11 Bible Verses about Military Service

No one going as a soldier entangles himself with the affairs of life, that he may please him who has enlisted him as a soldier.

{A Psalm of David.} Blessed be Jehovah my rock, who teacheth my hands to war, my fingers to fight; My mercy and my fortress, my high tower and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I trust, who subdueth my people under me!

When a man hath newly taken a wife, he shall not go out with the army, neither shall any kind of business be imposed upon him; he shall be free for his house one year, and shall gladden his wife whom he hath taken.

from twenty years and upward, all that go forth to military service in Israel: ye shall number them according to their hosts, thou and Aaron.

About forty thousand armed for military service passed over before Jehovah to the war, unto the plains of Jericho.

And all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, according to their fathers' houses, from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service in Israel,

And Moses was wroth with the officers of the army, with the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war;

The children of Judah that bore shield and spear were six thousand eight hundred, equipped for military service.

Put on the panoply of God, that ye may be able to stand against the artifices of the devil:

No one has greater love than this, that one should lay down his life for his friends.

A time to love, and a time to hate; A time of war, and a time of peace.