Bible Verses About Martial Arts
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for martial arts, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,318 votes, led by Psalms 144:1. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Martial Arts
Psalms 144:1149 votes
Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
Exodus 15:398 votes
The Lord is a man of war: the Lord is his name.
Psalms 18:31-3586 votes
For who is God save the Lord? or who is a rock save our God?
Proverbs 24:1181 votes
If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
1 Corinthians 9:24-2781 votes
Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
Exodus 22:2-348 votes
If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
John 10:2945 votes
My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.
Genesis 14:14-1642 votes
And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
Ephesians 6:13-1838 votes
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.
2 Samuel 22:3535 votes
He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
2 Samuel 23:20-2135 votes
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:
Matthew 10:1635 votes
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Exodus 2:11-1932 votes
And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
Exodus 21:2232 votes
If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
Hosea 12:432 votes
Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Beth–el, and there he spake with us;
Titus 1:1532 votes
Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
Matthew 16:21-2827 votes
From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
Acts 3:1527 votes
And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
John 4:3425 votes
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
1 Corinthians 9:725 votes
Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
Genesis 32:22-3223 votes
And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
Psalms 11:523 votes
The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
John 6:2023 votes
But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.
John 20:2823 votes
And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
2 Corinthians 10:4-523 votes
(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
What does the Bible say about martial arts?
Readers most often cite Psalms 144:1 on the subject of martial arts. Across 1,318 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Exodus 15:3, Psalms 18:31-35, Proverbs 24:11. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.