Bible Verses About Warfare
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for warfare, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,545 votes, led by James 4:7. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Warfare
James 4:7160 votes
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Ephesians 6:12151 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.
2 Corinthians 10:3-5138 votes
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
Ephesians 6:13126 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.
1 Peter 5:8113 votes
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
1 Corinthians 10:13105 votes
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
2 Corinthians 10:4100 votes
(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
Zechariah 4:680 votes
Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.
Luke 10:1978 votes
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Romans 8:3778 votes
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
Ephesians 6:1174 votes
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
1 John 4:474 votes
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
1 Timothy 6:1263 votes
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
1 Peter 5:8-962 votes
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Isaiah 54:1759 votes
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.
2 Thessalonians 3:353 votes
But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
John 16:3352 votes
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Deuteronomy 28:744 votes
The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.
Romans 8:3144 votes
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
Ephesians 6:10-1844 votes
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
1 John 5:440 votes
For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
Romans 8:37-3939 votes
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
Colossians 1:13-1439 votes
Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
Joshua 1:937 votes
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
John 10:1037 votes
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
What does the Bible say about warfare?
Readers most often cite James 4:7 on the subject of warfare. Across 3,545 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 6:12, 2 Corinthians 10:3-5, Ephesians 6:13. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.