Bible on War

For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.

And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour.

Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.

Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were not of double heart.

And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.

Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.

Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.

And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.

And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand.

And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.

And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.

In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.

There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.

Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:

Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord GOD.

And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.

About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.

Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.

Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.

And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.

And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men.

Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.

Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.

Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.

But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord saith.

And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.

And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so.

For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished:

Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.

For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.

And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.

As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?

For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.

Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.

They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.

And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,

A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.

Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.

And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him.

Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.

Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.

And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:

That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.

For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.

And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man’s sword shall be against his brother.

Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.

When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive,

And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah.

And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.