Micah 4:3

New American Bible - revised edition

He shall judge between many peoples and set terms for strong and distant nations; They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; One nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall they train for war again.

Cross References

Psalm 46:10

Who stops wars to the ends of the earth, breaks the bow, splinters the spear, and burns the shields with fire;

Psalm 46:9

Come and see the works of the Lord, who has done fearsome deeds on earth;

Psalm 72:3

That the mountains may yield their bounty for the people, and the hills great abundance,

Psalm 72:7

That abundance may flourish in his days, great bounty, till the moon be no more.

Psalm 82:8

Arise, O God, judge the earth, for yours are all the nations.

Psalm 96:13

before the Lord who comes, who comes to govern the earth, To govern the world with justice and the peoples with faithfulness.

Psalm 98:9

Before the Lord who comes, who comes to govern the earth, To govern the world with justice and the peoples with fairness.

Isaiah 2:4

He shall judge between the nations, and set terms for many peoples. They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; One nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall they train for war again.

Isaiah 25:3

Therefore a strong people will honor you, ruthless nations will fear you.

Isaiah 51:5

I will make my victory come swiftly; my salvation shall go forth and my arm shall judge the nations; In me the coastlands shall hope, and my arm they shall await.

Isaiah 60:12

For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; such nations shall be utterly destroyed!

Isaiah 65:25

The wolf and the lamb shall pasture together, and the lion shall eat hay like the ox— but the serpent’s food shall be dust. None shall harm or destroy on all my holy mountain, says the Lord.

Isaiah 9:7

The Lord has sent a word against Jacob, and it falls upon Israel;

Daniel 2:44

In the lifetime of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed or delivered up to another people; rather, it shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and put an end to them, and it shall stand forever.

Hosea 2:18

On that day—oracle of the Lord— You shall call me “My husband,” and you shall never again call me “My baal.”

Hosea 2:20

I will make a covenant for them on that day, with the wild animals, With the birds of the air, and with the things that crawl on the ground. Bow and sword and warfare I will destroy from the land, and I will give them rest in safety.

Joel 3:2

Even upon your male and female servants, in those days, I will pour out my spirit.

Zechariah 14:3

Then the Lord will go forth and fight against those nations, fighting as on a day of battle.

Zechariah 8:20

Thus says the Lord of hosts: There will yet come peoples and inhabitants of many cities;

Zechariah 9:10

He shall banish the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem; The warrior’s bow will be banished, and he will proclaim peace to the nations. His dominion will be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.

Acts 17:31

because he has established a day on which he will ‘judge the world with justice’ through a man he has appointed, and he has provided confirmation for all by raising him from the dead.”

Revelation 19:11

Then I saw the heavens opened, and there was a white horse; its rider was [called] “Faithful and True.” He judges and wages war in righteousness.

1 Samuel 2:10

The Lord’s foes shall be shattered; the Most High in heaven thunders; the Lord judges the ends of the earth. May he give strength to his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed!”