23 Bible Verses about Ready For War

Or what king going to make war against another king does not sit down first and consult whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him that comes against him with twenty thousand?

Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.

And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab and his slaves with him and all Israel, and they destroyed the sons of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.

And Moses said unto the sons of Gad and to the sons of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?

Proclaim this among the Gentiles: Prepare war; wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:

he left them only that the generations of the sons of Israel might know, and to teach them war, only for those that had known nothing before:

Blessed be the LORD my strength, who trains my hands for the battle and my fingers for the war:

he who trains my hands for war and causes my arms to break the bow of bronze.

He trains my hands for the battle, so that a bow of bronze shall be broken by my arms.

Then he said, If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive.

I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.

For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and now their souls are bitter, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field. And thy father is a man of war and will not lodge with the people.

Thou knowest how David, my father, could not build a house unto the name of the LORD his God, for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put his enemies under the soles of his feet.

The vision of Obadiah. Thus hath the Lord GOD said concerning Edom: We have heard the message from the LORD, and a messenger is sent to the Gentiles, Arise, and let us rise up against her in battle.

When an armed strong man keeps his palace, his goods are in peace;

This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, so that according to past prophecies regarding thee, that thou by them might war a good warfare;

quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, recovered from infirmities, were made valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of foreign enemies;

Repent, or else I will come unto thee quickly and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

And they worshipped the dragon which had given the authority unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast; saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with it?

For if the trumpet gives an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?

My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart makes a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the shofar, the alarm of war.

The horse is prepared against the day of battle, but salvation is of the LORD.

which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?