Sentences with phrase «made war against»

Tribes made war against one another all across America for everything from territory disputes to crimes committed and even generational grudges.

Deut 20:12 - 16 And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it: And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword

That we may, and ought, to resist, and even make war against those rulers who leap the bounds prescribed them by the constitution, and attempt to oppress and enslave the subjects, is a principle on which alone the great revolutions which have taken place in our nation can be justified.»

When you besiege a city for a long time, making war against it in order to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an axe against them.

The Israelites got some practice in this by making war against the Midianites: And they warred against the Midianites, as the Lord commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.

And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.

He was given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them.

But if it makes no peace with you, but makes war against you, then you shall besiege it.

With the current political landscape of a very liberal President advocating we make war against a regime using WMDs... well, we can only pray that Howey's work stays fictional.

Also with regard to Nordheus, he makes an interesting point that the Stern report is like making war against a country that may have nuclear capability in the distant future.

Not exact matches

The network would make it possible to fight back against those who «steal intellectual property and private data, sow division and obscure bad behavior, slander and defame the innocent, prey on the weak and plans the seeds for total darkness in the event of all - out war.»

«If we're going to make any sort of progress on winning this global war against Jihadism, we've got to focus on the ideology and win the battle of ideas, not just have a look at their propaganda tools and their frontmen and their symbols.»

And make ready against them all you can of power, including steeds of war (Horses, swords, spear, bow - n - arches, etc.) to threaten the enemy of Allâh and your enemy, and others (secret spies) besides whom, you may not know but whom Allâh does know.

It is kind of wacky to make a point that a group of people must stop their war against christmas by accepting it.

This would make me wonder why Islamic nations have lost so many wars against the Christians and Jews in the last 500 years.

I think our two positions, that Russia would have won the war against Germany on her own, and that the other Allies made important contributions, are compatible with each other.

Hillary Clinton made a forceful appeal for the United States to back Israel as the Jewish nation's forces squared off against Hezbollah during the 2006 Lebanon War.

CNN should stop making this an issue, it is not about religion, this a war against women by Bishops who have always thought they know what is best for women.

At one end of the gamut is Acts 20:10, where Paul, finding a supposed dead man still breathing, cries, «Make ye no ado; for his psyche is in him»; at the other is I Peter 2:11, where the full spiritual meaning of the term is evident — «Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.»

Allah forbiddeth you only those who warred against you on account of religion and have driven you out from your homes and helped to drive you out, that ye make friends of them.

For in my inner being I delight in God's law; but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me.

nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more; but they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree, and none shall make them afraid; for the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken.

The diversity of weapons within the low - intensity - conflict arsenal is what makes the U.S. war against the poor so insidious and destructive.

The Arabs completed the conquest of the Levant within a few years of the death of the Prophet, their surprising success made possible by the inspiration of their new faith which filled their souls with confidence, and by the decline of the power of Persia and Byzantium as a result of their perpetual wars against each other.

Rom 7:22 For I joyfully concur with the law of God in the inner man, Rom 7:23 but I see a different law in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is in my members.

«Permission to fight is given to those against whom war is made - because they have been wronged.

He wishes to internationalize the holy places in Jerusalem, which leaves me shaking my head in dismay (such an intervention would lead to a chaos of injustice and violence that would make the present Intifada war against the Jews seem like a picnic and would have dire consequences for the holy places themselves» so far still untouched).

The story runs through Woodrow Wilson's expansive mission to «make the world safe for democracy,» Eisenhower's World War II «crusade in Europe,» and the long years of cold war struggle against «godless communism.&raqWar II «crusade in Europe,» and the long years of cold war struggle against «godless communism.&raqwar struggle against «godless communism.»

Let them make the case that those who have declared war against us do not intend to instill fear by inflicting cruelty.

Johnson examines in some detail two features that have made contemporary wars particularly horrific: wholesale warfare against noncombatants, and warfare fueled by religious and ethnic difference.

