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Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.

Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:

When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the Lord thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. — read the full passage →

A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. — read the full passage →

Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. — read the full passage →

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. — read the full passage →

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

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. — read the full passage →

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. — read the full passage →

The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace.

Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.

Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →

Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.

Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight: — read the full passage →

Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

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

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

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

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

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 God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. — read the full passage →

Our soul waiteth for the Lord: he is our help and our shield. — read the full passage →

I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.

I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; — read the full passage →

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield. — read the full passage →

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.

And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.

And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren’s heart faint as well as his heart.

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

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

It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →

And he said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; — read the full passage →

Thou shalt not kill.

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: — read the full passage →

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, — read the full passage →

Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: — read the full passage →

Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. — read the full passage →

And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. — read the full passage →

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.

And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, when Ehud was dead. — read the full passage →

No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:

When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the Lord thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

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

And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:

And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. — read the full passage →

And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel. — read the full passage →

If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him. — read the full passage →

And God spake all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

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;

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples. — read the full passage →

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, — read the full passage →

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: — read the full passage →

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. — read the full passage →

They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?

And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.

Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; — read the full passage →

Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God. — read the full passage →

If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. — read the full passage →

And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord. — read the full passage →

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: — read the full passage →

For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.

And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.

Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, — read the full passage →

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.