19 Bible Verses about War

And another horse came forth, bright red, and its rider was given power to take peace away from the earth, and make men slaughter one another; he was given a great sword.

Or what king, if he is going to meet another king in battle, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to meet the other who is coming against him with twenty thousand?

These are the instructions that I intrust to you, my son Timothy, and they are in accordance with the predictions made long ago about you. Fight the good fight with their aid,

For we have to struggle, not with enemies of flesh and blood, but with the hierarchies, the authorities, the master-spirits of this dark world, the spirit-forces of evil on high.

but all through my body I see another principle in conflict with the law of my reason, which makes me a prisoner to that law of sin that runs through my body.

For though I do live an earthly life, I am not carrying on an earthly war,

Be calm and watchful. Your opponent the devil is prowling about like a roaring lion, wanting to devour you.

Therefore, submit to God. Resist the devil and he will fly from you.

to keep Satan from getting the better of us. For we know what he is after.

So the dragon was enraged at the woman, and he went off to make war on the rest of her children??hose who obey God's commands and adhere to the testimony of Jesus.

When they finish their testimony, the animal that comes up out of the abyss will make war on them and conquer them and kill them,

and worshiped the dragon for having given the animal his authority, and they worshiped the animal, and said, "Who is there like the animal? Who can fight with it?"

It was allowed to make war on God's people and to conquer them, and it was given authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation.

So to keep me from being too much elated a bitter physical affliction was sent to me, a very messenger of Satan, to harass me, to keep me from being too much elated.

but all through my body I see another principle in conflict with the law of my reason, which makes me a prisoner to that law of sin that runs through my body.

Dear friends, I beg you, as aliens and exiles here, not to indulge the physical cravings that are at war with the soul.

For the physical cravings are against the Spirit, and the cravings of the Spirit are against the physical; the two are in opposition, so that you cannot do anything you please.

Any man who enters an athletic contest goes into strict training, to win a wreath that will soon wither, but the one we compete for will never wither. So that is the way I run, unswervingly. That is the way I fight, not punching the air. But I beat and bruise my body and make it my slave, so that after I have called others to the contest I may not be disqualified myself.

And when this mortal nature puts on immortality, then what the Scripture says will come true??Death has been triumphantly destroyed. Where

Or what king, if he is going to meet another king in battle, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to meet the other who is coming against him with twenty thousand? And if he cannot, while the other is still far away, he sends envoys to him and asks on what terms he will make peace.

Whoever is destined for captivity will go into captivity; whoever kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. On this fact rests the endurance and fidelity of God's people.

and he said to me, "My favor is enough for you, for only where there is weakness is perfect strength developed." So I am perfectly willing to boast of all my weakness, so that the strength of Christ may shelter me.

They have conquered him because of the Lamb's blood, and the message to which they bore testimony, for they did not cling to life even in the face of death.

Thank God! it is done through Jesus Christ our Lord! So mentally I am a slave to God's law, but physically to the law of sin.

You are children of God, dear children, and you have been victorious over these men, for he who is in our hearts is greater than he who is in the world.

Be on the watch. Stand firm in your faith. Act like men. Show yourselves strong.

Let us hold unwaveringly to the hope that we profess, for he who has given us his promise may be trusted.

Resist him and be strong in the faith, for you know that your brotherhood all over the world is having the same experience of suffering.

You will hear of wars and rumors of war; do not let yourselves be alarmed. They have to come, but that is not the end.

Therefore since these children referred to have the same mortal nature, Jesus also shared it, like them, in order that by his death he might dethrone the lord of death, the devil, and free from their slavery men who had always lived in fear of death.

The last enemy to be overthrown will be death,

Or what king, if he is going to meet another king in battle, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to meet the other who is coming against him with twenty thousand?

But when you hear of wars and rumors of war, you must not be alarmed. They have to come, but it is not yet the end.

You will hear of wars and rumors of war; do not let yourselves be alarmed. They have to come, but that is not the end.

