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The concept of foes is prevalent throughout the Scriptures, illustrating the ongoing conflict between good and evil, as well as the personal and communal struggles faced by the people of God. Old Testament Context In the Old Testament, the Israelites frequently encountered foes in the form of neighboring nations and peoples who opposed them. These adversaries often threatened their physical safety and spiritual integrity. For instance, the Philistines were a persistent foe of Israel, as seen in the narrative of David and Goliath (1 Samuel 17). The Israelites' battles against their foes were not merely military but also spiritual, as they were called to trust in God's deliverance and protection. The Psalms frequently address the theme of foes, with the psalmists often crying out to God for deliverance from their enemies. <a href="/psalms/3.htm">Psalm 3:1-2</a> states, "O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me! Many say of me, 'God will not deliver him.'" Here, the psalmist acknowledges the reality of foes while expressing trust in God's salvation. New Testament Context In the New Testament, the concept of foes takes on a more spiritual dimension. Jesus teaches about loving one's enemies, a radical departure from the traditional view of dealing with foes. In <a href="/matthew/5-44.htm">Matthew 5:44</a> , Jesus instructs, "But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you." This teaching emphasizes the transformative power of love and forgiveness, challenging believers to reflect God's grace even towards their adversaries. The Apostle Paul also addresses the spiritual nature of foes in <a href="/ephesians/6-12.htm">Ephesians 6:12</a> , stating, "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world's darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." Here, Paul highlights that the true foe is not human but spiritual, urging believers to put on the full armor of God to stand firm against these forces. Spiritual Warfare The Bible presents the ultimate foe as Satan, the adversary of God and His people. Throughout Scripture, Satan is depicted as the deceiver and accuser, seeking to lead people away from God. In <a href="/1_peter/5-8.htm">1 Peter 5:8</a> , believers are warned, "Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour." This verse underscores the need for vigilance and reliance on God's strength in the face of spiritual foes. God's Deliverance Despite the presence of foes, the Bible consistently affirms God's power to deliver His people. In <a href="/romans/8-31.htm">Romans 8:31</a> , Paul declares, "What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?" This assurance of God's sovereignty and protection provides comfort and hope to believers facing any adversary. The biblical narrative of foes, both physical and spiritual, serves as a reminder of the ongoing battle between good and evil. It calls believers to trust in God's deliverance, love their enemies, and remain steadfast in faith, knowing that ultimate victory belongs to the Lord.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (n.) One who entertains personal enmity, hatred, grudge, or malice, against another; an enemy.2. (n.) An enemy in war; a hostile army.3. (n.) One who opposes on principle; an opponent; an adversary; an ill-wisher; as, a foe to religion.4. (v. t.) To treat as an enemy.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/4661.htm">4661. skulon -- arms stripped from a foe, ie spoils</a> ... arms stripped from a foe, ie spoils. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: skulon Phonetic Spelling: (skoo'-lon) Short Definition: spoil taken from a ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4661.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/2190.htm">2190. echthros -- hostile</a> ... Word Origin from echthos (hatred) Definition hostile NASB Word Usage enemies (20), enemy (10), enemy* (1), hostile (1). enemy, foe. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2190.htm - 7k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/341.htm">341. oyeb -- enemy, foe</a> ... oyeb. 342 . enemy, foe. Transliteration: oyeb Phonetic Spelling: (o-yabe') Short Definition: enemy. Word Origin active participle of ayab, qv. enemy, foe ... /hebrew/341.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/6862c.htm">6862c. tsar -- adversary, foe</a> ... 6862b, 6862c. tsar. 6862d . adversary, foe. Transliteration: tsar Short Definition: adversaries. Word Origin from tsarar Definition ... /hebrew/6862c.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/6146.htm">6146. ar -- foe</a> ... 6145, 6146. ar. 6147 . foe. Transliteration: ar Phonetic Spelling: (awr) Short Definition: adversaries. Word Origin (Aramaic) corresponding ... /hebrew/6146.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/6696b.htm">6696b. tsur -- to show hostility to, treat as foe</a> ... 6696a, 6696b. tsur. 6696c . to show hostility to, treat as foe. Transliteration: tsur Short Definition: harass. Word Origin a prim. ... /hebrew/6696b.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/6862.htm">6862. tsar -- narrow, tight</a> ... narrow, tight. Transliteration: tsar Phonetic Spelling: (tsar) Short Definition: adversary. adversary, affliction, anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, ... /hebrew/6862.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/8130.htm">8130. sane -- to hate</a> ... enemy, foe, be hateful odious, utterly. A primitive root; to hate (personally) -- enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, X utterly. 8129, 8130. sane. 8131 ... /hebrew/8130.