Did you know that the word defeat does not occur anywhere in the KJV translation New Testament?
The word overcome does.
Maybe it is so because those of us who see ourselves as heirs and beneficiaries of the New Testament are not meant to be defeated, but rather we are meant to be the ones who overcome.
Actually, it is very simple, straight-forward question with a very simple straight-forward Answer. And we find it (...Him) spread out through all scripture. Turning to Solomon for some perspective