Bible Verses about 'War'
| Indeed, we live as human beings, but we do not wage war according to human standards. | For though we walk in the flesh, we don’t wage war according to the flesh. |
| Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war rise up against me, yet I will be confident. | Though an army should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear. Though war should rise against me, even then I will be confident. |
| You want something and do not have it; so you commit murder. And you covet something and cannot obtain it; so you engage in disputes and conflicts. You do not have, because you do not ask. | You lust, and don’t have. You murder and covet, and can’t obtain. You fight and make war. You don’t have, because you don’t ask. |
| Now the works of the flesh are obvious: fornication, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I am warning you, as I warned you before: those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. | Now the deeds of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom. |
| The Lord, your God, is in your midst, a warrior who gives victory; he will rejoice over you with gladness, he will renew you in his love; he will exult over you with loud singing. | Yahweh, your God, is among you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing. |
| When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army or be charged with any related duty. He shall be free at home one year, to be happy with the wife whom he has married. | When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out in the army, neither shall he be assigned any business. He shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he has taken. |
| One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and one whose temper is controlled than one who captures a city. | One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city. |
| Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. | Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves. |
| Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! | Consider the ravens: they don’t sow, they don’t reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds! |
| If you will not listen, if you will not lay it to heart to give glory to my name, says the Lord of hosts, then I will send the curse on you and I will curse your blessings; indeed I have already cursed them, because you do not lay it to heart. | “If you will not listen, and if you will not take it to heart, to give glory to my name,” says Yahweh of Armies, “then I will send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you do not take it to heart.” |
| Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. | Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you. |
| For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline. | For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control. |
| Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. | Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. |
| The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life. | The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life. |
| The wicked earn no real gain, but those who sow righteousness get a true reward. | Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward. |
| If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me before it hated you. | If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you. |
| See, I am coming soon; my reward is with me, to repay according to everyone's work. | Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, to repay to each man according to his work. |
| For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more. | For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness. I will remember their sins and lawless deeds no more. |
| I press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus. | I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. |
| For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. | For I say through the grace that was given me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith. |
| Be on your guard, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but may receive a full reward. | Watch yourselves, that we don’t lose the things which we have accomplished, but that we receive a full reward. |
| When your eyes light upon it, it is gone; for suddenly it takes wings to itself, flying like an eagle toward heaven. | Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky. |
| Do all things without murmuring and arguing, so that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine like stars in the world. It is by your holding fast to the word of life. | Do all things without complaining and arguing, that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world, holding up the word of life. |
| And without faith it is impossible to please God, for whoever would approach him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. | Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him. |
| Therefore let us go on toward perfection, leaving behind the basic teaching about Christ, and not laying again the foundation: repentance from dead works and faith toward God, instruction about baptisms, laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. | Therefore leaving the teaching of the first principles of Christ, let’s press on to perfection—not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God, of the teaching of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. |
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