Psalm 118:10-13

Though hostile nations surrounded me,

    I destroyed them all with the authority of the LORD.

Yes, they surrounded and attacked me,

    but I destroyed them all with the authority of the LORD.

They swarmed around me like bees;

    they blazed against me like a crackling fire.

    But I destroyed them with all the authority of the LORD.

My enemies did their best to kill me,

    but the LORD rescued me. 

 

Though hostile nations surrounded me, I destroyed them all with the authority of the LORD. Yes, they surrounded and attacked me, but I destroyed them all with the authority of the LORD.

Psalm 3:6  

I am not afraid of ten thousand enemies

    who surround me on every side.  (see all Psalm 3)

Psalm 18:40  

You placed my foot on their necks.

    I have destroyed all who hated me.  (see all Psalm 18)

Psalm 27:3  

Though a mighty army surrounds me,

    my heart will not be afraid.

Even if I am attacked,

    I will remain confident.  (see all Psalm 27)

 

They swarmed around me like bees; they blazed against me like a crackling fire. But I destroyed them with all the authority of the LORD.  

Deuteronomy 1:44  

"But the Amorites who lived there came out against you like a swarm of bees. They chased and battered you all the way from Seir to Hormah."  

(see Deuteronomy 1:19-45)

Psalm 58:9  

God will sweep them away, both young and old,

    faster than a pot heats over burning thorns.  (see all Psalm 58)

Ecclesiastes 7:6  

A fool's laughter is quickly gone,

    like thorns crackling in a fire.

    this also is meaningless.  (see Ecclesiastes 7:1-14)

Isaiah 9:18-19  

This wickedness is like a brushfire.

    It burns not only briers and thorns

but also sets the forests ablaze.

    Its burning sends up clouds of smoke.

The land will be blackened

    by the fury of the LORD of Heaven's Armies.

The people will be fuel for the fire,

    and no one will spare even his own brother.  (see all Isaiah 9)

Isaiah 10:17  

The LORD, the light of Israel, will be a fire;

    the Holy One will be a flame.

He will devour thorns and briers with fire,

    burning up the enemy in a single night.  (see all Isaiah 10)

 

My enemies did their best to kill me, but the LORD rescued me.  

Psalm 118:7  

Yes, the LORD is for me; he will help me.

    I will look in triumph at those who hate me.  (see all Psalm 118)

2 Chronicles 18:31  

So when the Aramean chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat in his royal robes, they went after him. "There is the king of Israel!" they shouted. But Jehoshaphat called out, and the LORD saved him. God helped hm by turning the attackers away from him.  (see all 2 Chronicles 18) 

 

(parentheses are mine)

 

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