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Joining The Military

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Psalms 108:12–13

Give us help against the enemy, for the help of man is vain. — read the full passage →

Deuteronomy 20:1–4

When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses, chariots, and a people more than you, you shall not be afraid of them; for Yahweh your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. — read the full passage →

Romans 13:1–14

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. — read the full passage →

Joshua 1:9

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

Psalms 20:6–7

Now I know that Yahweh saves his anointed. He will answer him from his holy heaven, with the saving strength of his right hand. — read the full passage →

John 15:13

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

Isaiah 41:10

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

Romans 13:1–5

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. — read the full passage →

Romans 13:4

for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn’t bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.

2 Timothy 2:4

No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

Philippians 4:13

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

1 Samuel 30:3

When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captive.

Deuteronomy 20:7

What man is there who has pledged to be married a wife, and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.”

Zechariah 14:1–21

Behold, a day of Yahweh comes, when your plunder will be divided in your midst. — read the full passage →

Jeremiah 29:11

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Psalms 29:11

Yahweh will give strength to his people. Yahweh will bless his people with peace.

Revelation 12:1–17

A great sign was seen in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. — read the full passage →

James 4:1–17

Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members? — read the full passage →

Romans 6:1–23

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? — read the full passage →

Psalms 91:1–16

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →

Revelation 13:14

He deceives my own people who dwell on the earth because of the signs he was granted to do in front of the beast; saying to those who dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast who had the sword wound and lived.

John 14:27

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

Revelation 13:15

It was given to him to give breath to it, to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause as many as wouldn’t worship the image of the beast to be killed.

James 1:1–27

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings. — read the full passage →

Matthew 24:1–51

Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way. His disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. — read the full passage →

Matthew 8:5–10

When he came into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking him, — read the full passage →

Deuteronomy 20:4

for Yahweh your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.”

Numbers 1:2–4

“Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, every male, one by one; — read the full passage →

Genesis 6:1–22

When men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them, — read the full passage →

2 Timothy 2:3

You therefore must endure hardship, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

Romans 13:1–7

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. — read the full passage →

Romans 5:1

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

Romans 3:20

Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

John 19:11

Jesus answered, “You would have no power at all against me, unless it were given to you from above. Therefore he who delivered me to you has greater sin.”

John 16:33

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

John 14:1–31

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. — read the full passage →

John 1:1

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Luke 3:14

Soldiers also asked him, saying, “What about us? What must we do?” He said to them, “Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages.”

Matthew 24:6–8

You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you aren’t troubled, for all this must happen, but the end is not yet. — read the full passage →

Isaiah 40:1–31

“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God. — read the full passage →

Psalms 56:3–4

When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you. — read the full passage →

Psalms 27:1

Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?

Psalms 23:1–6

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

2 Chronicles 25:5–6

Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and ordered them according to their fathers’ houses, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and upward, and found them three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go out to war, who could handle spear and shield. — read the full passage →

1 Samuel 30:8

David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “If I pursue after this troop, shall I overtake them?” He answered him, “Pursue; for you shall surely overtake them, and shall without fail recover all.”

Ruth 1:1–22

In the days when the judges judged, there was a famine in the land. A certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to live in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. — read the full passage →

Deuteronomy 31:8

Yahweh himself is who goes before you. He will be with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be discouraged.”

Deuteronomy 22:5

A woman shall not wear men’s clothing, neither shall a man put on women’s clothing; for whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh your God.

Deuteronomy 7:1–26

When Yahweh your God brings you into the land where you go to possess it, and casts out many nations before you, the Hittite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, seven nations greater and mightier than you; — read the full passage →

Exodus 20:13

“You shall not murder.

2 Timothy 2:3–4

You therefore must endure hardship, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

2 Thessalonians 1:1–12

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

Colossians 2:1–23

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Philippians 4:6

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

Ephesians 6:10–20

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might. — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 16:13

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

1 Corinthians 7:17–24

Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the assemblies. — read the full passage →

Romans 13:13

Let us walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy.

Romans 13:1

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God.

Romans 8:18

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

Romans 8:1–39

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. — read the full passage →

Romans 1:1–32

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God, — read the full passage →

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Matthew 8:9

For I am also a man under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and tell another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and tell my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

Zephaniah 1:1–18

Yahweh’s word which came to Zephaniah, the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah. — read the full passage →

Psalms 116:5–6

Yahweh is Gracious and righteous. Yes, our God is merciful. — read the full passage →

Psalms 46:1

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Psalms 33:20–22

Our soul has waited for Yahweh. He is our help and our shield. — read the full passage →

Psalms 23:4

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

Deuteronomy 31:6

Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them; for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”

Numbers 3:1–51

Now this is the history of the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Yahweh spoke with Moses in Mount Sinai. — read the full passage →

Leviticus 26:1–46

“‘You shall make for yourselves no idols, neither shall you raise up an engraved image or a pillar, neither shall you place any figured stone in your land, to bow down to it; for I am Yahweh your God. — read the full passage →

Genesis 1:1–31

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →

Revelation 13:3

One of his heads looked like it had been wounded fatally. His fatal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled at the beast.

Revelation 13:1–18

Then I stood on the sand of the sea. I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads. On his horns were ten crowns, and on his heads, blasphemous names. — read the full passage →

Revelation 12:7–11

There was war in the sky. Michael and his angels made war on the dragon. The dragon and his angels made war. — read the full passage →

Revelation 11:1–19

A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise, and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it. — read the full passage →

1 Peter 2:13–14

Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme; — read the full passage →

1 Peter 2:9–10

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light: — read the full passage →

Hebrews 11:1

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

2 Timothy 1:7

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

1 Timothy 2:1–15

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men: — read the full passage →

1 Timothy 1:18

This instruction I commit to you, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which led the way to you, that by them you may wage the good warfare;

Colossians 3:23

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

Philippians 2:25

But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, fellow soldier, and your apostle and servant of my need;

Ephesians 6:13

Therefore put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.

Ephesians 6:11

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

Ephesians 6:10

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

Ephesians 6:10–17

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might. — read the full passage →

2 Corinthians 10:4

for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,

2 Corinthians 9:8

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.

1 Corinthians 14:1–40

Follow after love, and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy. — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 2:1–16

When I came to you, brothers, I didn’t come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. — read the full passage →

Romans 13:7

Give therefore to everyone what you owe: taxes to whom taxes are due; customs to whom customs; respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor.

Romans 13:6

For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God’s service, attending continually on this very thing.

Romans 13:5

Therefore you need to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience’ sake.

Romans 13:2

Therefore he who resists the authority, withstands the ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves judgment.

Romans 12:2

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Romans 8:38–39

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, — read the full passage →

Romans 8:2

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

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