Just War

a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.

Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place, for all those who take the sword will die by the sword.

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.

“Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword.

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 →

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.

But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to battle:

Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I wouldn’t be delivered to the Jews. But now my Kingdom is not from here.”

Yahweh is a man of war. Yahweh is his name.

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 →

Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

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 →

“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, — read the full passage →

So then, let us follow after things which make for peace, and things by which we may build one another up.

He will judge between the nations, and will decide concerning many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings. Give them according to the operation of their hands. Bring back on them what they deserve.

“You shall not murder.

Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and don’t spare them; but kill both man and woman, infant and nursing baby, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”

Then he said to them, “But now, whoever has a purse, let him take it, and likewise a wallet. Whoever has none, let him sell his cloak, and buy a sword.

He said, “Yah has sworn: ‘Yahweh will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.’”

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 →

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

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 →

“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’ — read the full passage →

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.

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

But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.

“‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.

Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members?

We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

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

But I tell you, don’t resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.

When you draw near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it.

The officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, “What man is there who is fearful and faint-hearted? Let him go and return to his house, lest his brother’s heart melt as his heart.”

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;

“Avenge the children of Israel for the Midianites. Afterward you shall be gathered to your people.”

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 →

For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh shall inherit the land.

They overcame him because of the Lamb’s blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn’t love their life, even to death.

As it is written, “There is no one righteous; no, not one. — read the full passage →

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

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.”

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.

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.

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 →

Don’t be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

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 →

If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.

Moses said to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, “Shall your brothers go to the war, and shall you sit here?

Rebuke the wild animal of the reeds, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples. Being humbled, may it bring bars of silver. Scatter the nations that delight in war.

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

“You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, ‘You shall not murder;’ and ‘Whoever shall murder shall be in danger of the judgment.’ — read the full passage →

Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.

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

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. — read the full passage →

Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”

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

but the women, the little ones, the livestock, and all that is in the city, even all its plunder, you shall take for plunder for yourself. You may use the plunder of your enemies, which Yahweh your God has given you.

When you go to war in your land against the adversary who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets. Then you will be remembered before Yahweh your God, and you will be saved from your enemies.

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

There was war in the sky. Michael and his angels made war on the dragon. The dragon and his angels made war.

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

But if the watchman sees the sword come, and doesn’t blow the trumpet, and the people aren’t warned, and the sword comes, and take any person from among them; he is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand.

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.

For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

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

But God said to me, ‘You shall not build a house for my name, because you are a man of war, and have shed blood.’

namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation.

For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. Do you desire to have no fear of the authority? Do that which is good, and you will have praise from the same, — read the full passage →

Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh, which he will work for you today: for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you shall never see them again. — read the full passage →

The officers shall speak to the people, saying, “What man is there who has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.

Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

He makes wars cease to the end of the earth. He breaks the bow, and shatters the spear. He burns the chariots in the fire.

Therefore as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned.

And behold, a pale horse, and he who sat on it, his name was Death. Hades followed with him. Authority over one fourth of the earth, to kill with the sword, with famine, with death, and by the wild animals of the earth was given to him.

For all the armor of the armed man in the noisy battle, and the garments rolled in blood, will be for burning, fuel for the fire. — read the full passage →

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 →

Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men.

Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment, — read the full passage →

Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war! Stir up the mighty men. Let all the warriors draw near. Let them come up.

Behold, I will bring a nation on you from far, house of Israel,” says Yahweh. “It is a mighty nation. It is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you don’t know, neither understand what they say. — read the full passage →

Yahweh said to Joshua, “Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed. Take all the people of war with you, and arise, go up to Ai. Behold, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, with his people, his city, and his land. — read the full passage →

What man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not used its fruit? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man use its fruit.

quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, grew mighty in war, and caused foreign armies to flee.

For though we walk in the flesh, we don’t wage war according to the flesh; — read the full passage →

Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →

Then David the king stood up on his feet, and said, “Hear me, my brothers, and my people! As for me, it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and for the footstool of our God; and I had prepared for the building. — read the full passage →

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.”

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. — read the full passage →

Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he couldn’t keep warm. — read the full passage →

For there fell many slain, because the war was of God. They lived in their place until the captivity.

Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

Yahweh of Armies is who you must respect as holy. He is the one you must fear. He is the one you must dread.

Out of his mouth proceeds a sharp, double-edged sword, that with it he should strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. He treads the wine press of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →