diaphtheiro Phonetic Spelling: (dee-af-thi'-ro) Short Definition: I destroy, waste <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1311.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 8k</font><p><a href="/greek/4661.htm"><span class="l">4661. skulon -- arms stripped from a foe, ie spoils</span></a> <br><b>...</b> arms stripped from a foe, ie spoils. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration:<br> skulon Phonetic Spelling: (skoo'-lon) Short Definition: <b>spoil</b> taken from a <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4661.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/725.htm"><span class="l">725. harpagmos -- the act of seizing or the thing seized</span></a> <br><b>...</b> of seizing or the thing seized. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration:<br> harpagmos Phonetic Spelling: (har-pag-mos') Short Definition: <b>spoil</b>, an object <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/725.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/205.htm"><span class="l">205. akrothinion -- the top of a heap, ie the best of the spoils</span></a> <br><b>...</b> best of the spoils. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: akrothinion Phonetic<br> Spelling: (ak-roth-in'-ee-on) Short Definition: <b>spoil</b>, treasure Definition <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/205.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/724.htm"><span class="l">724. harpage -- pillage, plundering</span></a> <br><b>...</b> of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: harpage Phonetic Spelling: (har-pag-ay')<br> Short Definition: the act of plundering, plunder, <b>spoil</b> Definition: the act <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/724.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/4813.htm"><span class="l">4813. sulao -- to plunder</span></a> <br><b>...</b> strip. Cognate: 4813 -- properly, to plunder, exercising "right of " to<br> strip and take <b>spoil</b> (like seizing ). See 4812 (). Word <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4813.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/889.htm"><span class="l">889. achreioo -- to make useless</span></a> <br><b>...</b> become unprofitable, render useless. From achreios; to render useless, ie <b>Spoil</b> --<br> become unprofitable. see GREEK achreios. (echreothesan) -- 1 Occurrence. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/889.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/2704.htm"><span class="l">2704. kataphtheiro -- to destroy entirely</span></a> <br><b>...</b> corrupt, utterly destroy. From kata and phtheiro; to <b>spoil</b> entirely, ie (literally)<br> to destroy; or (figuratively) to deprave; --corrupt, utterly perish. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2704.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/962.htm"><span class="l">962. bazaz -- to <b>spoil</b>, plunder</span></a><br><b>...</b> 961, 962. bazaz. 963 . to <b>spoil</b>, plunder. Transliteration: bazaz Phonetic Spelling:<br> (baw-zaz') Short Definition: plunder. Word Origin a prim. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/962.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7998.htm"><span class="l">7998. shalal -- a prey, <b>spoil</b>, plunder, booty</span></a><br><b>...</b> 7997b, 7998. shalal. 7999 . a prey, <b>spoil</b>, plunder, booty. Transliteration:<br> shalal Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-lawl') Short Definition: <b>spoil</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7998.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7997b.htm"><span class="l">7997b. shalal -- to <b>spoil</b>, plunder</span></a><br><b>...</b> 7997a, 7997b. shalal. 7998 . to <b>spoil</b>, plunder. Transliteration: shalal<br> Short Definition: capture. Word Origin a prim. root Definition <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7997b.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/961.htm"><span class="l">961. bizzah -- <b>spoil</b>, booty</span></a><br><b>...</b> bizzah. 962 . <b>spoil</b>, booty. Transliteration: bizzah Phonetic Spelling: (biz-zaw')<br> Short Definition: plunder. <b>...</b> prey, <b>spoil</b>. Feminine of baz; booty -- prey, <b>spoil</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/961.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/8154.htm"><span class="l">8154. shasah -- to <b>spoil</b>, plunder</span></a><br><b>...</b> shasah or shasah. 8155 . to <b>spoil</b>, plunder. Transliteration: shasah or shasah<br> Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-saw') Short Definition: plundered. Word Origin a prim. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/8154.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/897.htm"><span class="l">897. bag -- <b>spoil</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> bag. 898 . <b>spoil</b>. Transliteration: bag Phonetic Spelling: (bag) Short Definition:<br> <b>spoil</b>. <b>...</b> <b>spoil</b> A Persian word; food -- <b>spoil</b> (from the margin for baz.). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/897.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/8155.htm"><span class="l">8155. shasas -- to <b>spoil</b>, plunder</span></a><br><b>...</b> shasas. 8156 . to <b>spoil</b>, plunder. Transliteration: shasas Phonetic Spelling:<br> (shaw-sas') Short Definition: plundered. Word Origin a prim. <b>...</b> rifle, <b>spoil</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/8155.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7601.htm"><span class="l">7601. shaas -- <b>spoil</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 7600, 7601. shaas. 7602 . <b>spoil</b>. Transliteration: shaas Phonetic Spelling:<br> (shaw-as') Short Definition: <b>spoil</b>. <b>...</b> <b>spoil</b> A primitive root; to plunder -- <b>spoil</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7601.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/4882.htm"><span class="l">4882. meshusah -- <b>spoil</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> meshusah. 4883 . <b>spoil</b>. Transliteration: meshusah Phonetic Spelling:<br> (mesh-oo-saw') Short Definition: <b>spoil</b>. Word Origin the same as meshissah, qv. <b>spoil</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/4882.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/957.htm"><span class="l">957. baz -- spoiling, robbery, <b>spoil</b>, booty</span></a><br><b>...</b> baz. 958 . spoiling, robbery, <b>spoil</b>, booty. Transliteration: baz Phonetic Spelling:<br> (baz) Short Definition: prey. <b>...</b> From bazaz; plunder -- booty, prey, <b>spoil</b>(-ed <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/957.