Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Adversary’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Adversary’ occurs 35 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Adversary’ in the book Leviticus
Leviticus 26:21 If you walk as an adversary to me, and if you are not willing to listen to me, I will add sevenfold to your plagues, because of your sins.Leviticus 26:21
Leviticus 26:23 But if you are not willing to receive discipline in this way, and you still walk as an adversary to me,Leviticus 26:23
Leviticus 26:24 likewise, I will advance against you as an adversary, and I will strike you seven times, because of your sins.Leviticus 26:24
Number of the word / term Adversary in Leviticus: 3
Bible passages with ‘Adversary’ in the book Numbers
Numbers 22:32 And the Angel said to him: “Why did you beat your donkey three times? I have come to be an adversary to you, because your way is perverse and contrary to me.Numbers 22:32
Number of the word / term Adversary in Numbers: 1
Bible passages with ‘Adversary’ in the book Judges
Judges 6:31 But he responded to them: “Could you be the avengers of Baal, so that you fight on his behalf? Whoever is his adversary, let him die before the light arrives tomorrow; if he is a god, let him vindicate himself against him who has overturned his altar.”Judges 6:31
Judges 16:24 Then, too, the people, seeing this, praised their god, and they said the same, “Our god has delivered our adversary into our hands: the one who destroyed our land and who killed very many.”Judges 16:24
Judges 20:42 and they began to go toward the way of the desert, with the adversary pursuing them to that place also. Moreover, those who had set fire to the city also met them.Judges 20:42
Number of the word / term Adversary in Judges: 3
Bible passages with ‘Adversary’ in the book 1 Samuel
1 Samuel 29:4 Then the leaders of the Philistines became angry against him, and they said to him: “Let this man return, and let him settle in his place, which you appointed for him. But let him not descend with us to battle, lest he become an adversary to us when we begin to fight. For in what other way will he be able to please his lord, except with our heads?1 Samuel 29:4
Number of the word / term Adversary in 1 Samuel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Adversary’ in the book 2 Samuel
2 Samuel 2:16 And each one, taking hold of his peer by the head, fixed a sword into the side of his adversary, and they fell down together. And the name of that place was called: The Field of the Valiant in Gibeon.2 Samuel 2:16
Number of the word / term Adversary in 2 Samuel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Adversary’ in the book 1 Kings
1 Kings 5:4 But now the Lord my God has given rest to me on all sides. And there is no adversary, nor occurrence of evil.1 Kings 5:4
1 Kings 11:14 Then the Lord raised up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad of Idumea, from an offspring of the king who was in Idumea.1 Kings 11:14
1 Kings 11:23 Also, God raised up against him an adversary, Rezon, the son of Eliada, who had fled from his lord, Hadad-Ezer, the king of Zobah.1 Kings 11:23
1 Kings 11:25 And he was an adversary to Israel during all the days of Solomon. And such is the evil of Hadad and of his hatred against Israel. And he reigned in Syria.1 Kings 11:25
Number of the word / term Adversary in 1 Kings: 4
Bible passages with ‘Adversary’ in the book 1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles 18:10 he sent his son Hadoram to king David so that he might petition peace from him, and so that he might congratulate him that he had struck and defeated Hadadezer. For indeed, Toi was an adversary to Hadadezer.1 Chronicles 18:10
Number of the word / term Adversary in 1 Chronicles: 1
Bible passages with ‘Adversary’ in the book Esther
Esther 8:1 On that day king, Artaxerxes gave the house of Haman, the adversary of the Jews, to queen Esther, and Mordecai entered before the king. For Esther had confessed to him that he was her paternal uncle.Esther 8:1
Esther 9:24 For Haman, the son of Hammedatha of Agag lineage, the enemy and adversary of the Jews, had devised evil against them, to kill them and to destroy them. And he had cast Pur, which in our language means the lot.Esther 9:24
Number of the word / term Adversary in Esther: 2
Bible passages with ‘Adversary’ in the book Job
Job 27:7 Let the impious be as my enemy, and the sinful, as my adversary.Job 27:7
