Quotes About Spiritual warfare

At that time Joshua proceeded to eliminate the Anakim from the hill country of Hebron, Debir, and Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah and of Israel. Joshua devoted them to destruction, along with their cities.

the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is near Bethel, one;

the king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;

The Israelites also killed the diviner Balaam son of Beor along with the others they put to the sword.

And when they heard this, the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh to go to war against them.

Then Balak son of Zippor, the king of Moab, set out to fight against Israel. He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you,

And there they found Adoni-bezek and fought against him, striking down the Canaanites and Perizzites.

Then the men of Judah went with their brothers the Simeonites, attacked the Canaanites living in Zephath, and devoted the city to destruction. So it was called Hormah.

The LORD was with Judah, and they took possession of the hill country; but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the plains because they had chariots of iron.

The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them.

Ephraim also failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer; so the Canaanites continued to dwell among them in Gezer.

That is why the LORD had left those nations in place and had not driven them out immediately by delivering them into the hand of Joshua.

These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,

Thus the Israelites continued to live among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:

When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.

From the heavens the stars fought; from their courses they fought against Sisera.

She reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workmanís hammer. She struck Sisera and crushed his skull; she shattered and pierced his temple.

Then all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east gathered together, crossed over the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.

Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.

The three companies blew their horns and shattered their jars. Holding the torches in their left hands and the horns in their right hands, they shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!”

The LORD replied, “When the Egyptians, Amorites, Ammonites, Philistines,

Then the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, and the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.

This is what you are to do: Devote to destruction every male, as well as every female who has had relations with a man.”