Bible verses about war and violence.

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All 36 verses about war and violence.

• Ecclesiastes 3:8A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
• Isaiah 2:4And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into…
• Psalms 11:5The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
• Exodus 14:14The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
• Romans 12:17-21Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with…
• Proverbs 3:31Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
• Psalms 144:1[A Psalm of David.] Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
• Matthew 5:39But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
• 2 Corinthians 10:4(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
• Matthew 26:52Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
• Psalms 46:9He 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.
• Isaiah 60:18Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates…
• Micah 4:3And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into…
• Ezekiel 45:9Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your…
• James 4:1-2From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and…
• Matthew 24:6And 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.
• 1 Samuel 14:22Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard…
• 1 Chronicles 5:22For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.
• Psalms 20:7Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
• Psalms 68:30Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver…
• Isaiah 51:19These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort…
• Jeremiah 14:15Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in…
• Jeremiah 18:21Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their…
• Jeremiah 27:13Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not…
• Jeremiah 28:8The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil…
• Luke 3:14And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely…
• Revelation 21:4And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more…
• Genesis 6:11-13The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all…
• Exodus 20:13Thou shalt not kill.
• Psalms 72:14He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
• Psalms 140:1-4[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; Which imagine mischiefs in their…
• Proverbs 4:17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
• Proverbs 16:29A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
• Jeremiah 22:3Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence…
• Habakkuk 1:2-3O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save! Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and…
• 1 John 3:15Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

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