But when you hear of wars and outbreaks, do not be alarmed. These have to come first, but the end does not follow immediately."

for every child of God is victorious over the world. Our faith is the victory that has triumphed over the world. For who is there that is victorious over the world except the man who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

who by their faith conquered kingdoms, attained uprightness, received new promises, shut the mouths of lions, put out furious fires, escaped death by the sword, found strength in their time of weakness, proved mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight. Women had their dead restored to them by resurrection. Others endured torture, and refused to accept release, that they might rise again to the better life. read more.
Still others had to endure taunts and blows, and even fetters and prison. They were stoned to death, they were tortured to death, they were sawed in two, they were killed with the sword. Clothed in the skins of sheep or goats, they were driven from place to place, destitute, persecuted, misused??38 men of whom the world was not worthy wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and holes in the ground.

For I have come to turn a man against his father and a daughter against her mother and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, and a man's enemies will be in his own household.

I have told you all this, so that through me you may find peace. In the world you have trouble; but take courage! I have conquered the world."

for every child of God is victorious over the world. Our faith is the victory that has triumphed over the world. For who is there that is victorious over the world except the man who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

Use every kind of prayer and entreaty, and at every opportunity pray in the Spirit. Be on the alert about it; devote yourselves constantly to prayer for all God's people

But thank God! he always leads me in his triumphal train, through Christ, and spreads the perfume of knowledge of him everywhere through me as his censer-bearer.

Those who belong to Jesus the Christ have crucified the physical nature with its propensities and cravings.

What a wretched man I am! Who can save me from this doomed body? Thank God! it is done through Jesus Christ our Lord! So mentally I am a slave to God's law, but physically to the law of sin.

But the Lord stood by me, and gave me strength, so that I might make a full presentation of the message and let all the heathen hear it. So I was saved from the jaws of the lion.

and he said to me, "My favor is enough for you, for only where there is weakness is perfect strength developed." So I am perfectly willing to boast of all my weakness, so that the strength of Christ may shelter me.

Enter the great contest of faith! Take hold of eternal life, to which God called you, when before many witnesses you made the great profession of faith.

Dear friends, I was just on the point of writing to you about our common salvation, when it became necessary for me to write and appeal to you to come to the defense of the faith that has once for all been intrusted to God's people.

Thank God! it is done through Jesus Christ our Lord! So mentally I am a slave to God's law, but physically to the law of sin.

Be calm and watchful. Your opponent the devil is prowling about like a roaring lion, wanting to devour you.

Be on the watch. Stand firm in your faith. Act like men. Show yourselves strong.

You must put on God's armor, so as to be able to stand up against the devil's stratagems.

The night is nearly over; the day is at hand. So let us throw aside the deeds of darkness, and put on the armor of light.

And God, who is the source of peace, will soon crush Satan under your feet. The blessing of our Lord Jesus be with you.

I write to you, fathers, because you know him who has existed from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and God's message is always in your hearts, and you have been victorious over the evil one.

but we who belong to the day must be composed, wearing faith and love for a coat of mail, and helmeted with the hope of salvation.

and take salvation for your helmet, and for your sword the Spirit, which is the voice of God.

But in all these things we are more than victorious through him who loved us.

I destroy arguments and every obstacle that is raised against the knowledge of God, and I take captive every thought and make it obey Christ,

Be calm and watchful. Your opponent the devil is prowling about like a roaring lion, wanting to devour you.

So we must not sleep like other men, but we must be vigilant and composed.

So you must take God's armor, so that when the evil day comes you will be able to make a stand, and when it is all over to hold your ground. Stand your ground, then, with the belt of truth around your waist, and put on uprightness as your coat of mail,

These are the instructions that I intrust to you, my son Timothy, and they are in accordance with the predictions made long ago about you. Fight the good fight with their aid, keeping hold of faith and a good conscience. For some people have let that go and have had their faith ruined,

Any man who enters an athletic contest goes into strict training, to win a wreath that will soon wither, but the one we compete for will never wither. So that is the way I run, unswervingly. That is the way I fight, not punching the air. But I beat and bruise my body and make it my slave, so that after I have called others to the contest I may not be disqualified myself.

