War
276 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
105 sections
- A Time For
- Antiquity of
- Averted
- Be Clothed in White Clothing
- Be Confessed by Christ in the Presence of God the Father
- Be Pillars in the Temple of God
- Be Sons of God
- Called “The Armor of God”
- Called “The Armor of Light”
- Called “The Armor of Righteousness”
- Called the Good Fight of Faith
- Civil
- Comforted by God In
- Counsels of
- Death
- Delivered by Christ In
- Divine Approval of
- Eat from the Tree of Life
- Encouraged In
- Enemies
- Enemy Harangued by the General of the Opposing Side
- Evils of
- Exhorted to Diligence In
- Forbidden
- Frequently Long Continued
- Frequently Sore and Bloody
- God In
- God Sends Panic In
- God Uses, As a Judgment
- God: Causes to Cease
- God: Frequently Ordered
- God: Gives the Victory In
- God: Scatters Those Who Delight In
- God: Strengthens his People For
- God: Taught his People the Art of
- Have a White Stone, and in It a New Name Written
- Have God As Their God
- Have Power Over the Nations
- Have the Morning Star
- Have the Name of God Written Upon Them by Christ
- Helped by God In
- Inflicts Defeat In
- Inherit all Things
- Killed In, Neglected
- Large Armies Frequently Engaged In
- Mere Professors do not Maintain
- Mighty Through God
- Must be Put on
- Must Stand Firm In
- Not be Hurt by the Second Death
- Not Carnal
- Not Have Their Names Blotted out of the Book of Life
- Often Arises from the Opposition of Friends or Relatives
- Often Attended by Cruelty
- Often Attended by Devastation
- Often Attended by Famine
- Often Attended by Pestilence
- Often Sent As a Punishment for Sin
- Originates in the Lusts of Men
- Our Contest with Death
- Over all That Exalts Itself
- Over Death and the Grave
- Over the Devil
- Over the Flesh
- Over the World
- Preceded by Consultation
- Preceded by Great Preparation
- Preceded by Rumors
- Protected by God In
- Records often Kept of
- Repugnant to God
- Saints are all Engaged In
- Sit with Christ on his Throne
- Strengthened by Christ In
- Strengthened by God In
- Symbolized by a Red Horse
- Thank God for Victory In
- The Belt of Truth
- The Breastplate of Righteousness
- The Contest Between Antichrist and the Church
- The Contest of Saints with the Enemies of Their Salvation
- The Devil
- The Flesh
- The Helmet of Salvation
- The Jews were Expert In
- The Jews: Frequently Engaged in (See Joshua Chapters 6 Through 11)
- The Malignity of the Wicked
- The Preparation of the Gospel
- The Shield of Faith
- The Sword of the Spirit
- The Whole, is Required
- The World
- Those Who Overcome In, Will Eat of the Hidden Manna
- Threatens Defeat In
- Through Christ
- To be on the Right Hand and Left, an Idiom Meaning: “To Attack and to Defend.”
- To Cease
- Triumphant
- Tumult of
- Under Christ, As Our Captain
- Under the Lord's Banner
- Victory In, is from God
- Wars and Rumors of
- Weapons Used In
- Wisdom Required In
A Time For
- Ecclesiastes 3:8 a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.
Antiquity of
- Genesis 14:2 went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
Averted
- Joshua 22:11–34 Then the Israelites received the report: “Behold, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar on the border of the land of Canaan, at Geliloth near the Jordan on the Israelite side.” …
Be Clothed in White Clothing
- Revelation 3:5 Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels.
Be Confessed by Christ in the Presence of God the Father
- Revelation 3:5 Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels.
Be Pillars in the Temple of God
- Revelation 3:12 The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven …
Be Sons of God
- Revelation 21:7 The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.
Called “The Armor of God”
- Ephesians 6:11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.
Called “The Armor of Light”
- Romans 13:12 The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
Called “The Armor of Righteousness”
- 2 Corinthians 6:7 in truthful speech and in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;
Called the Good Fight of Faith
- 1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.
Civil
- Judges 12:1–6 Then the men of Ephraim assembled and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why have you crossed over to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house down with you inside!” …
- Judges 20:1 Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.
- 2 Samuel 2:12–31 One day Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul marched out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. …
- 2 Samuel 3:1 Now the war between the house of Saul and the house of David was protracted. And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.
