Quotes about Combat
A bad war is fought with a good mind.
— George Washington
After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.
— Judges 3:31
Blessed is he who is skilled with the sword. It will keep him from falling.
— Perry Stone
So Abner told him, “Turn to your right or to your left, seize one of the young men, and take his equipment for yourself.” But Asahel would not stop chasing him.
— 2 Samuel 2:21
You will pursue your enemies, and they will fall by the sword before you.
— Leviticus 26:7
Forgetfulness of God's grace is one of the greatest tools in the enemy's war against our souls.
— Mark Dever
At that time they struck down about ten thousand Moabites, all robust and valiant men. Not one of them escaped.
— Judges 3:29
Now Ehud had made for himself a double-edged sword a cubit long. He strapped it to his right thigh under his cloak
— Judges 3:16
War presents itself as necessary for self-protection, when in fact it is necessary for self-identification.
— James Carse
He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
— 2 Samuel 22:15
they were archers using both the right and left hands to sling stones and shoot arrows; and they were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin):
— 1 Chronicles 12:2
In his classic work, The Spiritual Combat, Dom Lorenzo Scupoli wrote: "This war is unavoidable, and you must either fight or die. The obstinacy of your enemies is so fierce that peace and arbitration with them is utterly impossible.
— Scott Hahn