Bible Verses About War

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to them that are round about us.

Thou makest us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.

All the day long is my dishonor before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me,

For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth, By reason of the enemy and the avenger.

Come, behold the works of Jehovah, What desolations he hath made in the earth.

He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; He burneth the chariots in the fire.

For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, They passed by together.

They saw it, then were they amazed; They were dismayed, they hasted away.

Trembling took hold of them there, Pain, as of a woman in travail.

With the east wind Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish.

His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords.

O God thou hast cast us off, thou hast broken us down; Thou hast been angry; oh restore us again.

Thou hast made the land to tremble; thou hast rent it: Heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.

Thou hast showed thy people hard things: Thou hast made us to drink the wine of staggering.

Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds, The multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples, Trampling under foot the pieces of silver: He hath scattered the peoples that delight in war.

There he brake the arrows of the bow; The shield, and the sword, and the battle. [Selah

And he smote his adversaries backward: He put them to a perpetual reproach.

O God, the nations are come into thine inheritance; Thy holy temple have they defiled; They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.

The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be food unto the birds of the heavens, The flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.

Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; And there was none to bury them.

Wherefore should the nations say, Where is their God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed Be known among the nations in our sight.

He turned their heart to hate his people, To deal subtly with his servants.

My soul hath long had her dwelling With him that hateth peace.

I amforpeace: But when I speak, they are for war.

Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones Against the rock.