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/october_3_the_little_foxes.htm"><span class="l">October 3. "The Little Foxes that <b>Spoil</b> the vines" (Song of <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> OCTOBER 3. "The little foxes that <b>spoil</b> the vines" (Song of Solomon, ii. 15).<br> "The little foxes that <b>spoil</b> the vines" (Song of Solomon, ii.15). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../simpson/days of heaven upon earth /october 3 the little foxes.htm</font><p><a href="/library/guyon/song_of_songs_of_solomon/15_take_us_the_little.htm"><span class="l">Take us the Little Foxes that <b>Spoil</b> the vines; for Our vine is in <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> CHAPTER II. 15. Take us the little foxes that <b>spoil</b> the vines; for our vine<br> is in blossom. The faithful soul prays her beloved that <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/guyon/song of songs of solomon/15 take us the little.htm</font><p><a href="/library/traherne/centuries_of_meditations/13_you_would_not_think.htm"><span class="l">You Would not Think How These Barbarous Inventions <b>Spoil</b> Your <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> THE THIRD CENTURY 13 You would not think how these barbarous inventions <b>spoil</b><br> your knowledge. You would not think how these barbarous <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../traherne/centuries of meditations/13 you would not think.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_37_1891/the_statute_of_david_for.htm"><span class="l">The Statute of David for the Sharing of the <b>Spoil</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> The Statute of David for the Sharing of the <b>Spoil</b>. A Sermon (No.2208). Delivered<br> on Lord's-Day Morning, June 7th, 1891, by. CH SPURGEON,. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 37 1891/the statute of david for.htm</font><p><a href="/library/tertullian/the_five_books_against_marcion/chapter_xx_the_marcionites_charged_god.htm"><span class="l">The Marcionites Charged God with Having Instigated the Hebrews to <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chapter XX."The Marcionites Charged God with Having Instigated the Hebrews to <b>Spoil</b><br> the Egyptians Defence of the Divine Dispensation in that Matter. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the five books against marcion/chapter xx the marcionites charged god.htm</font><p><a href="/library/irenaeus/against_heresies/chapter_xxx_refutation_of_another_argument.htm"><span class="l">Refutation of Another Argument Adduced by the Marcionites, that <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Against Heresies: Book IV Chapter XXX."Refutation of another argument adduced by<br> the Marcionites, that God directed the Hebrews to <b>spoil</b> the Egyptians. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter xxx refutation of another argument.htm</font><p><a href="/library/moody/secret_power/chapter_v_power_hindered.htm"><span class="l">Power Hindered.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and <b>spoil</b> his goods, except<br> he first bind the strong man? and then he will <b>spoil</b> his house. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/moody/secret power/chapter v power hindered.htm</font><p><a href="/library/chadwick/the_gospel_of_st_mark/chapter_3_20-27_christ_and_beelzebub.htm"><span class="l">Christ and Beelzebub</span></a> <br><b>...</b> But no one can enter into the house of the strong man, and <b>spoil</b> his goods, except<br> he first bind the strong man; and then he will <b>spoil</b> his house." Mark 3:20 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 3 20-27 christ and beelzebub.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/select_masterpieces_of_biblical_literature/iv_deborahs_song.htm"><span class="l">Deborah's Song</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Why tarry the wheels of his chariots?" Her wise ladies answered her, Yea, she returned<br> answer to herself, "Have they not found, Have they not divided the <b>spoil</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../various/select masterpieces of biblical literature/iv deborahs song.htm</font><p><a href="/library/sherman/the_childrens_bible/women_who_saved_a_nation.htm"><span class="l">Women who Saved a Nation</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Far from sounds of dividing the <b>spoil</b>, In the places where water is drawn, Let them<br> tell of Jehovah's righteous acts, And the righteous deeds of his leaders! <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/sherman/the childrens bible/women who saved a nation.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/s/spoil.htm"><span class="l"><b>Spoil</b> (140 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (vt) To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before<br> the name of the thing taken; as, to <b>spoil</b> one of his goods or possession. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/spoil.htm - 40k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/spoils.htm"><span class="l">Spoils (19 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Exodus 15:9 The enemy said: 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the <b>spoil</b>;<br> my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/spoils.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/booty.htm"><span class="l">Booty (32 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary. (n.) That which is seized by violence or obtained by<br> robbery, especially collective <b>spoil</b> taken in war; plunder; pillage. Int. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/booty.htm - 18k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/loot.htm"><span class="l">Loot (15 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (See NIV). Ezekiel 7:21 I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey,<br> and to the wicked of the earth for a <b>spoil</b>; and they shall profane it. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/loot.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/apportion.htm"><span class="l">Apportion (19 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Exodus 15:9 The enemy said, I pursue, I overtake; I apportion <b>spoil</b>; Filled is my<br> soul with them; I draw out my sword; My hand destroyeth them: -- (YLT). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/apportion.