13 Bible Verses about Fighting
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And Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim. And Moses said to Joshua, "Choose men for us, and go out, fight against Amalek tomorrow. I [will be] standing on the top of the hill, and the staff of God [will be] in my hand." And Joshua did as Moses had said to him to fight with Amalek. And Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up [to] the top of the hill.
Then the Philistine said, "I hereby defy the battle lines of Israel today! Give me a man so that we may fight each other!"
David said to Saul, "Do not let anyone's heart fail concerning him! Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine."
Therefore I run in this way, not as [running] aimlessly; I box in this way, not as beating the air.
If according to a human perspective I fought wild beasts at Ephesus, what benefit [is it] to me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
Fight the good fight of the faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
From where [are] conflicts and from where [are] quarrels among you? [Is it] not from this, from your pleasures that wage war among your members? You desire and do not have; you murder and are filled with envy, and are not able to obtain; you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask.
And there was war in heaven; Michael and his angels {fought against} the dragon, and the dragon and his angels {fought back}.
Topics on Fighting
Fighting Enemies
Judges 1:1After the death of Joshua, the {Israelites} inquired of Yahweh, saying, "Who will go up first for us against the Canaanites to fight against them?"
Fighting One Another
1 Kings 12:24'Thus says Yahweh: "You shall not go up and you shall not fight with your brothers the {Israelites}. Return each of you to his house, for this thing was from me." '" So they heeded the word of Yahweh, and they returned to go home according to the word of Yahweh.
Fighting Together
Judges 1:3And Judah said to Simeon his brother, "Go up with me into my allotment, and let us fight against the Canaanites; then I too will go with you into your allotment." And Simeon went with him.
Stopping Fighting
Isaiah 14:4that you will take this taunt against the king of Babylon, and you will say: "How [the] oppressor has ceased! [his] insolence has ceased.
Trumpets To Stop Fighting
2 Samuel 2:28Then Joab blew on the trumpet and all the people stopped, and they no longer pursued after Israel, and they did not fight with them again.