- 2 Samuel 20:1 Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”
- 1 Kings 14:30 There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout their days.
- 1 Kings 16:21 At that time the people of Israel were divided: Half of the people supported Tibni son of Ginath as king, and half supported Omri.
- Isaiah 19:2 “So I will incite Egyptian against Egyptian; brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
Comforted by God In
- 2 Corinthians 7:5–6 For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction — conflicts on the outside, fears within. …
Counsels of
- Joshua 22:10–34 And when they came to Geliloth near the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an imposing altar there by the Jordan. …
- Judges 7:10–11 But if you are afraid to do so, then go down to the camp with your servant Purah …
- 2 Samuel 16:20 Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give me counsel. What should we do?”
- 2 Samuel 17:1–15 Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David. …
- Psalm 48:4–7 For behold, the kings assembled; they all advanced together. …
- Proverbs 11:14 For lack of guidance, a nation falls, but with many counselors comes deliverance.
- Proverbs 20:18 Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.
Death
- 1 Corinthians 15:26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
- Hebrews 2:14–15 Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil, …
Delivered by Christ In
- 2 Timothy 4:18 And the Lord will rescue me from every evil action and bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
Divine Approval of
- 2 Samuel 22:35 He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
Eat from the Tree of Life
- Revelation 2:7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.
Encouraged In
- Isaiah 41:11–12 Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish. …
- Isaiah 51:12 “I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?
- Micah 7:8 Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
- 1 John 4:4 You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
Enemies
- Psalm 38:19 Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.
- Psalm 56:2 My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.
- Psalm 59:3 See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.
Enemy Harangued by the General of the Opposing Side
- 2 Kings 18:19–36 The Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is the basis of this confidence of yours? …
- 2 Chronicles 13:4–12 Then Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim in the hill country of Ephraim and said, “Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel! …
Evils of
- 2 Samuel 2:26 Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”
- Psalm 46:8 Come, see the works of the LORD, who brings devastation upon the earth.
- Psalm 79:1–3 The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble. …
- Psalm 137:9 Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
- Isaiah 3:5 The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable.
- Isaiah 3:25–26 Your men will fall by the sword, and your warriors in battle. …
- Isaiah 5:29–30 Their roaring is like that of a lion; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they carry it away, and no one can rescue it. …
- Isaiah 6:11–12 Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged, …
- Isaiah 9:5 For every trampling boot of battle and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.
- Isaiah 9:19–21 By the wrath of the LORD of Hosts the land is scorched, and the people are fuel for the fire. No man even spares his brother. …
- Isaiah 13:15–16 Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword. …
- Isaiah 15:1 This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night!
- Isaiah 16:9–10 So I weep with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest. …
- Isaiah 18:6 They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey, and to the beasts of the land. The birds will feed on them in summer, and all the wild animals in winter.
- Isaiah 19:2–16 “So I will incite Egyptian against Egyptian; brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. …
- Isaiah 32:13–14 and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers — even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry. …
- Isaiah 33:8–9 The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded. …
- Isaiah 34:7–15 And the wild oxen will fall with them, the young bulls with the strong ones. Their land will be drenched with blood, and their soil will be soaked with fat. …
- Jeremiah 4:19–31 My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle. …
- Jeremiah 5:16–17 Their quivers are like open graves; they are all mighty men. …
- Jeremiah 6:24–26 We have heard the report; our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor. …
- Jeremiah 7:33–34 The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away. …
- Jeremiah 8:16–17 The snorting of enemy horses is heard from Dan. At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds, the whole land quakes. They come to devour the land and everything in it, the city and all who dwell in it. …
- Jeremiah 9:10–21 I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the beasts …
- Jeremiah 10:20 My tent is destroyed, and all its ropes are snapped. My sons have departed from me and are no more. I have no one left to pitch my tent or set up my curtains.
- Jeremiah 13:14 I will smash them against one another, fathers and sons alike, declares the LORD. I will allow no mercy or pity or compassion to keep Me from destroying them.’”
- Jeremiah 14:18 If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”
- Jeremiah 15:8–9 I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay. …
- Jeremiah 19:7–9 And in this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air …
- Jeremiah 25:33 Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying on the ground.
