Popular Bible Verses about Conquest

Found 6 Verses

Amos 1:4

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I will send fire on the house of Hazael that will consume the fortresses of Ben-Hadad. NIV

So I will send a fire [of war, conquest, and destruction] upon the house of Hazael [who killed and succeeded King Ben-hadad] which shall devour the palaces and strongholds of Ben-hadad. AMP

But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad. KJV

Amos 6:13

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You who rejoice in the conquest of Lo Debar and say, "Did we not take Karnaim by our own strength?" NIV

You who rejoice in Lo-debar [a thing of nought], who say, Have we not by our own strength taken Karnaim or horns [of resistance] for ourselves? AMP

Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength? KJV

Revelation 6:2

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I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest. NIV

And I looked, and saw there a white horse whose rider carried a bow. And a crown was given him, and he rode forth conquering and to conquer. [Ps. 45:4, 5; Zech. 1:8; 6:1-3.] AMP

And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. KJV

Jeremiah 4:23

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I looked at the earth, and it was formless and empty; and at the heavens, and their light was gone. NIV

[In a vision Jeremiah sees Judah laid waste by conquest and captivity.] I looked at the land, and behold, it was [as at the time of creation] waste and vacant (void); and at the heavens, and they had no light. AMP

I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. KJV

Ezekiel 35:5

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"Because you harbored an ancient hostility and delivered the Israelites over to the sword at the time of their calamity, the time their punishment reached its climax," NIV

Because you [of Esau] have had a perpetual enmity [for Jacob] and you gave over the sons of Israel to the power of the sword at the time of their calamity, when they were suffering their final punishment [the Babylonian conquest], [Ezek. 25:12-14; 36:5.] AMP

Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end: KJV

Isaiah 42:25

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So he poured out on them his burning anger, the violence of war. It enveloped them in flames, yet they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart. NIV

Therefore He poured out upon [Israel] the fierceness of His anger and the strength of battle. And it set him on fire round about, yet he knew not [the lesson of repentance which the Assyrian conquest was intended to teach]; it burned him, but he did not lay it to heart. AMP

Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart. KJV