• Intentional physical violence of any kind against a person made in the image of God solely for entertainment and recreation can not be justified (some pro-lobbyists and Christians cite the Just War thesis, which is at best woefully naive).

«Permission to fight is given to those against whom war is made — because they have been wronged.

But war is an extraordinary circumstance that makes people do things that are against their nature.

Many Colombians believe that they are its intended result, that the real aim of the war against insurgents and against drugs is really to get small farmers off their land in order to make room for development.

As late as the 1940s King George VI could still seek divine help against the enemy in World War II by calling for a national «Day of Prayer» (though the enemy was making similar appeals to the same God).

Two movies I've seen lately that were unexpectedly great: WARHORSE (I usually can't stand Spielberg — but this is a eloquent anti-war film directed against probably the most senselessly and hugely murderous war ever — World War I. It's an anti-imperial and almost a pro-Porcher movie, until you realize that the first misuse of the heroic horse was making him plowar film directed against probably the most senselessly and hugely murderous war ever — World War I. It's an anti-imperial and almost a pro-Porcher movie, until you realize that the first misuse of the heroic horse was making him plowar ever — World War I. It's an anti-imperial and almost a pro-Porcher movie, until you realize that the first misuse of the heroic horse was making him ploWar I. It's an anti-imperial and almost a pro-Porcher movie, until you realize that the first misuse of the heroic horse was making him plow.)

Indeed, such tyranny is but the war of all against all made slow - motion and orderly, unleashing its damage more against the moral fiber of mankind than against its actual flesh.

For Hobbes the marginal case of the war of all against all is not escaped through any semblance or trace of divine justice but through a social compact made by individuals to maximize their self - interest.

I find it funny that everyone wants to make this a religious war against q - u-e-e-r-s.

Granted, President Bush did make a public relations misstep in the days immediately following the 9/11 attacks when he called the coming U.S - led war against global terrorism a «crusade» and promised that terrorists would face the «full wrath» of the U.S. «A lot of people think that America is out to get Islam, anyway,» Joshua Salaam, director of the Council on American - Islamic Relations, warned at the time.

For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members.

Looking at this side of the ambiguity, we see a church in which many first - world Christians of our day could feel comfortable and undisturbed: a church that lives without question or resistance in a state founded on violence and made prosperous by the exploitation of less fortunate nations; a church that accepts various perquisites from that state as its due; a church where changing jobs for the sake of peace and justice is seldom considered; a church that constantly speaks in the language of war; a church given to eloquent invective in its internal disputes and against outside opponents; a church quite sure that God will punish the wicked.

You know, please rest your conscience here as you read I am not an authority AT ALL as youll come to see, My lord has pulled me out of church the holy spirit filled church where I recieved Christ, and told me to visit ALL churches, oh and by the way 6 years ago The Lord asked me to open an out reach food pantry and safe haven for the needy, in the city that we live in, anyway this journey was humbling, God always shows me I am the stinker, that its my flesh that wars against the spirit, So many people are worried about satan, and demons or bad freinds or family or other religions, Yeah it makes you wonder 1st is it the same bible Im reading Jesus said it is finished!

Only the trees that you know are not trees for food you may destroy and cut down, that you may build siegeworks against the city that makes war with you, until it falls.

We knew we couldn't make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin.

They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more; but they shall all sit under their own vines and under their own fig trees, and no one shall make them afraid.

You made yourself a terrorist apologist when you equated my country's actions in the war on terror to terrorism itself and suggested the fight against terror is the reason why it is spreading.

Low - intensity conflict, as stated earlier, is meant to make the U.S. war against the poor less visible, less costly, and less offensive to the U.S. people.

Therefore, after he had done all he could to deceive the followers whose religious beliefs were weak, he started a war against Ali with a large army made up of people from Syria.

«To those against whom war is made, permission is given (to fight), because they are wronged» (22:39).