- Jeremiah 46:3–12 “Deploy your shields, small and large; advance for battle! …
- Jeremiah 47:3 at the sound of the galloping hooves of stallions, the rumbling of chariots, and the clatter of their wheels. The fathers will not turn back for their sons; their hands will hang limp.
- Jeremiah 48:28 Abandon the towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! Be like a dove that nests at the mouth of a cave.
- Jeremiah 48:33 Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard and from the fields of Moab. I have stopped the flow of wine from the presses; no one treads them with shouts of joy; their shouts are not for joy.
- Jeremiah 51:30–58 The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, the bars of her gates are broken. …
- Lamentations 1:1 How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.
- Lamentations 2:1 How the Lord has covered the Daughter of Zion with the cloud of His anger! He has cast the glory of Israel from heaven to earth. He has abandoned His footstool in the day of His anger.
- Lamentations 3:1 I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath.
- Lamentations 4:1 How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.
- Lamentations 5:1 Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace!
- Ezekiel 33:27 Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, those in the ruins will fall by the sword, those in the open field I will give to be devoured by wild animals, and those in the strongholds and caves will die by plague.
- Ezekiel 39:17–19 And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great …
- Hosea 10:14 the roar of battle will rise against your people, so that all your fortresses will be demolished as Shalman devastated Beth-arbel in the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to pieces along with their children.
- Hosea 13:16 Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.
- Joel 2:2–10 a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come. …
- Amos 1:13 This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory.
- Amos 6:9–10 And if there are ten men left in one house, they too will die. …
- Amos 8:3 “In that day,” declares the Lord GOD, “the songs of the temple will turn to wailing. Many will be the corpses, strewn in silence everywhere!”
- Nahum 2:10 She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and laid waste! Hearts melt, knees knock, bodies tremble, and every face grows pale!
- Nahum 3:3 Charging horseman, flashing sword, shining spear; heaps of slain, mounds of corpses, dead bodies without end— they stumble over their dead—
- Nahum 3:10 Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains.
- Zechariah 14:2 For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.
- Luke 21:20–26 But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near. …
- Revelation 19:17–18 Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God, …
Exhorted to Diligence In
- 1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.
- Jude 3 Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.
Forbidden
- 2 Chronicles 11:4 that this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers. Each of you must return home, for this is My doing.’” So they listened to the words of the LORD and turned back from going against Jeroboam.
Frequently Long Continued
- 2 Samuel 3:1 Now the war between the house of Saul and the house of David was protracted. And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.
Frequently Sore and Bloody
- 1 Samuel 14:22 When all the Israelites who had been hiding in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines were fleeing, they also joined the battle in close pursuit.
- 1 Chronicles 5:22 and many others fell slain, because the battle belonged to God. And they occupied the land until the exile.
- 2 Chronicles 14:13 Then Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell and could not recover, for they were crushed before the LORD and His army. So the people of Judah carried off a great amount of plunder
- 2 Chronicles 28:6 For in one day Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 valiant men in Judah. This happened because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers.
God In
- Exodus 14:13–14 But Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the LORD’s salvation, which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again. …
- Deuteronomy 1:30 The LORD your God, who goes before you, will fight for you, just as you saw Him do for you in Egypt
- Deuteronomy 3:21–22 And at that time I commanded Joshua: “Your own eyes have seen all that the LORD your God has done to these two kings. The LORD will do the same to all the kingdoms you are about to enter. …
- Deuteronomy 7:17–24 You may say in your heart, “These nations are greater than we are; how can we drive them out?” …
- Deuteronomy 20:1 When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you.
- Deuteronomy 20:4 For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.”
- Deuteronomy 31:6–8 Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.” …
- Deuteronomy 31:23 Then the LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun and said, “Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land that I swore to give them, and I will be with you.”
- Deuteronomy 32:29–30 If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate. …
- Joshua 1:1 Now after the death of His servant Moses, the LORD spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying,
- Joshua 1:5–7 No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you. …
- Joshua 1:9 Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
- Judges 1:2 “Judah shall go up,” answered the LORD. “Indeed, I have delivered the land into their hands.”
- Judges 6:16 “Surely I will be with you,” the LORD replied, “and you will strike down all the Midianites as one man.”
- Judges 7:9 That night the LORD said to Gideon, “Get up and go down against the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand.
