Bible Verses About War
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for war, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 12,112 votes, led by Ecclesiastes 3:8. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about War
Ecclesiastes 3:8777 votes
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
Matthew 24:6670 votes
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.
James 4:1-2450 votes
From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
Jeremiah 51:20337 votes
Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;
Isaiah 2:4329 votes
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.
Matthew 5:9324 votes
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Exodus 15:3319 votes
The Lord is a man of war: the Lord is his name.
Ephesians 6:12284 votes
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Deuteronomy 20:1-4273 votes
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.
Romans 7:21-25264 votes
I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
Romans 12:18231 votes
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
Proverbs 21:31229 votes
The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the Lord.
Psalms 144:1-2219 votes
Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
Ephesians 6:11193 votes
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Romans 13:4186 votes
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.
Psalms 144:1183 votes
Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
2 Corinthians 10:4159 votes
(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
Matthew 10:34157 votes
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Joel 3:9-10149 votes
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:
1 Timothy 2:1-2149 votes
I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
Proverbs 21:15143 votes
It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
Isaiah 25:8141 votes
He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.
Psalms 46:9137 votes
He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
Matthew 24:6-7134 votes
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.
2 Chronicles 20:15132 votes
And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the Lord unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s.
What does the Bible say about war?
Readers most often cite Ecclesiastes 3:8 on the subject of war. Across 12,112 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Matthew 24:6, James 4:1-2, Jeremiah 51:20. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.