Bible Verses About War

Thou makest vs a reproche to our neighbours, a iest and a laughing stocke to them that are round about vs.

Thou makest vs a prouerbe among the nations, and a nodding of the head among the people.

My confusion is dayly before me, and the shame of my face hath couered me,

For the voyce of the slaunderer and rebuker, for the enemie and auenger.

Come, and behold the workes of the Lord, what desolations he hath made in the earth.

He maketh warres to cease vnto the endes of the world: he breaketh the bowe and cutteth the speare, and burneth the chariots with fire.

For lo, the Kings were gathered, and went together.

When they sawe it, they marueiled: they were astonied, and suddenly driuen backe.

Feare came there vpon them, and sorowe, as vpon a woman in trauaile.

As with an East winde thou breakest the shippes of Tarshish, so were they destroyed.

The wordes of his mouth were softer then butter, yet warre was in his heart: his words were more gentle then oyle, yet they were swordes.

To him that excelleth upon Shushan Eduth, or Michtam. A Psalme of David to teach. When he fought against Aram Naharaim, and against Aram Zobah, when Joab returned and slew twelve thousand Edomites in the salt valley. O God, thou hast cast vs out, thou hast scattered vs, thou hast bene angry, turne againe vnto vs.

Thou hast made the land to tremble, and hast made it to gape: heale the breaches thereof, for it is shaken.

Thou hast shewed thy people heauy things: thou hast made vs to drinke the wine of giddines.

Destroy the company of the spearemen, and multitude of the mightie bulles with the calues of the people, that tread vnder feete pieces of siluer: scatter the people that delite in warre.

There brake he the arrowes of the bowe, the shielde and the sword and the battell. Selah.

And smote his enemies in the hinder parts, and put them to a perpetuall shame.

A Psalme committed to Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance: thine holy Temple haue they defiled, and made Ierusalem heapes of stones.

The dead bodies of thy seruats haue they giuen to be meat vnto foules of ye heauen: and the flesh of thy Saintes vnto the beastes of the earth.

Their blood haue they shead like waters rounde about Ierusalem, and there was none to burie them.

Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be knowen among the heathen in our sight by the vengeance of the blood of thy seruants that is shed.

He turned their heart to hate his people, and to deale craftily with his seruants.

My soule hath too long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

I seeke peace, and when I speake thereof, they are bent to warre.

Blessed shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy children against the stones.