- Judges 11:29 Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, then through Mizpah of Gilead. And from there he advanced against the Ammonites.
- 1 Samuel 17:45–47 But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. …
- 1 Samuel 19:5 He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”
- 1 Samuel 30:7–8 Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought it to him, …
- 2 Samuel 5:22–24 Once again the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim. …
- 2 Samuel 22:18 He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.
- 1 Kings 20:28 Then the man of God approached the king of Israel and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because the Arameans have said that the LORD is a god of the hills and not of the valleys, I will deliver all this great army into your …
- Psalm 18:34 He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
- Psalm 76:3 There He shattered the flaming arrows, the shield and sword and weapons of war. Selah
- Jeremiah 46:15 Why have your warriors been laid low? They cannot stand, for the LORD has thrust them down.
- Amos 5:8–9 He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth — the LORD is His name — …
- Zechariah 10:5 They will be like mighty men in battle, trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the horsemen to shame.
God Sends Panic In
- Exodus 15:14–16 The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia. …
God Uses, As a Judgment
- Exodus 23:24 You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.
- Leviticus 26:17 And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.
- Leviticus 26:31–39 I will reduce your cities to rubble and lay waste your sanctuaries, and I will refuse to smell the pleasing aroma of your sacrifices. …
- Deuteronomy 28:25–68 The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth. …
- Deuteronomy 32:30 How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
- Judges 2:14 Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.
- 2 Kings 15:37 (In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.)
- 1 Chronicles 5:22 and many others fell slain, because the battle belonged to God. And they occupied the land until the exile.
- 1 Chronicles 5:26 So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And he brought them to Halah, Habor, …
- 1 Chronicles 21:12 between three years of famine, three months of being swept away before your enemies and overtaken by their swords, or three days of the sword of the LORD— days of plague upon the land, with the angel of the LORD ravaging every …
- 2 Chronicles 15:6 Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God afflicted them with all kinds of adversity.
- 2 Chronicles 12:1–12 After Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he and all Israel with him forsook the Law of the LORD. …
- 2 Chronicles 24:23–24 In the spring, the army of Aram went to war against Joash. They entered Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the leaders of the people, and they sent all the plunder to their king in Damascus. …
- 2 Chronicles 33:11 So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
- 2 Chronicles 36:1 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.
- Job 19:29 then you should fear the sword yourselves, because wrath brings punishment by the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment.”
- Psalm 44:9–16 But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies. …
- Psalm 60:1–3 You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us! …
- Psalm 105:25 whose hearts He turned to hate His people, to conspire against His servants.
- Isaiah 5:1–8 I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. …
- Isaiah 5:25–30 Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lie like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; …
- Isaiah 9:8–12 The Lord has sent a message against Jacob, and it has fallen upon Israel. …
- Isaiah 13:3–4 I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph. …
- Isaiah 13:9 Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming— cruel, with fury and burning anger— to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it.
- Isaiah 19:2 “So I will incite Egyptian against Egyptian; brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
- Isaiah 34:2–6 The LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter. …
- Isaiah 43:28 So I will disgrace the princes of your sanctuary, and I will devote Jacob to destruction and Israel to reproach.”
- Isaiah 45:7 I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
- Jeremiah 12:7 I have forsaken My house; I have abandoned My inheritance. I have given the beloved of My soul into the hands of her enemies.
- Jeremiah 12:12 Over all the barren heights in the wilderness the destroyers have come, for the sword of the LORD devours from one end of the earth to the other. No flesh has peace.
- Jeremiah 46:15–17 Why have your warriors been laid low? They cannot stand, for the LORD has thrust them down. …
- Jeremiah 46:21 Even the mercenaries among her are like fattened calves. They too will turn back; together they will flee, they will not stand their ground, for the day of calamity is coming upon them — the time of their punishment.
- Jeremiah 47:6–7 ‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’ …
- Jeremiah 48:10 Cursed is the one who is remiss in doing the work of the LORD, and cursed is he who withholds his sword from bloodshed.
- Jeremiah 49:5 Behold, I am about to bring terror upon you, declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, from all those around you. You will each be driven headlong, with no one to regather the fugitives.
- Jeremiah 50:25 The LORD has opened His armory and brought out His weapons of wrath, for this is the work of the Lord GOD of Hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.
