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Bible Verses About Battle
Find Bible verses about battle — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about battle?
The Bible addresses battle with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
1 Samuel 17:47
“and that all this assembly may know that Yahweh doesn't save with sword and spear: for the battle is Yahweh's, and he will give you into our hand."”
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Psalms 24:8
“Who is the King of glory? Yahweh strong and mighty, Yahweh mighty in battle.”
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Zechariah 10:4
“From him will come forth the cornerstone, from him the nail, from him the battle bow, from him every ruler together.”
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Ecclesiastes 9:11
“I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.”
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Job 41:8
“Lay your hand on him. Remember the battle, and do so no more.”
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Job 39:25
“As often as the trumpet sounds he snorts, 'Aha!' He smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.”
Psalms 140:7
“Yahweh, the Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle.”
Isaiah 8:9
“Make an uproar, you peoples, and be broken in pieces! Listen, all you from far countries: dress for battle, and be shattered! Dress for battle, and be shattered!”
Hosea 5:8
“"Blow the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah! Sound a battle cry at Beth Aven, behind you, Benjamin!”
2 Samuel 11:15
“He wrote in the letter, saying, "Send Uriah to the forefront of the hottest battle, and retreat from him, that he may be struck, and die."”
Ezekiel 13:5
“You have not gone up into the gaps, neither built up the wall for the house of Israel, to stand in the battle in the day of Yahweh.”
1 Chronicles 5:20
“They were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all who were with them; for they cried to God in the battle, and he was entreated of them, because they put their tr...”
Job 15:24
“Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.”
Isaiah 27:4
“Wrath is not in me, but if I should find briers and thorns, I would do battle! I would march on them and I would burn them together.”
Psalms 55:18
“He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, although there are many who oppose me.”
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Ezekiel 7:14 — “They have blown the trumpet, and have made all ready; but none goes to the battle; for my wrath is o...”
Jeremiah 50:22 — “A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction....”
1 Samuel 13:22 — “So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of...”
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