Bible Verses About Military Conflict

And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.

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

For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.

No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give you into our hands.

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

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:

In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.

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

And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.

Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.

A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the Lord hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the Lord.

The Lord is a man of war: the Lord is his name.

And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.

Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:

Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the Lord his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet.

And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the Lord to war,

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

And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

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.

And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the Lord God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.

(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.

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

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

Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.

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:

The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.

And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.

He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.

And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.

When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing.