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• Deuteronomy 20:5

  The officers shall speak to the people, saying, “What man is there who has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.

• Deuteronomy 20:6

  What man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not used its fruit? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man use its fruit.

• Deuteronomy 20:7

  What man is there who has pledged to be married a wife, and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.”

• Deuteronomy 20:8

  The officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, “What man is there who is fearful and faint-hearted? Let him go and return to his house, lest his brother’s heart melt as his heart.”

• Deuteronomy 20:9

  It shall be, when the officers have finished speaking to the people, that they shall appoint captains of armies at the head of the people.

• Deuteronomy 24:5

  When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out in the army, neither shall he be assigned any business. He shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he has taken.

• Judges 7:3

  Now therefore proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, ‘Whoever is fearful and trembling, let him return and depart from Mount Gilead.’” So twenty-two thousand of the people returned, and ten thousand remained.

• Judges 20:10

  and we will take ten men of one hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and one hundred of one thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to get food for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have worked in Israel.”

• Isaiah 59:16

  He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor. Therefore his own arm brought salvation to him; and his righteousness sustained him.

• Isaiah 59:17

  He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head. He put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a mantle.

• Nahum 2:3

  The shield of his mighty men is made red. The valiant men are in scarlet. The chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the pine spears are brandished.

• Matthew 27:27

  Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered the whole garrison together against him.

• Matthew 27:28

  They stripped him, and put a scarlet robe on him.

• Matthew 27:29

  They braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

• Matthew 27:30

  They spat on him, and took the reed and struck him on the head.

• Matthew 27:31

  When they had mocked him, they took the robe off of him, and put his clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him.

• Matthew 27:32

  As they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they compelled him to go with them, that he might carry his cross.

• Matthew 27:33

  When they came to a place called “Golgotha”, that is to say, “The place of a skull,”

• Matthew 27:34

  they gave him sour wine to drink mixed with gall. When he had tasted it, he would not drink.

• Matthew 27:35

  When they had crucified him, they divided his clothing among them, casting lots,

• Matthew 27:36

  and they sat and watched him there.

• Matthew 27:37

  They set up over his head the accusation against him written, “THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

• Matthew 27:65

  Pilate said to them, “You have a guard. Go, make it as secure as you can.”

• Matthew 28:11

  Now while they were going, behold, some of the guards came into the city, and told the chief priests all the things that had happened.

• Matthew 28:12

  When they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave a large amount of silver to the soldiers,

• Matthew 28:13

  saying, “Say that his disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.

• Matthew 28:14

  If this comes to the governor’s ears, we will persuade him and make you free of worry.”

• Matthew 28:15

  So they took the money and did as they were told. This saying was spread abroad among the Jews, and continues until today.

• Mark 15:16

  The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort.

• Mark 15:17

  They clothed him with purple, and weaving a crown of thorns, they put it on him.

• Mark 15:18

  They began to salute him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

• Mark 15:19

  They struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and bowing their knees, did homage to him.

• Mark 15:20

  When they had mocked him, they took the purple off of him, and put his own garments on him. They led him out to crucify him.

• Mark 15:21

  They compelled one passing by, coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them, that he might bear his cross.

• Mark 15:22

  They brought him to the place called Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, “The place of a skull.”

• Mark 15:23

  They offered him wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he didn’t take it.

• Mark 15:24

  Crucifying him, they parted his garments among them, casting lots on them, what each should take.

• Luke 3:14

  Soldiers also asked him, saying, “What about us? What must we do?” He said to them, “Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages.”

• Luke 22:4

  He went away, and talked with the chief priests and captains about how he might deliver him to them.

• Luke 23:11

  Herod with his soldiers humiliated him and mocked him. Dressing him in luxurious clothing, they sent him back to Pilate.

• Luke 23:36

  The soldiers also mocked him, coming to him and offering him vinegar,

• Luke 23:37

  and saying, “If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!”

• John 19:23

  Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also the coat. Now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.

• John 19:24

  Then they said to one another, “Let’s not tear it, but cast lots for it to decide whose it will be,” that the Scripture might be fulfilled, which says, “They parted my garments among them. For my cloak they cast lots.” Therefore the soldiers did these things.

• Acts 12:4

  When he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

• Acts 12:5

  Peter therefore was kept in the prison, but constant prayer was made by the assembly to God for him.

• Acts 12:6

  The same night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. Guards in front of the door kept the prison.

• Acts 12:19

  When Herod had sought for him, and didn’t find him, he examined the guards, and commanded that they should be put to death. He went down from Judea to Caesarea, and stayed there.

• Acts 21:31

  As they were trying to kill him, news came up to the commanding officer of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

• Acts 21:32

  Immediately he took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them. They, when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, stopped beating Paul.

• Acts 21:33

  Then the commanding officer came near, arrested him, commanded him to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he was and what he had done.

• Acts 21:34

  Some shouted one thing, and some another, among the crowd. When he couldn’t find out the truth because of the noise, he commanded him to be brought into the barracks.

• Acts 21:35

  When he came to the stairs, he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd;

• Acts 22:24

  the commanding officer commanded him to be brought into the barracks, ordering him to be examined by scourging, that he might know for what crime they shouted against him like that.

• Acts 22:25

  When they had tied him up with thongs, Paul asked the centurion who stood by, “Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and not found guilty?”

• Acts 22:26

  When the centurion heard it, he went to the commanding officer and told him, “Watch what you are about to do, for this man is a Roman!”

• Acts 22:27

  The commanding officer came and asked him, “Tell me, are you a Roman?” He said, “Yes.”

• Acts 22:28

  The commanding officer answered, “I bought my citizenship for a great price.” Paul said, “But I was born a Roman.”

• Acts 23:23

  He called to himself two of the centurions, and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, with seventy horsemen, and two hundred men armed with spears, at the third hour of the night.”

• Acts 23:31

  So the soldiers, carrying out their orders, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.

• Acts 23:32

  But on the next day they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the barracks.

• Acts 23:33

  When they came to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him.

• Acts 27:1

  When it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan band.

• Acts 27:31

  Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, “Unless these stay in the ship, you can’t be saved.”

• Acts 27:42

  The soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim out and escape.

• Acts 27:43

  But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stopped them from their purpose, and commanded that those who could swim should throw themselves overboard first to go toward the land;

• Acts 28:16

  When we entered into Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard, but Paul was allowed to stay by himself with the soldier who guarded him.

• Ephesians 6:11

  Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

• Ephesians 6:12

  For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

• Ephesians 6:13

  Therefore put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.

• Ephesians 6:14

  Stand therefore, having the utility belt of truth buckled around your waist, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

• Ephesians 6:15

  and having fitted your feet with the preparation of the Good News of peace;

• Ephesians 6:16

  above all, taking up the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.

• Ephesians 6:17

  And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;

• 2 Timothy 2:3

  You therefore must endure hardship, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

• Hebrews 2:10

  For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many children to glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.