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/dividing.htm"><span class="l">Dividing (23 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NIV). Genesis 49:27 Benjamin is a wolf that raveneth; in the<br> morning he devoureth the prey, and at even he divideth the <b>spoil</b>.' (See RSV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/dividing.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/despoil.htm"><span class="l">Despoil (13 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2. (vt) To deprive for <b>spoil</b>; to plunder; to rob; to pillage; to strip; to divest; --<br> usually followed by of. 3. (n.) <b>Spoil</b>. Multi-Version Concordance <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/despoil.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/plundered.htm"><span class="l">Plundered (44 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> hand of their enemies. They will become a prey and a <b>spoil</b> to all their<br> enemies; (See NIV). 2 Chronicles 14:14 And they smote all <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/plundered.htm - 19k</font><p><a href="/topical/n/necks.htm"><span class="l">Necks (28 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Judges 5:30 'Have they not<br> found, have they not divided the <b>spoil</b>? A lady, two ladies <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/necks.htm - 15k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/ladies.htm"><span class="l">Ladies (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Judges 5:30 'Have they not found, have they not divided the <b>spoil</b>? A lady,<br> two ladies to every man; to Sisera a <b>spoil</b> of dyed garments <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/ladies.htm - 8k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/spare-rod-spoil-child.html">What does it mean to "spare the rod, spoil the child"? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/tribe-of-Benjamin.html">What can we learn from the tribe of Benjamin? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.html">Who was Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/spoil.htm">Spoil: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Spoil (140 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/12-29.htm">Matthew 12:29</a></span><br />Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.<br /><span class="source">(KJV ASV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/3-27.htm">Mark 3:27</a></span><br />No man can enter into a strong man's house, and <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.<br /><span class="source">(KJV ASV YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/5-36.htm">Luke 5:36</a></span><br />He also spoke in figurative language to them. "No one," He said, "tears a piece from a new garment to mend an old one. Otherwise he would not only <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> the new, but the patch from the new would not match the old.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/11-22.htm">Luke 11:22</a></span><br />But when someone stronger attacks him and overcomes him, he takes from him his whole armor in which he trusted, and divides his spoils.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/colossians/2-8.htm">Colossians 2:8</a></span><br />Beware lest any man <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.<br /><span class="source">(KJV ASV YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hebrews/7-4.htm">Hebrews 7:4</a></span><br />Now consider how great this man was, to whom even Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth out of the best spoils.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_peter/1-4.htm">1 Peter 1:4</a></span><br />to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn't fade away, reserved in Heaven for you,<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/34-27.htm">Genesis 34:27</a></span><br />The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.<br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV JPS WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/34-29.htm">Genesis 34:29</a></span><br />And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.<br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV JPS WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/49-27.htm">Genesis 49:27</a></span><br />"Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the <span class="boldtext">spoil</span>." <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/3-22.htm">Exodus 3:22</a></span><br />But every woman shall borrow of her neighbor, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> the Egyptians.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/12-36.htm">Exodus 12:36</a></span><br />Yahweh gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. They despoiled the Egyptians.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/15-9.htm">Exodus 15:9</a></span><br />The enemy said,'I will pursue. I will overtake. I will divide the <span class="boldtext">spoil</span>. My desire shall be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.'<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/14-31.htm">Numbers 14:31</a></span><br />As to your infants -- of whom ye have said, A <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> they are become -- I have even brought them in, and they have known the land which ye have kicked against;<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/31-9.htm">Numbers 31:9</a></span><br />And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.<br /><span class="source">(KJV DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/31-11.htm">Numbers 31:11</a></span><br />They took all the <span class="boldtext">spoil</span>, and all the prey, both of man and of animal.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/31-12.htm">Numbers 31:12</a></span><br />They brought the captives, and the prey, and the <span class="boldtext">spoil</span>, to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan at Jericho.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/31-32.htm">Numbers 31:32</a></span><br />And the prey, the rest of the <span class="boldtext">spoil</span>, which the men of war had taken, was six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep,<br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/31-53.htm">Numbers 31:53</a></span><br />(For the men of war had taken <span class="boldtext">spoil</span>, every man for himself.)<br /><span class="source">(KJV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-35.htm">Deuteronomy 2:35</a></span><br />only the livestock we took for a prey to ourselves, with the <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> of the cities which we had taken.