Bible on War

They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.

And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies.

Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.

It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.

Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand;

For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.

Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.

Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;

We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.

For thus saith the Lord GOD; The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee.

Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.

Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.

But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.

That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;

But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,

And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.

I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:

Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.

And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.

Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.

And next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war.

But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.

He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.

If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:

Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.

Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.

The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.

Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.

Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.

Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;

Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.

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

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.

And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men?

And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.

So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,

And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.

And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.

So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;

And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.

Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.

If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.

For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies.

When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.