- Ezekiel 23:22–25 Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will incite your lovers against you, those from whom you turned away in disgust. And I will bring them against you from every side — …
- Amos 3:6 If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?
- Amos 4:11 “Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
- Zephaniah 1:7–18 Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD, for the Day of the LORD is near. Indeed, the LORD has prepared a sacrifice; He has consecrated His guests. …
- Zechariah 8:10 For before those days neither man nor beast received wages, nor was there safety from the enemy for anyone who came or went, for I had turned every man against his neighbor.
- Zechariah 14:2 For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.
God: Causes to Cease
- Psalm 46:9 He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.
God: Frequently Ordered
- Exodus 17:16 “Indeed,” he said, “a hand was lifted up toward the throne of the LORD. The LORD will war against Amalek from generation to generation.”
- Numbers 31:1–2 And the LORD said to Moses, …
- Deuteronomy 7:1–2 When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations— the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations …
- 1 Samuel 15:1–3 Then Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you king over His people Israel. Now therefore, listen to the words of the LORD. …
God: Gives the Victory In
- Numbers 21:3 And the LORD heard Israel’s plea and delivered up the Canaanites. Israel devoted them and their cities to destruction; so they named the place Hormah.
- Deuteronomy 2:33 And the LORD our God delivered him over to us, and we defeated him and his sons and his whole army.
- Deuteronomy 3:3 So the LORD our God also delivered Og king of Bashan and his whole army into our hands. We struck them down until no survivor was left.
- 2 Samuel 23:10 but Eleazar stood his ground and struck the Philistines until his hand grew weary and stuck to his sword. The LORD brought about a great victory that day. Then the troops returned to him, but only to plunder the dead.
- Proverbs 21:31 A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but victory is of the LORD.
God: Scatters Those Who Delight In
- Psalm 68:30 Rebuke the beast in the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations, until it submits, bringing bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.
God: Strengthens his People For
- Leviticus 26:7–8 You will pursue your enemies, and they will fall by the sword before you. …
God: Taught his People the Art of
- 2 Samuel 22:35 He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
Have a White Stone, and in It a New Name Written
- Revelation 2:17 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.
Have God As Their God
- Revelation 21:7 The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.
Have Power Over the Nations
- Revelation 2:26 And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations.
Have the Morning Star
- Revelation 2:28 And I will give him the morning star.
Have the Name of God Written Upon Them by Christ
- Revelation 3:12 The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven …
Helped by God In
- Psalm 118:13 I was pushed so hard I was falling, but the LORD helped me.
- Isaiah 41:13–14 For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you. …
Inflicts Defeat In
- Joshua 7:12–13 This is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They will turn their backs and run from their enemies, because they themselves have been set apart for destruction. I will no longer be with you unless you remove …
- 2 Chronicles 12:5–8 Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You have forsaken Me; therefore, I have forsaken you into …
- 2 Chronicles 24:23–24 In the spring, the army of Aram went to war against Joash. They entered Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the leaders of the people, and they sent all the plunder to their king in Damascus. …
- Psalm 76:3 There He shattered the flaming arrows, the shield and sword and weapons of war. Selah
- Psalm 78:66 He beat back His foes; He put them to everlasting shame.
- Psalm 79:10 Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants.
- Isaiah 5:25 Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lie like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; …
- Jeremiah 46:15–16 Why have your warriors been laid low? They cannot stand, for the LORD has thrust them down. …
Inherit all Things
- Revelation 21:7 The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.
Killed In, Neglected
- Isaiah 14:19 But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot.
- Isaiah 18:6 They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey, and to the beasts of the land. The birds will feed on them in summer, and all the wild animals in winter.
Large Armies Frequently Engaged In
- 2 Chronicles 13:3 Abijah went into battle with an army of 400,000 chosen men, while Jeroboam drew up in formation against him with 800,000 chosen and mighty men of valor.
- 2 Chronicles 14:9 Then Zerah the Cushite came against them with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots, and they advanced as far as Mareshah.
Mere Professors do not Maintain
- Jeremiah 9:3 “They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
Mighty Through God
- 2 Corinthians 10:4–5 The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. …
Must be Put on
- Romans 13:12 The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
- Ephesians 6:11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.
Must Stand Firm In
- Ephesians 6:13–14 Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand. …
Not be Hurt by the Second Death
- Revelation 2:11 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.
