11 Bible Verses about Military Service

No soldier in active service gets entangled in the [ordinary business] affairs of civilian life; [he avoids them] so that he may please the one who enlisted him to serve.

Blessed be the Lord, my Rock and my great strength,
Who trains my hands for war
And my fingers for battle;

My [steadfast] lovingkindness and my fortress,
My high tower and my rescuer,
My shield and He in whom I take refuge,
Who subdues my people under me.

“When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out [to fight] with the army nor be charged with any duty; he shall be free at home for one year and shall bring happiness to his wife whom he has taken.

from twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go out to war. You and Aaron shall number them, army by army.

about 40,000 [men] armed and equipped for war crossed for battle before the Lord to the desert plains of Jericho.

So all those numbered of the sons of Israel, by their fathers’ households, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war in Israel,

But Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, who served in the war.

Those of the tribe of Judah who carried shield and spear were 6,800, armed for war;

Put on the full armor of God [for His precepts are like the splendid armor of a heavily-armed soldier], so that you may be able to [successfully] stand up against all the schemes and the strategies and the deceits of the devil.

No one has greater love [nor stronger commitment] than to lay down his own life for his friends.

A time to love and a time to hate;
A time for war and a time for peace.