Wars

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

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

for he is a 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 a minister of God, an avenger for wrath to him that doeth evil.

And 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.

There he brake the arrows of the bow; The shield, and the sword, and the battle. [Selah

Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

(for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds);

It is joy to the righteous to do justice; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then I of myself with the mind, indeed, serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

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

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

casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

Why are thy strong ones swept away? they stood not, because Jehovah did drive them.

And I will stir up the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbor; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.

They shall be left together unto the ravenous birds of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth; and the ravenous birds shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.

For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men; and Jehovah delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken Jehovah, the God of their fathers. So they executed judgment upon Joash.

And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the army of the Syrians came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.

Whence comewars and whence come fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your pleasures that war in your members? — read the full passage →

And he said unto them, It is not for you to know times or seasons, which the Father hath set within his own authority. — read the full passage →

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

And he said, Take heed that ye be not led astray: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am he; and, The time is at hand: go ye not after them. — read the full passage →

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. — read the full passage →

But of that day and hour knoweth no one, not even the angels of heaven, neither the Son, but the Father only.

Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is taken shall fall by the sword.

Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle; — read the full passage →

He that overcometh shall inherit these things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and of them that sit thereon, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, and small and great.

And the dragon waxed wroth with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, that keep the commandments of God, and hold the testimony of Jesus:

And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angelsgoing forthto war with the dragon; and the dragon warred and his angels;

Now faith is assurance ofthingshoped for, a conviction of things not seen. — read the full passage →

with all prayer and supplication praying at all seasons in the Spirit, and watching thereunto in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,

withal taking up the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.

And he hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

And by reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I should not be exalted overmuch.

Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces with her children.

Their infants also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be rifled, and their wives ravished.

And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, If I pursue after this troop, shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue; for thou shalt surely overtake them, and shalt without fail recover all.

And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, — read the full passage →

And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in mid heaven, Come and be gathered together unto the great supper of God;

If any man is for captivity, into captivity he goeth: if any man shall kill with the sword, with the sword must he be killed. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

He that overcometh, I will give to him to sit down with me in my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father in his throne.

He that overcometh, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go out thence no more: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God, and mine own new name.

He that overcometh shall thus be arrayed in white garments; and I will in no wise blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

and I will give him the morning star.

And he that overcometh, and he that keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give authority over the nations:

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, which no one knoweth but he that receiveth it.

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.

Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints.

Mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied.

And who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

For whatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, even our faith.

Ye are of God, my little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.

I have written unto you, fathers, because ye know him who is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the evil one.

whom withstand stedfast in your faith, knowing that the same sufferings are accomplished in your brethren who are in the world.

Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, — read the full passage →

let us hold fast the confession of our hope that it waver not; for he is faithful that promised:

and might deliver all them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

Since then the children are sharers in flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner partook of the same; that through death he might bring to nought him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

The Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will save me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me; that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on the life eternal, whereunto thou wast called, and didst confess the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.

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

holding faith and a good conscience; which some having thrust from them made shipwreck concerning the faith:

This charge I commit unto thee, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which led the way to thee, that by them thou mayest war the good warfare;

But let us, since we are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.

so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober.

having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

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

to the end that we should be unto the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:

And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof.

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other; that ye may not do the things that ye would.

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh

Nevertheless he that comforteth the lowly, even God, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

For even when we were come into Macedonia our flesh had no relief, butwe wereafflicted on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.

in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

But thanks be unto God, who always leadeth us in triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest through us the savor of his knowledge in every place.

that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

but thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting?

But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

The last enemy that shall be abolished is death.

And every man that striveth in the games exerciseth self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. — read the full passage →

And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

The night is far spent, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

And anotherhorsecame forth, a red horse: and to him that sat thereon it was given to take peace from the earth, and that they should slay one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.