These are the instructions that I intrust to you, my son Timothy, and they are in accordance with the predictions made long ago about you. Fight the good fight with their aid, keeping hold of faith and a good conscience. For some people have let that go and have had their faith ruined,

These are the instructions that I intrust to you, my son Timothy, and they are in accordance with the predictions made long ago about you. Fight the good fight with their aid, keeping hold of faith and a good conscience. For some people have let that go and have had their faith ruined,

Share my hardships like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

For that reason I am ready to submit to anything for the sake of those whom God has chosen, so that they too may gain the salvation that comes through Christ Jesus and brings eternal glory.

for the weapons I use are not earthly ones, but divinely strong for destroying fortresses. I destroy arguments and every obstacle that is raised against the knowledge of God, and I take captive every thought and make it obey Christ,

For even when I reached Macedonia, my poor human nature could get no relief??here was trouble at every turn; fighting without, and fear within. But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted me by the coming of Titus,

for every child of God is victorious over the world. Our faith is the victory that has triumphed over the world. For who is there that is victorious over the world except the man who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

What causes wars and fights among you? Is it not your cravings, which are at war within your bodies?

Take your part in the same struggle that you have seen me engage in and that you hear I am still keeping up.

Enter the great contest of faith! Take hold of eternal life, to which God called you, when before many witnesses you made the great profession of faith.

The Lord will rescue me from any harm and bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory forever and ever. Amen.

For though I do live an earthly life, I am not carrying on an earthly war,

For it was appropriate that he who is the great First Cause of the universe should, in guiding his many children to his glorious salvation, make their leader in it fully qualified through what he suffered.

Dear friends, I was just on the point of writing to you about our common salvation, when it became necessary for me to write and appeal to you to come to the defense of the faith that has once for all been intrusted to God's people.

for the weapons I use are not earthly ones, but divinely strong for destroying fortresses.

I destroy arguments and every obstacle that is raised against the knowledge of God, and I take captive every thought and make it obey Christ,

You must put on God's armor, so as to be able to stand up against the devil's stratagems.

So you must take God's armor, so that when the evil day comes you will be able to make a stand, and when it is all over to hold your ground.

Stand your ground, then, with the belt of truth around your waist, and put on uprightness as your coat of mail,

Stand your ground, then, with the belt of truth around your waist, and put on uprightness as your coat of mail,

and on your feet put the readiness the good news of peace brings.

Besides all these, take faith for your shield, for with it you will be able to put out all the flaming missiles of the evil one,

and take salvation for your helmet, and for your sword the Spirit, which is the voice of God.

The night is nearly over; the day is at hand. So let us throw aside the deeds of darkness, and put on the armor of light.

Let everyone who can hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. I will give him who is victorious some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white pebble with a new name written on it which no one knows except the man who receives it.'

Let everyone who can hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. I will give him who is victorious some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white pebble with a new name written on it which no one knows except the man who receives it.'

I will permit him who is victorious to take his seat beside me on my throne, just as I have been victorious and taken my seat beside my Father on his throne.

I will make him who is victorious a pillar in the temple of my God; he shall never go out of it again. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God??he new Jerusalem, which is to come down out of heaven from my God??nd my new name.

Let everyone who can hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. He who is victorious will not be hurt by the second death.'

I will make him who is victorious a pillar in the temple of my God; he shall never go out of it again. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God??he new Jerusalem, which is to come down out of heaven from my God??nd my new name.

To him who is victorious and continues to the end to do the things that please me, I will give authority over the heathen??27 just such authority as I received from my Father; he will shepherd them with an iron staff and shatter them like earthen jars!??28 and I will give him the morning star.

He who is victorious will possess all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son.

He who is victorious will possess all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son.

Anyone who is in the army keeps from being involved in business affairs, so as to please the officer who enlisted him.

He who is victorious will possess all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son.

the truth of my teaching, and the power of God; with the weapons of uprightness for the right hand and the left,

the truth of my teaching, and the power of God; with the weapons of uprightness for the right hand and the left,

Then war broke out in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting with the dragon. The dragon and his angels fought

He who is victorious will be clothed thus, in white clothing, and I will not erase his name from the book of life, but I will acknowledge him as mine in the presence of my Father and his angels.

He who is victorious will be clothed thus, in white clothing, and I will not erase his name from the book of life, but I will acknowledge him as mine in the presence of my Father and his angels.

Let everyone who can hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. I will permit him who is victorious to eat the fruit of the tree of life that stands in the Paradise of God.'

And another horse came forth, bright red, and its rider was given power to take peace away from the earth, and make men slaughter one another; he was given a great sword.

He who is victorious will be clothed thus, in white clothing, and I will not erase his name from the book of life, but I will acknowledge him as mine in the presence of my Father and his angels.