Bible Verses About Strategy

For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.

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?

There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.

The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

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

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

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.

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

So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God.

The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians:

Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

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;

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.

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.

And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passed over Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.

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,

The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.

And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:

A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.

They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.

And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.

Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.

And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle.

Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the Lord hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon.

Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.

It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes.

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying,

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;

And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:

And David enquired at the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.