Quotes about War
Uzziah had an army ready for battle that went out to war by assigned divisions, as recorded by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the direction of Hananiah, one of the royal officers.
— 2 Chronicles 26:11
Jotham waged war against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them, and that year they gave him a hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat, and ten thousand cors of barley. They paid him the same in the second and third years.
— 2 Chronicles 27:5
Then some of the leaders of the Ephraimites—Azariah son of Jehohanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai—stood in opposition to those arriving from the war.
— 2 Chronicles 28:12
At the blast of the horn, he snorts with fervor. He catches the scent of battle from afar—the shouts of captains and the cry of war.
— Job 39:25
Though an army encamps around me, my heart will not fear; though a war breaks out against me, I will keep my trust.
— Psalm 27:3
He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.
— Psalm 46:9
Rebuke the beast in the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations, until it submits, bringing bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.
— Psalm 68:30
Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,
— Psalm 83:9
I am in favor of peace; but when I speak, they want war.
— Psalm 120:7
who devise evil in their hearts and stir up war all day long.
— Psalm 140:2
Of David. Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
— Psalm 144:1
Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.
— Proverbs 20:18