Bible Verses About Preparation for Confrontation

And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.

Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.

This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;

Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.

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

But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.

But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

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

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?

Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready:

Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;

Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,

When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:

And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,

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

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

Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;

And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them,

But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.

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

Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.

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

But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.

Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the Lord with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the Lord will be with you.

And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.

And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.

The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.

For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.

Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.

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,

Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.

Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.

But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.