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/3-7.htm">Deuteronomy 3:7</a></span><br />But all the livestock, and the <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/13-16.htm">Deuteronomy 13:16</a></span><br />You shall gather all its <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> into the midst of its street, and shall burn with fire the city, and all its spoil every whit, to Yahweh your God: and it shall be a heap forever; it shall not be built again.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/20-14.htm">Deuteronomy 20:14</a></span><br />but the women, and the little ones, and the livestock, and all that is in the city, even all its <span class="boldtext">spoil</span>, you shall take for a prey to yourself; and you shall eat the spoil of your enemies, which Yahweh your God has given you.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/7-21.htm">Joshua 7:21</a></span><br />When I saw among the <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> a beautiful Babylonian robe, two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, then I coveted them and took them. Behold, they are hidden in the ground in the middle of my tent, with the silver under it."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/8-2.htm">Joshua 8:2</a></span><br />You shall do to Ai and her king as you did to Jericho and her king, except its <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> and its livestock, you shall take for a plunder for yourselves. Set an ambush for the city behind it."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/8-27.htm">Joshua 8:27</a></span><br />Only the livestock and the <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> of that city Israel took for prey to themselves, according to the word of Yahweh which he commanded Joshua.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/11-14.htm">Joshua 11:14</a></span><br />The children of Israel took all the <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> of these cities, with the livestock, as spoils for themselves; but every man they struck with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them. They didn't leave any who breathed.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/22-8.htm">Joshua 22:8</a></span><br />and spoke to them, saying, "Return with much wealth to your tents, with very much livestock, with silver, with gold, with brass, with iron, and with very much clothing. Divide the <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> of your enemies with your brothers."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/2-14.htm">Judges 2:14</a></span><br />The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers who despoiled them; and he sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/5-30.htm">Judges 5:30</a></span><br />'Have they not found, have they not divided the <span class="boldtext">spoil</span>? A lady, two ladies to every man; to Sisera a spoil of dyed garments, a spoil of dyed garments embroidered, of dyed garments embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the spoil?'<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/8-24.htm">Judges 8:24</a></span><br />Gideon said to them, "I would make a request of you, that you would give me every man the earrings of his <span class="boldtext">spoil</span>." (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/8-25.htm">Judges 8:25</a></span><br />They answered, "We will willingly give them." They spread a garment, and every man threw the earrings of his <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> into it.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/14-19.htm">Judges 14:19</a></span><br />The Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and struck thirty men of them, and took their <span class="boldtext">spoil</span>, and gave the changes of clothing to those who declared the riddle. His anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-30.htm">1 Samuel 14:30</a></span><br />How much more, if perhaps the people had eaten freely today of the <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> of their enemies which they found? For now has there been no great slaughter among the Philistines."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-32.htm">1 Samuel 14:32</a></span><br />and the people flew on the <span class="boldtext">spoil</span>, and took sheep, and cattle, and calves, and killed them on the ground; and the people ate them with the blood.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-36.htm">1 Samuel 14:36</a></span><br />Saul said, "Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and take <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> among them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them." They said, "Do whatever seems good to you." Then the priest said, "Let us draw near here to God."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-19.htm">1 Samuel 15:19</a></span><br />Why then didn't you obey the voice of Yahweh, but took the spoils, and did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh?"<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-21.htm">1 Samuel 15:21</a></span><br />But the people took of the <span class="boldtext">spoil</span>, sheep and cattle, the chief of the devoted things, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God in Gilgal."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-53.htm">1 Samuel 17:53</a></span><br />And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.<br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV JPS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-16.htm">1 Samuel 30:16</a></span><br />When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread around over all the ground, eating, drinking, and dancing, because of all the great <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-19.htm">1 Samuel 30:19</a></span><br />There was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither <span class="boldtext">spoil</span>, nor anything that they had taken to them. David brought back all.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-20.htm">1 Samuel 30:20</a></span><br />David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other livestock, and said, "This is David's <span class="boldtext">spoil</span>."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-22.htm">1 Samuel 30:22</a></span><br />Then all the wicked men and base fellows, of those who went with David, answered and said, "Because they didn't go with us, we will not give them anything of the <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> that we have recovered, except to every man his wife and his children, that he may lead them away, and depart."