19 occurrences in 10 translations

'Attack' in the Bible

So all of you approached me and said, "Let's send some men ahead of us to scout out the land and bring us back word as to how we should attack it and what the cities are like there."

Verse ConceptsSpies

Then you said to me, We have done evil against the Lord, we will go up to the attack, as the Lord our God has given us orders. And arming yourselves every one, you made ready to go up without care into the hill-country.

Verse ConceptsUnderestimationEasy For PeopleWe Have Sinned

And the Lord said to me, Say to them, Do not go up to the attack; for I am not among you, and you will be overcome by those who are against you.

Verse ConceptsdefeatGod ForbiddingEnemy Attacks

attack them not; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot-breadth; for I have given mount Seir as a possession unto Esau.

Verse ConceptsAvoid QuarrelsGifts Of GodOther Gifts Of Godfootprints

And Yahweh said to me, 'You shall not attack Moab, and you shall not engage in war with them, for I will not give you any of his land [as] a possession; I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot [as] a possession.'

Verse ConceptsAvoid QuarrelsGifts Of GodOther Gifts Of Godharassment

and come near over against the children of Ammon; thou shalt not distress them nor attack them; for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon a possession; for unto the children of Lot have I given it as a possession.

Verse ConceptsAvoid QuarrelsGifts Of GodOther Gifts Of Godharassment

Then Sihon came out against us with all his people, to make an attack on us at Jahaz.

Then turning we took the road to Bashan: and Og, king of Bashan, came out against us with all his people, and made an attack on us at Edrei.

Verse ConceptsHighway

and he delivers them over to you and you attack them, you must utterly annihilate them. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy!

Verse ConceptsMercy, HumanForbidden AlliancesFellowship With WickedExterminationGod Without MercyThose God Gave Into Their Hands

But if any man has hate for his neighbour, and waiting for him secretly makes an attack on him and gives him a blow causing his death, and then goes in flight to one of these towns;

Verse ConceptsWaitingPeople WaitingJudged As Murderers

But if they refuse to make peace with you and instead choose war, then attack it.

Verse ConceptsCitySiegesThe Nations Attacked

"When you attack a city and have to fight against it for many days, don't destroy its trees by cutting them down with an ax. You may eat from them, but you must not cut them down. Are the trees of the field human beings, that you would come and attack them?

Verse ConceptsRespect, For EnvironmentEcological ConcernsFortsTreesFelling TreesSharp ToolsHarming Trees

Only those trees which you are certain are not used for food may be cut down and put to destruction: and you are to make walls of attack against the town till it is taken.

Verse ConceptsBuild, LiterallyFelling TreesHarming Trees

Nothing is to be done to the virgin, because there is no cause of death in her: it is the same as if a man made an attack on his neighbour and put him to death:

How, meeting you on the way, he made an attack on you when you were tired and without strength, cutting off all the feeble ones at the end of your line; and the fear of God was not in him.

Verse ConceptsReverence, And Social BehaviourTirednessNo Fear Of GodTired In PursuitEnemy Attackstired

"The LORD will make your enemies, who rise against you and attack from one direction, to flee from you in seven directions.

Verse ConceptsBlessings, To IsraelSevenInvincibilitySevenfoldEnemiesRisingDirectionEnemy Attacks

The LORD will afflict you with tuberculosis, fever, inflammation, high fever, drought, blight, and mildew. These will attack you until you are completely destroyed.

Verse ConceptsBlightdiseasesDiseases, Kinds OfHeatMildewWasteFeverWar As God's JudgmentDiseasecancermoldpossibilities

"The Lord will allow you to be struck down before your enemies; you will attack them from one direction but flee from them in seven directions and will become an object of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Acts Of In OtdefeatCarcass, Literal UseKingdomsSevenfoldDirectionfootball

Bless, O Lord, his goods, and be pleased with his efforts; undercut the legs of any who attack him, and of those who hate him, so that they cannot stand.

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Approach (127 instances)
Assail (5 instances)
Assault (27 instances)
Attack (399 instances)
Attempt (41 instances)

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