21 Bible Verses about Spiritual Warfare

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the despotisms, the empires, the rulers of this present darkness, the spirit-hosts of evil in the heavenly realm.

for the weapons of my warfare are not weapons of the flesh, but mighty for God, in pulling down all fortresses.

Take likewise the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

This charge then, I am laying upon you, Timothy, my son, according to the predictions formerly made concerning you. Fight the good fight in the spirit of these predictions,

Though I do walk on the low level of the flesh, I do not make war as the flesh does;

Continue to pray at all times, with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching for it with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

For the desire of the flesh is against that of the Spirit, and the desire of the Spirit is against that of the flesh, for they two are antagonistic, so that you may not do those things that you wish.

and having your feet shod with the stability of the gospel of peace.

Put on all the panoply of God, so that you may be able to stand your ground against the stratagems of the devil.

Finally, my brothers, let your hearts be strengthened in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

Therefore take up the panoply of God, so that when the evil day comes you may be able to withstand them, and having overthrown them all, to stand your ground.

Or, for example, if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, what soldier will be prepared for battle?

And take up to cover you the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the flaming darts of the Evil One.

and I am fully prepared to punish every act of disobedience, when once your submission has been put beyond question.

Stand firm then, girt about with the belt of truth, and wearing the breastplate of righteousness,

"Or what king as he goes forth to join battle with another king in war does not sit down first and deliberate whether he can meet with ten thousand men the one who is advancing against him with twenty thousand?

For I pull down imaginations and every crag that lifts itself against the knowledge of God. And I carry every thought away into captivity and subjection to Christ;