Not Carnal
- 2 Corinthians 10:4 The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
Not Have Their Names Blotted out of the Book of Life
- Revelation 3:5 Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels.
Often Arises from the Opposition of Friends or Relatives
- Micah 7:6 For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies are the members of his own household.
- Matthew 10:35–36 For I have come to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. …
Often Attended by Cruelty
- Jeremiah 18:21 Therefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. Let their wives become childless and widowed; let their husbands be slain by disease, their young men struck down by the sword in battle.
- Lamentations 5:11–14 Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah. …
Often Attended by Devastation
- Isaiah 1:7 Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you — a desolation demolished by strangers.
Often Attended by Famine
- Isaiah 51:19 These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?
- Jeremiah 14:15 Therefore this is what the LORD says about the prophets who prophesy in My name: I did not send them, yet they say, ‘No sword or famine will touch this land.’ By sword and famine these very prophets will meet their end!
- Lamentations 5:10 Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.
Often Attended by Pestilence
- Jeremiah 27:13 Why should you and your people die by sword and famine and plague, as the LORD has decreed against any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon?
- Jeremiah 28:8 The prophets of old who preceded you and me prophesied war, disaster, and plague against many lands and great kingdoms.
Often Sent As a Punishment for Sin
- Judges 5:8 When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.
Originates in the Lusts of Men
- James 4:1 What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?
Our Contest with Death
- Ecclesiastes 8:8 As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
Over all That Exalts Itself
- 2 Corinthians 10:5 We demolish arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
Over Death and the Grave
- Isaiah 25:8 He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.
- Isaiah 26:19 Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.
- Hosea 13:14 I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.
- 1 Corinthians 15:54–55 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” …
Over the Devil
- Romans 16:20 The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
- 1 John 2:14 I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
Over the Flesh
- Romans 7:24–25 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? …
- Galatians 5:24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Over the World
- 1 John 5:4–5 because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith. …
Preceded by Consultation
- Luke 14:31 Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
- Proverbs 24:6 Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.
Preceded by Great Preparation
- Joel 3:9 Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!
Preceded by Rumors
- Jeremiah 4:19 My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.
- Matthew 24:6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come.
Protected by God In
- Psalm 140:7 O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You shield my head in the day of battle.
Records often Kept of
- Numbers 21:14 Therefore it is stated in the Book of the Wars of the LORD: “Waheb in Suphah and the wadis of the Arnon,
Repugnant to God
- 1 Chronicles 22:8–9 but this word of the LORD came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and waged great wars. You are not to build a house for My Name because you have shed so much blood on the ground before Me. …
- Psalm 68:30 Rebuke the beast in the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations, until it submits, bringing bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.
- Psalm 120:6–7 Too long have I dwelt among those who hate peace. …
- Revelation 13:10 “If anyone is destined for captivity, into captivity he will go; if anyone is to die by the sword, by the sword he must be killed.” Here is a call for the perseverance and faith of the saints.
Saints are all Engaged In
- Philippians 1:30 since you are encountering the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.
Sit with Christ on his Throne
- Revelation 3:21 To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
Strengthened by Christ In
- 2 Corinthians 12:9 But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
- 2 Timothy 4:17 But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.
Strengthened by God In
- Psalm 20:2 May He send you help from the sanctuary and sustain you from Zion.
- Psalm 27:14 Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!
- Isaiah 41:10 Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
Symbolized by a Red Horse
- Revelation 6:4 Then another horse went forth. It was bright red, and its rider was granted permission to take away peace from the earth and to make men slay one another. And he was given a great sword.
Thank God for Victory In
- Romans 7:25 Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
- 1 Corinthians 15:57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
The Belt of Truth
- Ephesians 6:14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,
The Breastplate of Righteousness
- Ephesians 6:14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,
The Contest Between Antichrist and the Church
- Revelation 11:7 When the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, and will overpower and kill them.
- Revelation 13:4 They worshiped the dragon who had given authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can wage war against it?”
- Revelation 13:7 Then the beast was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them, and it was given authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.
The Contest of Saints with the Enemies of Their Salvation
- Romans 7:23 But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin that dwells within me.
- 2 Corinthians 10:3 For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.
