Bible Verses About Military Engagements

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.

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.

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

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

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,

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

And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.

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

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

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:

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.

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

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

And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men of war, mighty men of valour, were in Jerusalem.

And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.

For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.

And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the Lord, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him,

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

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

Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;

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

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.

Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the Lord your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.

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

For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,

And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.

Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the Lord of hosts.

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 there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.