Bible on War

And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David’s enemy continually.

Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?

He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.

Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.

Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.

For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.

Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.

They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.

He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.

Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.

The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;

For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?

And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.

When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.

Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.

Or, Deliver me from the enemy’s hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?

He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.

Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.

By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.

For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.

Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.

Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.

O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.

And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.

Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:

Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.

Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward.

Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.

He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.

And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.

Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, seven thousand and one hundred.

And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.

Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the house of the LORD.

And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.

And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,

And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.

Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.

The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.

He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.

Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.

But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.

But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.

Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.

Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.

Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.

Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.

For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,