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-26.htm">1 Samuel 30:26</a></span><br />When David came to Ziklag, he sent of the <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> to the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, "Behold, a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of Yahweh."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-21.htm">2 Samuel 2:21</a></span><br />Abner said to him, "Turn aside to your right hand or to your left, and grab one of the young men, and take his armor." But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-22.htm">2 Samuel 3:22</a></span><br />Behold, the servants of David and Joab came from a foray, and brought in a great <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/8-12.htm">2 Samuel 8:12</a></span><br />of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/12-30.htm">2 Samuel 12:30</a></span><br />He took the crown of their king from off his head; and its weight was a talent of gold, and in it were precious stones; and it was set on David's head. He brought forth the <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> of the city, exceeding much.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/23-10.htm">2 Samuel 23:10</a></span><br />He arose, and struck the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand froze to the sword; and Yahweh worked a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to take <span class="boldtext">spoil</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/3-23.htm">2 Kings 3:23</a></span><br />They said, "This is blood. The kings are surely destroyed, and they have struck each other. Now therefore, Moab, to the <span class="boldtext">spoil</span>!"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/7-16.htm">2 Kings 7:16</a></span><br />And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.<br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV JPS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/21-14.htm">2 Kings 21:14</a></span><br />I will cast off the remnant of my inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies. They will become a prey and a <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> to all their enemies;<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/20-2.htm">1 Chronicles 20:2</a></span><br />David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set on David's head: and he brought forth the <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> of the city, exceeding much.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/26-27.htm">1 Chronicles 26:27</a></span><br />Out of the <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> won in battles did they dedicate to repair the house of Yahweh. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/14-13.htm">2 Chronicles 14:13</a></span><br />And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much <span class="boldtext">spoil</span>.<br /><span class="source">(KJV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/14-14.htm">2 Chronicles 14:14</a></span><br />They struck all the cities around Gerar; for the fear of Yahweh came on them: and they despoiled all the cities; for there was much spoil in them. <br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/15-11.htm">2 Chronicles 15:11</a></span><br />They sacrificed to Yahweh in that day, of the <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> which they had brought, seven hundred head of cattle and seven thousand sheep.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-25.htm">2 Chronicles 20:25</a></span><br />When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take the <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> of them, they found among them in abundance both riches and dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in taking the spoil, it was so much.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/24-23.htm">2 Chronicles 24:23</a></span><br />It happened at the end of the year, that the army of the Syrians came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> of them to the king of Damascus.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/25-13.htm">2 Chronicles 25:13</a></span><br />But the men of the army whom Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell on the cities of Judah, from Samaria even to Beth Horon, and struck of them three thousand, and took much <span class="boldtext">spoil</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/28-8.htm">2 Chronicles 28:8</a></span><br />The children of Israel carried away captive of their brothers two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/28-14.htm">2 Chronicles 28:14</a></span><br />So the armed men left the captives and the <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> before the princes and all the assembly. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/28-15.htm">2 Chronicles 28:15</a></span><br />The men who have been mentioned by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> clothed all who were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them on donkeys, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brothers: then they returned to Samaria.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezra/9-7.htm">Ezra 9:7</a></span><br />Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a <span class="boldtext">spoil</span>, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-4.htm">Nehemiah 4:4</a></span><br />Hear, our God; for we are despised: and turn back their reproach on their own head, and give them up for a <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> in a land of captivity;<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/esther/3-13.htm">Esther 3:13</a></span><br />And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> of them for a prey.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/esther/9-10.htm">Esther 9:10</a></span><br />The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but on the <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> laid they not their hand.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/esther/9-15.htm">Esther 9:15</a></span><br />The Jews who were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and killed three hundred men in Shushan; but they didn't lay their hand on the <span class="boldtext">spoil</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/esther/9-16.htm">Esther 9:16</a></span><br />And the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of them that hated them seventy and five thousand; but on the spoil they laid not their hand. