Quotes about Defeat
It is mercy, not justice or courage or even heroism, that alone can defeat evil.
- Peter Kreeft
But Moses replied: “It is neither the cry of victory nor the cry of defeat; I hear the sound of singing!”
- Exodus 32:18
You will pursue your enemies, and they will fall by the sword before you.
- Leviticus 26:7
And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.
- Leviticus 26:17
They will stumble over one another as before the sword, though no one is behind them. So you will not be able to stand against your enemies.
- Leviticus 26:37
So they struck down Og, along with his sons and his whole army, until no remnant was left. And they took possession of his land.
- Numbers 21:35
So please come now and put a curse on this people, because they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land; for I know that those you bless are blessed, and those you curse are cursed.”
- Numbers 22:6
This was after he had defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and then at Edrei had defeated Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth.
- Deuteronomy 1:4
But the LORD said to me, “Tell them not to go up and fight, for I am not with you to keep you from defeat by your enemies.”
- Deuteronomy 1:42
And the LORD our God delivered him over to us, and we defeated him and his sons and his whole army.
- Deuteronomy 2:33
The LORD will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you. They will march out against you in one direction but flee from you in seven.
- Deuteronomy 28:7
The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
- Deuteronomy 28:25