22 Bible Verses about Spiritual Warfare

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].

for the arms of our warfare are not of flesh, but mighty with God to the pulling down of strongholds,

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,

This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before concerning you, that by them you may perform an honorable service,

For though we walk in the flesh we do not war according to the flesh,

praying with all prayer and supplication on every occasion with the spirit, and watching in the same with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,

and I desire that I may not be bold when present, with that confidence which I design to use against some who speak of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

For the flesh desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are opposed one to another, so that you do not what you wish.

and bound your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil;

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might.

Take therefore the whole armor of God, that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having done all to stand.

For also if the trumpet gives an uncertain sound, who will prepare himself for the battle?

over all, taking the shield of the faith, with which you may be able to extinguish all the fiery darts of evil.

and being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is completed.

Stand, therefore, girded about your loins with truth, and having put on the cuirass of righteousness,

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

destroying [false] reasonings and every height which is exalted against the knowledge of God, and subjecting every thought to the obedience of Christ,