11 Bible Verses about Military Service

No one who serves as a soldier is entangled in the activities of [everyday] life, so that he may please the one who enlisted [him].

Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, the one who trains my hands for battle, my fingers for war-- my loyal love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, and [one] in whom I take refuge, the one who subdues peoples under me.

"When a man takes a new wife he shall not go out with the army, and {he shall not be obligated with anything}; he shall be free from obligation, {to stay at home} for one year, and he shall bring joy [to] his wife that he took.

from {twenty years old} and above, everyone in Israel who [is able] to go to war. You and Aaron must muster them for their wars.

About forty thousand armed for fighting crossed [over] before the presence of Yahweh to the plains of Jericho for battle.

So all those who were counted from the {Israelites} according to {their families}, from {those twenty years old} and above, everyone in Israel who [is able] to go to war.

But Moses was angry toward the leaders of the troops, the commanders of the thousands and the commanders of the hundreds, who came from the battle of the war.

The sons of Judah bearing shield and spear: six thousand eight hundred armed troops.

Put on the full armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil,

No one has greater love than this: that someone lay down his life for his friends.

a time to love and a time to hate; a time [for] war and a time [for] peace.