14 Bible Verses about Soldiers

But I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, the brother and my fellow-laborer and fellow-soldier, but your apostle and servant of my need,

Endure evil as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No one who serves as a soldier is involved in the business of life, that he may please him who has employed him as a soldier.

Endure evil as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No one who serves as a soldier is involved in the business of life, that he may please him who has employed him as a soldier.

And the soldiers also mocked him, and came and presented him vinegar,

and stripped him, and put on him a crimson cloak, and making a crown of thorns they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they knelt before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! And they spit on him, and took the reed and beat him on his head.

And calling two of the centurions he said, Prepare two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and seventy horsemen and two hundred light armed troops, after the third hour of the night.

AND when it was determined that we should sail to Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion by the name of Julius, of the cohort of Augustus.

AND when we came to Rome the centurion committed the prisoners to the prefect of the camp, and Paul was allowed to remain by himself, with a soldier to guard him.

The soldiers therefore took Paul as they were commanded and brought him by night to Antipatris, and the next day leaving the horsemen to go with him, they returned to the fortress. And when they came to Caesarea, and had delivered the letter to the procurator, they also presented Paul to him.

And while they were seeking to kill him, a report went up to the chiliarch of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in commotion; who immediately taking soldiers and centurions ran down upon them; and seeing the chiliarch and the soldiers, they ceased beating Paul. Then the chiliarch approaching took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he was and what he had done.

Then the soldiers, when they crucified Jesus, took his clothes and made four parts, a part to each soldier, and his coat. But his coat was without seam, woven from the top through the whole. They said, therefore, one to another, Let us not divide this, but cast lots for it whose it shall be; that the Scripture might be fulfilled, which says, They parted my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots. The soldiers therefore did indeed these things.

THEN the soldiers of the procurator taking Jesus to the Praetorium assembled about him the whole cohort,

And when they had mocked him, they took the cloak off from him, and put on him his own clothes, and led him away to crucify him. And going out, they found a Cyrenian by the name of Simon, whom they compelled to bear his cross. And coming to a place called Golgotha, which is called A place of a cranium, read more.
they gave him vinegar to drink mixed with gall; and when he had tasted of it he would not drink. And having crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots, and sat down and watched him there. And they put over his head his accusation, written; THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

AND the soldiers led him away into the court which is the Praetorium, and called together all the cohort. And they put on him a purple garment, and plaiting a thorny crown put it on him. And they saluted him, Hail, king of the Jews! read more.
And they struck his head with a reed, and beat him, and kneeling down worshipped him. And when they had mocked him they took off the purple garment, and put on him his own clothes, and they led him away to crucify him, and compelled one Simon, a Cyrenian, who was passing along, coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross. And they brought him to Golgotha, which is interpreted A place of a cranium, and gave him wine mingled with myrrh; but he did not take it. And they crucified him, and divided his clothes, casting lots for them which should take any thing.

And Herod, with his soldiers, treated him with contempt, and mocked him, and put on him a splendid garment, and sent him back to Pilate.

And the soldiers also mocked him, and came and presented him vinegar, and said, If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.

THEN the soldiers of the procurator taking Jesus to the Praetorium assembled about him the whole cohort, and stripped him, and put on him a crimson cloak, and making a crown of thorns they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they knelt before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! read more.
And they spit on him, and took the reed and beat him on his head. And when they had mocked him, they took the cloak off from him, and put on him his own clothes, and led him away to crucify him.

AND the soldiers led him away into the court which is the Praetorium, and called together all the cohort. And they put on him a purple garment, and plaiting a thorny crown put it on him. And they saluted him, Hail, king of the Jews! read more.
And they struck his head with a reed, and beat him, and kneeling down worshipped him. And when they had mocked him they took off the purple garment, and put on him his own clothes, and they led him away to crucify him,

Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil; for our conflict is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the potentates of the darkness of this world, against the spiritual [hosts] of evil in the heavenly [worlds]. Take therefore the whole armor of God, that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having done all to stand. read more.
Stand, therefore, girded about your loins with truth, and having put on the cuirass of righteousness, and bound your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; over all, taking the shield of the faith, with which you may be able to extinguish all the fiery darts of evil. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,

Endure evil as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

And as they went, behold, some of the guard came into the city and told the chief priests all the things which had happened. And being assembled with the elders, and taking counsel, they gave large sums of money to the soldiers, saying, Say that his disciples came by night and stole him while we slept; read more.
and if this is heard of by the procurator we will satisfy him and secure you. And they took the silver and did as they were told; and this report is circulated among the Jews to this day.

Pilate said to them, You have a guard; go and make it as safe as you can.

AND when we came to Rome the centurion committed the prisoners to the prefect of the camp, and Paul was allowed to remain by himself, with a soldier to guard him.

Peter therefore was kept by the guard; but prayer was made incessantly by the church to God for him. And when Herod was about to bring him forward, on that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards kept watch before the door.

And while they were seeking to kill him, a report went up to the chiliarch of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in commotion; who immediately taking soldiers and centurions ran down upon them; and seeing the chiliarch and the soldiers, they ceased beating Paul. Then the chiliarch approaching took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he was and what he had done. read more.
But some cried one thing, and some another, in the multitude, and not being able to learn the truth, on account of the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the fortress. And when he was on the steps, it happened that he was borne by the soldiers, on account of the violence of the multitude;

For it became him, for whom are all things and through whom are all things, to perfect by sufferings the prince of their salvation, bringing many sons to glory.

And Herod seeking and not finding him, examined the guards, and commanded them to be put to death, and going down from Judea to Caesarea remained [there].

and he went and conferred with the chief priests and commanders as to how he might deliver him to them.

And the soldiers asked him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said to them, Oppress, and falsely accuse, no one; and be contented with your wages.