- Ephesians 6:12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
- 1 Timothy 1:18 Timothy, my child, I entrust you with this command in keeping with the previous prophecies about you, so that by them you may fight the good fight,
The Devil
- Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
- 2 Corinthians 2:11 in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.
- Ephesians 1:12 in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory.
- James 4:7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
- 1 Peter 5:8 Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
- Revelation 12:17 And the dragon was enraged at the woman and went to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea.
The Flesh
- Romans 7:23 But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin that dwells within me.
- 1 Corinthians 9:25–27 Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable. …
- 2 Corinthians 12:7 or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.
- Galatians 5:17 For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.
- 1 Peter 2:11 Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
The Helmet of Salvation
- Ephesians 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation.
The Jews were Expert In
- 1 Chronicles 12:33 From Zebulun: 50,000 fit for service, trained for battle with all kinds of weapons of war, who with one purpose were devoted to David.
- 1 Chronicles 12:35–36 From Dan: 28,600 prepared for battle. …
- Song of Solomon 3:8 All are skilled with the sword, experienced in warfare. Each has his sword at his side prepared for the terror of the night.
The Jews: Frequently Engaged in (See Joshua Chapters 6 Through 11)
- 1 Kings 14:30 There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout their days.
- 1 Kings 15:7 As for the rest of the acts of Abijam, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
- 1 Kings 15:16 Now there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their days.
The Malignity of the Wicked
- Psalm 55:21 His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.
The Preparation of the Gospel
- Ephesians 6:15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness of the gospel of peace.
The Shield of Faith
- Ephesians 6:16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
The Sword of the Spirit
- Ephesians 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
The Whole, is Required
- Ephesians 6:13 Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand.
The World
- John 16:33 I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”
- 1 John 5:4–5 because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith. …
Those Who Overcome In, Will Eat of the Hidden Manna
- Revelation 2:17 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.
Threatens Defeat In
- Deuteronomy 32:25 Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man.
- 1 Samuel 2:10 Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered. He will thunder from heaven against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth and will give power to His king. He will exalt the horn of His anointed.”
- 2 Chronicles 18:12–16 Then the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah instructed him, “Behold, with one accord the words of the prophets are favorable to the king. So please let your words be like theirs, and speak favorably.” …
- Isaiah 30:15–17 For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence — but you were not willing.” …
- Ezekiel 15:6–8 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give up the people of Jerusalem. …
- Ezekiel 21:9–17 “Son of man, prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord says: ‘A sword, a sword, sharpened and polished — …
Through Christ
- Romans 7:25 Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
- 1 Corinthians 15:57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
- 2 Corinthians 12:9 But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
- Revelation 12:11 They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.
To be on the Right Hand and Left, an Idiom Meaning: “To Attack and to Defend.”
- 2 Corinthians 6:7 in truthful speech and in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;
To Cease
- Psalm 46:9 He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.
- Isaiah 2:4 Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.
- Micah 4:3 Then He will judge between many peoples and arbitrate for strong nations far and wide. Then they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, …
Triumphant
- Romans 8:37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
- 2 Corinthians 10:5 We demolish arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
Tumult of
- Amos 2:2 So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn.
Under Christ, As Our Captain
- Hebrews 2:10 In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.
Under the Lord's Banner
- Psalm 60:4 You have raised a banner for those who fear You, that they may flee the bow. Selah
Victory In, is from God
- 1 Corinthians 15:57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
- 2 Corinthians 2:14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.
Wars and Rumors of
- Matthew 24:6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come.
- Mark 13:7 When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come.
- Luke 21:9 When you hear of wars and rebellions, do not be alarmed. These things must happen first, but the end is not imminent.”
Weapons Used In
- Joshua 1:14 Your wives, your young children, and your livestock may remain in the land that Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan. But all your mighty men of valor must be armed for battle to cross over ahead of your brothers and help them,
- Judges 18:11 So six hundred Danites departed from Zorah and Eshtaol, armed with weapons of war.
Wisdom Required In
- Proverbs 21:22 A wise man scales the city of the mighty and pulls down the stronghold in which they trust.
- Proverbs 24:6 Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.
- Ecclesiastes 9:14–18 There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it. …
- Luke 14:31–32 Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand? …
Related topics
War of ExterminationWar with Steadfastness in the FaithWar by FaithWar with Endurance of HardnessWar with PrayerWar with Sobriety
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.