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7790.htm">7790. shur -- perhaps enemy</a> ... Word Origin from shur Definition perhaps enemy NASB Word Usage foes (1). enemy. From Shiymown; a foe (as lying in wait) -- enemy. see HEBREW Shiymown. ... /hebrew/7790.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/6145.htm">6145. ar -- perhaps adversary</a> ... enemies (1). enemy. From uwr; a foe (as watchful for mischief) -- enemy. see HEBREW uwr. 6144, 6145. ar. 6146 . Strong's Numbers. /hebrew/6145.htm - 6k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/gordon/quiet_talks_on_prayer/a_stubborn_foe_routed.htm">A Stubborn Foe Routed.</a> ... The Great Outside Hindrance A Stubborn Foe Routed. That is the parable teaching. Now a look at a plain out word from the Master's lips. ... //christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on prayer/a stubborn foe routed.htm<a href="/library/palgrave/the_treasury_of_sacred_song/ccccxxii_o_man_forgive_thy.htm">O Man, Forgive Thy Mortal Foe,</a> ... The Treasury of Sacred Song. Book First CCCCXXII O Man, forgive thy mortal foe,. Nor ever strike him blow for blow; For all the souls on earth that live. ... /.../palgrave/the treasury of sacred song/ccccxxii o man forgive thy.htm<a href="/library/bacon/the_hymns_of_martin_luther/xxxv_was_fuerchtst_du_feind.htm">Was Fuercht'st Du, Feind Herodes, Sehr? Why, Herod, Unrelenting ...</a> ... XXXV. Was fuercht'st du, Feind Herodes, sehr? Why, Herod, unrelenting foe. ... 1. Why, Herod, unrelenting foe, Doth the Lord's coming move thee so? ... /.../bacon/the hymns of martin luther/xxxv was fuerchtst du feind.htm<a href="/library/adams/hymns_for_christian_devotion/636__confidence_in_god.htm">Confidence in God. Ps. 27. 1 God is My Strong Salvation; what Foe ...</a> ... 27. 1 God is my strong salvation; What foe have I to fear? In darkness and temptation My Light. ... Ps.27. 1 God is my strong salvation; What foe have I to fear? ... /.../adams/hymns for christian devotion/636 confidence in god.htm<a href="/library/mark/jesus_of_nazareth_a_biography/chapter_xiv_despised_and_rejected.htm">Despised and Rejected by Friend and Foe</a> ... CHAPTER XIV DESPISED AND REJECTED BY FRIEND AND FOE. After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the ... /.../mark/jesus of nazareth a biography/chapter xiv despised and rejected.htm<a href="/library/judy/questionable_amusements_and_worthy_substitutes/i_tobacco.htm">Tobacco.</a> ... Let the Foe Opium come to invade that house and to destroy the inmates, for every poison is a deadly Foe. At the first appearance ... /.../judy/questionable amusements and worthy substitutes/i tobacco.htm<a href="/library/gordon/quiet_talks_on_prayer/praying_is_fighting.htm">Praying is Fighting.</a> ... This paragraph states two things:"who the real foe is, against whom the fight is directed; and, then with climactic intensity it pitches on the main thing ... //christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on prayer/praying is fighting.htm<a href="/library/anonymous/the_cloud_of_unknowing/here_beginneth_the_five_and.htm">That in the Time of this Work a Perfect Soul Hath no Special ...</a> ... I SAY not that in this work he shall have a special beholding to any man in this life, whether that he be friend or foe, kin or stranger; for that may not be ... /.../anonymous/the cloud of unknowing/here beginneth the five and.htm<a href="/library/cassian/the_conferences_of_john_cassian/chapter_xiv_how_god_makes.htm">How God Makes Trial of the Strength of Man's Will by Means of his ...</a> ... For if he had advanced against his foe, not with his own strength, but solely with the protection of God's grace; and, supported only by Divine aid without any ... /.../cassian/the conferences of john cassian/chapter xiv how god makes.htm<a href="/library/beibitz/gloria_crucis/vi_redemption.htm">Redemption</a> ... endless joy and exultation. Man faced the fiercest assault of the foe, and man conquered. O loving wisdom of our God! When all was ... //christianbookshelf.org/beibitz/gloria crucis/vi redemption.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/f/foe.htm">Foe (23 Occurrences)</a> ... 3. (n.) One who opposes on principle; an opponent; an adversary; an ill-wisher; as, a foe to religion. 4. (vt) To treat as an enemy. ...Foe (23 Occurrences). ... /f/foe.htm - 12k<a href="/topical/a/adversary.htm">Adversary (100 Occurrences)</a> ... Easton's Bible Dictionary (Hebrews satan), an opponent or foe (1 Kings 5:4; 11:14, 23, 25; Luke 13:17); one that speaks against another, a complainant (Matthew ... /a/adversary.htm - 40k<a href="/topical/n/nahum.htm">Nahum (3 Occurrences)</a> ... the king of Assyria, 650-648 BC (2) The Invasion of 625 BC: The invasion of Assyria and threatened attack upon Nineveh by some unknown foe, perhaps the ... /n/nahum.htm - 21k<a href="/topical/j/judith.htm">Judith (1 Occurrence)</a> ... Having heard of the ruin of other temples caused by the invading foe, the Jews became greatly alarmed for the safety of their own, and fortified the mountains ... /j/judith.htm - 27k<a href="/topical/a/asmoneans.htm">Asmoneans</a> ... once and for all time. Thus his four campaigns against his hereditary foe were made utterly barren. Grave suspicions had been aroused ... /a/asmoneans.htm - 27k<a href="/topical/f/fodder.htm">Fodder (9 Occurrences)</a> /f/fodder.