The enemy of my enemy is therefore, my friend… They may try to upset you or entice you to argue and bicker with them. The Rifleman's Creed (also known as My Rifle and The Creed of the United States Marine) is a part of basic United States Marine Corps doctrine. The answer to the friend/enemy question posed is "situational." It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide. Finally, my friend had had it. I would have no more to do with her! An enemy that was made from a friend is likely to be holding on to some sort of grudge. View in context "Thou dost reckon me thy friend , and thou wouldst rob me of honour, a thing wholly inconsistent with friendship; and not only dost thou aim at this, but thou wouldst have me rob thee of it also. 14 We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.… I was relieved some time later when she moved to the far end of our string of apartments. He wishes all bad for me and never helps me whenever I need! That just makes good common sense. He's ..... of mine! He's not a friend of mine. He's neither friend nor enemy. The friend of my enemy is my enemy. At times, he may help me but then I cannot always rely on him. Finally, your friends may eventually have to choose between you and your enemy. Oh, the sots and thralls of lust . He's my enemy. Wert thou my enemy, O thou my friend, How wouldst thou worse, I wonder, than thou dost . Other times, he does really bad to me but maybe, there was no any other go for him. Cast Your Burden upon the LORD … 12 For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. Finding a Friend in My “Enemy” ... She informed me that I certainly could not use her faucet and that, if mine was broken, I had better get it fixed and not bother her again! 13 But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend. He's in between. Mine, O thou lord of life, send my roots rain. Defeat, thwart me? Conversely, I cannot just get mad at those people who my friends are mad with. For example, if a friend's child has been molested by a mutual friend, and I become aware of it, of course the alleged molester cannot be around me or my children. The message is clear. Well! I received a call last week from a close friend of mine who had careered into politics and found himself in the National Assembly at a time. Some people don’t have the guts to choose right from wrong, so they simply try to walk a path in between the two, somehow trying to reap benefits from both sides. Bohdi Sanders. The fact that the friend of your enemy is your enemy is a hard concept for some people to grasp, but it is true nonetheless. When I’m friends with a person one of my friends doesn’t like, and they both make a big deal about it. Anyway, whenever my friend and my “enemy” got together, the “enemy” delighted in running me down. That person never harmed me in any way. 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