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS ASV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/12-17.htm">Job 12:17</a></span><br />He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.<br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/12-19.htm">Job 12:19</a></span><br />He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.<br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/17-5.htm">Job 17:5</a></span><br />He who denounces his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/29-17.htm">Job 29:17</a></span><br />And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> out of his teeth.<br /><span class="source">(KJV DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/44-10.htm">Psalms 44:10</a></span><br />You make us turn back from the adversary. Those who hate us take <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> for themselves. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/68-12.htm">Psalms 68:12</a></span><br />"Kings of armies flee! They flee!" She who waits at home divides the <span class="boldtext">spoil</span>,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/76-5.htm">Psalms 76:5</a></span><br />The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.<br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/89-41.htm">Psalms 89:41</a></span><br />All that pass by the way <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> him: he is a reproach to his neighbours. <br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/109-11.htm">Psalms 109:11</a></span><br />Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> his labour. <br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/119-162.htm">Psalms 119:162</a></span><br />I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great <span class="boldtext">spoil</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/1-13.htm">Proverbs 1:13</a></span><br />We'll find all valuable wealth. We'll fill our houses with <span class="boldtext">spoil</span>. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/16-19.htm">Proverbs 16:19</a></span><br />Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> with the proud.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/21-7.htm">Proverbs 21:7</a></span><br />The <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> of the wicked catcheth them, Because they have refused to do judgment.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/22-23.htm">Proverbs 22:23</a></span><br />For the LORD will plead their cause, and <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> the soul of those that spoiled them.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/24-15.htm">Proverbs 24:15</a></span><br />Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> not his resting place:<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/31-11.htm">Proverbs 31:11</a></span><br />The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of <span class="boldtext">spoil</span>.<br /><span class="source">(KJV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/songs/2-15.htm">Song of Songs 2:15</a></span><br />Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> the vineyards; for our vineyards are in blossom.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/3-14.htm">Isaiah 3:14</a></span><br />Yahweh will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and their leaders: "It is you who have eaten up the vineyard. The <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> of the poor is in your houses.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/8-1.htm">Isaiah 8:1</a></span><br />And Jehovah said unto me, Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it with the pen of a man, For Maher-shalal-hash-baz; <br /><span class="source">(See JPS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/8-4.htm">Isaiah 8:4</a></span><br />For before the child knows how to say,'My father,' and,'My mother,' the riches of Damascus and the <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> of Samaria will be carried away by the king of Assyria."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/9-3.htm">Isaiah 9:3</a></span><br />You have multiplied the nation. You have increased their joy. They rejoice before you according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the <span class="boldtext">spoil</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/10-2.htm">Isaiah 10:2</a></span><br />to deprive the needy from justice, and to rob the poor among my people of their rights, that widows may be their <span class="boldtext">spoil</span>, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/10-6.htm">Isaiah 10:6</a></span><br />I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people who anger me will I give him a command to take the <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/11-14.htm">Isaiah 11:14</a></span><br />But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them. <br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/17-14.htm">Isaiah 17:14</a></span><br />And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> us, and the lot of them that rob us.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/33-1.htm">Isaiah 33:1</a></span><br />Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.<br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV JPS DBY YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/33-4.htm">Isaiah 33:4</a></span><br />Your <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> will be gathered as the caterpillar gathers. Men will leap on it as locusts leap. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/33-23.htm">Isaiah 33:23</a></span><br />Your rigging is untied. They couldn't strengthen the foot of their mast. They couldn't spread the sail. Then the prey of a great <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> was divided. The lame took the prey. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/42-22.htm">Isaiah 42:22</a></span><br />But this is a robbed and plundered people. All of them are snared in holes, and they are hidden in prisons. They have become a prey, and no one delivers; and a <span class="boldtext">spoil</span>, and no one says,'Restore them!'<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/42-24.htm">Isaiah 42:24</a></span><br />Who gave Jacob for a <span class="boldtext">spoil</span>, and Israel to the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/53-12.htm">Isaiah 53:12</a></span><br />Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the <span class="boldtext">spoil</span> with the strong; because he poured out his soul to death, and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)</span><p><a 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