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Want to know what the Bible says about War? Here are 340 Bible verses about War from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Romans 8:37 NIV
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
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Zechariah 10:5 NIV
Together they will be like warriors in battle
    trampling their enemy into the mud of the streets.
They will fight because the Lord is with them,
    and they will put the enemy horsemen to shame.
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Isaiah 19:2 NIV
“I will stir up Egyptian against Egyptian—
    brother will fight against brother,
    neighbor against neighbor,
    city against city,
    kingdom against kingdom.
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Ephesians 6:14 NIV
Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place,
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Matthew 10:36 NIV
    a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’
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2 Timothy 2:3 NIV
Join with me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
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Matthew 26:52-53 NIV
52 “Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword. 53 Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels?
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Psalm 144:1 NIV
Praise be to the Lord my Rock,
    who trains my hands for war,
    my fingers for battle.
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Micah 7:8 NIV
Do not gloat over me, my enemy!
    Though I have fallen, I will rise.
Though I sit in darkness,
    the Lord will be my light.
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1 Timothy 6:12 NIV
Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
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Jude 1:19 NIV
These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.
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Luke 12:51 NIV
Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division.
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James 4:7 NIV
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
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Revelation 6:4 NIV
Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make people kill each other. To him was given a large sword.
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Matthew 26:52 NIV
“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.
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Matthew 24:6-7 NIV
6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
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Deuteronomy 20:4 NIV
For the Lord your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory.
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John 16:33 NIV
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
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Joel 3:9 NIV
Proclaim this among the nations:
    Prepare for war!
Rouse the warriors!
    Let all the fighting men draw near and attack.
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2 Chronicles 24:24 NIV
Although the Aramean army had come with only a few men, the Lord delivered into their hands a much larger army. Because Judah had forsaken the Lord, the God of their ancestors, judgment was executed on Joash.
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