Number of the word / term Adversary in Job: 1
Bible passages with ‘Adversary’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 41:11 By this, I knew that you preferred me: because my adversary will not rejoice over me.Psalm 41:11
Psalm 42:9 I will say to God, “You are my supporter. Why have you forgotten me? And why do I walk in mourning, while my adversary afflicts me?”Psalm 42:9
Psalm 43:2 For you are God, my strength. Why have you rejected me? And why do I walk in sadness, while the adversary afflicts me?Psalm 43:2
Psalm 44:17 before the voice of the reproacher and the commentator, before the face of the adversary and the pursuer.Psalm 44:17
Psalm 55:3 at the voice of the adversary and at the tribulation of the sinner. For they have diverted iniquities toward me, and they have been harassing me with rage.Psalm 55:3
Psalm 74:10 How long, O God, will the enemy place blame? Is the adversary to provoke your name until the end?Psalm 74:10
Number of the word / term Adversary in Psalm: 6
Bible passages with ‘Adversary’ in the book Lamentations
Lamentations 1:9 TETH. Her filth is on her feet, and her end has not been remembered. She has been vehemently put down, having no consolation. O Lord, look upon my affliction, for the adversary has been lifted up.Lamentations 1:9
Lamentations 2:4 DALETH. He has bent his bow like an enemy. He has fixed his right hand like an adversary. And he has cut down all that was beautiful to behold in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion. He has poured out his indignation like fire.Lamentations 2:4
Lamentations 4:12 LAMED. The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, did not believe that the adversary and the enemy would enter through the gates of Jerusalem.Lamentations 4:12
Number of the word / term Adversary in Lamentations: 3
Bible passages with ‘Adversary’ in the book Ezekiel
Ezekiel 13:5 You have not gone up against the adversary, and you have not established a wall for the house of Israel, so as to stand in battle on the day of the Lord.Ezekiel 13:5
Ezekiel 35:5 For you have been a continual adversary, and you have enclosed the sons of Israel, by the hands of the sword, in the time of their affliction, in the time of extreme iniquity.Ezekiel 35:5
Number of the word / term Adversary in Ezekiel: 2
Bible passages with ‘Adversary’ in the book Zechariah
Zechariah 3:1 And the Lord revealed to me: Jesus the high priest, standing in the sight of the angel of the Lord. And Satan stood before his right hand, so as to be his adversary.Zechariah 3:1
Number of the word / term Adversary in Zechariah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Adversary’ in the book Matthew
Matthew 5:25 Be reconciled with your adversary quickly, while you are still on the way with him, lest perhaps the adversary may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you will be thrown in prison.Matthew 5:25
Number of the word / term Adversary in Matthew: 1
Bible passages with ‘Adversary’ in the book Luke
Luke 12:58 So, when you are going with your adversary to the ruler, while you are on the way, make an effort to be freed from him, lest perhaps he may lead you to the judge, and the judge may deliver you to the officer, and the officer may cast you into prison.Luke 12:58
Luke 18:3 But there was a certain widow in that city, and she went to him, saying, ‘Vindicate me from my adversary.’Luke 18:3
Number of the word / term Adversary in Luke: 2
Bible passages with ‘Adversary’ in the book 2 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians 2:4 who is an adversary to, and who is lifted up above, all that is called God or that is worshipped, so much so that he sits in the temple of God, presenting himself as if he were God.2 Thessalonians 2:4
Number of the word / term Adversary in 2 Thessalonians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Adversary’ in the book 1 Timothy
1 Timothy 5:14 Therefore, I want the younger women to marry, to procreate children, to be mothers of families, to provide no ready opportunity for the adversary to speak evil.1 Timothy 5:14
Number of the word / term Adversary in 1 Timothy: 1
Bible passages with ‘Adversary’ in the book 1 Peter
1 Peter 5:8 Be sober and vigilant. For your adversary, the devil, is like a roaring lion, traveling around and seeking those whom he might devour.1 Peter 5:8
Number of the word / term ‘Adversary’ in 1 Peter: 1
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 35
