Bible Verses about βdefeatβ
The Bible contains 50 verses about defeat across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
βAll scripture [is] given by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:β
βDearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but [rather] give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance [is] mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.β
βFor we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places].β
βCasting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.β
βPut on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.β
βThat the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.β
βWherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.β
βAnd take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:β
βΒΆ Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.β
βΒΆ βΉIf ye love me, keep my commandments.βΊβ
βPraying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;β
βAnd your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;β
βAbove all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.β
βStand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;β
βJesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.β
βBecause thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all [things];β
βTherefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all [things]: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.β
βThe LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.β
βThe LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.β
βAnd the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do [them]:β
βΒΆ And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe [and] to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:β
βAnd all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.β
βBlessed [shalt] thou [be] in the city, and blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the field.β
βBlessed [shall be] the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.β
βThe LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.β
βThe LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.β
βThe LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.β
βAnd all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.β
βAnd the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.β
βAnd thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, [to] the right hand, or [to] the left, to go after other gods to serve them.β
βBlessed [shall be] thy basket and thy store.β
βBlessed [shalt] thou [be] when thou comest in, and blessed [shalt] thou [be] when thou goest out.β
βAnd thy heaven that [is] over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee [shall be] iron.β
βThe LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.β
βThe LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, [as swift] as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;β
βThe LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.β
βThe LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.β
βΒΆ But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:β
βCursed [shalt] thou [be] in the city, and cursed [shalt] thou [be] in the field.β
βCursed [shall be] thy basket and thy store.β
βCursed [shall be] the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.β
βCursed [shalt] thou [be] when thou comest in, and cursed [shalt] thou [be] when thou goest out.β
βAnd thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:β
β[So that] the man [that is] tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:β
βSo that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.β
βThe tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,β
βAnd toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all [things] secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.β
βThe LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.β
βThine ox [shall be] slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass [shall be] violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep [shall be] given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue [them].β
βThy sons and thy daughters [shall be] given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail [with longing] for them all the day long: and [there shall be] no might in thine hand.β
