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Psalms 140:4
Protect me, LORD, from the power of the wicked. Keep me safe from violent men who plan to make me stumble.
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Micah 7:8
Do not rejoice over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will stand up; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
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Psalms 86:17
Show me a sign of your goodness; my enemies will see and be put to shame because you, LORD, have helped and comforted me.
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Psalms 18:17-18
He rescued me from my powerful enemy and from those who hated me, for they were too strong for me.They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support.
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Matthew 4:1-11
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.After he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.Then the tempter approached him and said,“ If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”He answered,“ It is written: Man must not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”Then the devil took him to the holy city, had him stand on the pinnacle of the temple,and said to him,“ If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written: He will give his angels orders concerning you, and they will support you with their hands so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.”Jesus told him,“ It is also written: Do not test the Lord your God.”Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.And he said to him,“ I will give you all these things if you will fall down and worship me.”Then Jesus told him,“ Go away, Satan! For it is written: Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.”Then the devil left him, and angels came and began to serve him.
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1 Samuel 20 3
But David said,“ Your father certainly knows that I have found favor with you. He has said,‘ Jonathan must not know of this, or else he will be grieved.’” David also swore,“ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”
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Psalms 56:1-3
Be gracious to me, God, for a man is trampling me; he fights and oppresses me all day long.My adversaries trample me all day, for many arrogantly fight against me.When I am afraid, I will trust in you.
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1 Samuel 25 29
“ Someone is pursuing you and intends to take your life. My lord’s life is tucked safely in the place where the LORD your God protects the living, but he is flinging away your enemies’ lives like stones from a sling.
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2 Samuel 17 1-2 Samuel 17 3
Ahithophel said to Absalom,“ Let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will set out in pursuit of David tonight.I will attack him while he is weary and discouraged, throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will scatter. I will strike down only the kingand bring all the people back to you. When everyone returns except the man you’re looking for, all the people will be at peace.”
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Hebrews 2:14
Now since the children have flesh and blood in common, Jesus also shared in these, so that through his death he might destroy the one holding the power of death— that is, the devil—