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/a/ahab.htm">Ahab (85 Occurrences)</a> ... But Ahab, equal to the occasion, was clever enough to win the admiration and respect of friend and foe, strengthening the kingdom without and within. ... /a/ahab.htm - 52k<a href="/topical/s/samson.htm">Samson (37 Occurrences)</a> ... In their joyous celebration they sang in rustic rhythm: `Our god has given us into our hand The foe of our land, Whom even our most powerful band Was never ... /s/samson.htm - 37k<a href="/topical/p/premillennial.htm">Premillennial</a> ... No, for its removal is immediately followed by the coming of the great foe, the Antichrist. For this foe has both an apocalypse ... /p/premillennial.htm - 23k<a href="/topical/m/millennium.htm">Millennium</a> ... No, for its removal is immediately followed by the coming of the great foe, the Antichrist. For this foe has both an apocalypse ... /m/millennium.htm - 24k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/betrayal-pain.html">How can I overcome the pain of betrayal? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/victorious-Christian-life.html">What is the key to living a victorious Christian life? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/enemy-of-God.html">What does it mean to be an enemy of God? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/foe.htm">Foe: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <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>Foe (23 Occurrences)<a href="/acts/13-10.htm">Acts 13:10</a> said, "You who are full of every kind of craftiness and unscrupulous cunning--you son of the Devil and foe to all that is right--will you never cease to misrepresent the straight paths of the Lord? (WEY)<a href="/esther/7-6.htm">Esther 7:6</a> Esther said, "An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman!" Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen. (See NAS RSV)<a href="/psalms/7-4.htm">Psalms 7:4</a> if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, if I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary), (See NIV)<a href="/psalms/8-2.htm">Psalms 8:2</a> From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger. (See RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/44-10.htm">Psalms 44:10</a> You make us turn back from the adversary. Those who hate us take spoil for themselves. (See RSV)<a href="/psalms/55-12.htm">Psalms 55:12</a> For it was not an enemy who insulted me, then I could have endured it. Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me, then I would have hid myself from him. (See NIV)<a href="/psalms/60-11.htm">Psalms 60:11</a> Give us help against the adversary, for the help of man is vain. (See RSV)<a href="/psalms/61-3.htm">Psalms 61:3</a> For you have been a refuge for me, a strong tower from the enemy. (See NIV)<a href="/psalms/68-23.htm">Psalms 68:23</a> That you may crush them, dipping your foot in blood, that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from your enemies." (See RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/74-10.htm">Psalms 74:10</a> How long, God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever? (See RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/78-42.htm">Psalms 78:42</a> They didn't remember his hand, nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary; (See RSV)<a href="/psalms/78-61.htm">Psalms 78:61</a> and delivered his strength into captivity, his glory into the adversary's hand. (See RSV)<a href="/psalms/106-10.htm">Psalms 106:10</a> He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. (See RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/107-2.htm">Psalms 107:2</a> Let the redeemed by Yahweh say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary, (See NIV)<a href="/psalms/108-12.htm">Psalms 108:12</a> Give us help against the enemy, for the help of man is vain. (See RSV)<a href="/jeremiah/30-14.htm">Jeremiah 30:14</a> All your lovers have forgotten you; they don't seek you: for I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the greatness of your iniquity, because your sins were increased. (See RSV)<a href="/lamentations/1-5.htm">Lamentations 1:5</a> Her adversaries are become the head, her enemies prosper; for Yahweh has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her young children are gone into captivity before the adversary. (See RSV NIV)<a href="/lamentations/1-7.htm">Lamentations 1:7</a> Jerusalem remembers in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that were from the days of old: when her people fell into the hand of the adversary, and none did help her, The adversaries saw her, they did mock at her desolations. (See RSV)<a href="/lamentations/2-4.htm">Lamentations 2:4</a> He has bent his bow like an enemy, he has stood with his right hand as an adversary, Has killed all that were pleasant to the eye: In the tent of the daughter of Zion he has poured out his wrath like fire. (See RSV NIV)<a href="/lamentations/4-12.htm">Lamentations 4:12</a> The kings of the earth didn't believe, neither all the inhabitants of the world, That the adversary and the enemy would enter into the gates of Jerusalem. (See RSV NIV)<a href="/habakkuk/1-15.htm">Habakkuk 1:15</a> He takes up all of them with the hook. He catches them in his net, and gathers them in his dragnet. Therefore he rejoices and is glad. (See NIV)<a href="/zechariah/8-10.htm">Zechariah 8:10</a> For before those days there was no wages for man, nor any wages for an animal; neither was there any peace to him who went out or came in, because of the adversary. For I set all men everyone against his neighbor. (See RSV)<a href="/zechariah/10-5.htm">Zechariah 10:5</a> They shall be as mighty men, treading down muddy streets in the battle; and they shall fight, because Yahweh is with them; and the riders on horses will be confounded. 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