24 Bible Verses about Arrows, Figurative Of
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“I will pile disasters on them;
I will use up My arrows against them.
Surely the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me;
my spirit drinks their poison.
God’s terrors are arrayed against me.
For look, the wicked string the bow;
they put the arrow on the bowstring
to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s enemies;
the peoples fall under you.
There He shatters the bow’s flaming arrows,
the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war.Selah
A man giving false testimony against his neighbor
is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
Their tongues are deadly arrows—
they speak deception.
With his mouth
a man speaks peaceably with his friend,
but inwardly he sets up an ambush.
For Your arrows have sunk into me,
and Your hand has pressed down on me.
Would I lie about my case?
My wound is incurable,
though I am without transgression.”
He strung His bow
and set me as the target for His arrow. ה HeHe pierced my kidneys
with His arrows.
When I shoot deadly arrows of famine at them, arrows for destruction that I will send to destroy you, inhabitants of Jerusalem, I will intensify the famine against you and cut off your supply of bread.
who sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim bitter words like arrows,
shooting from concealed places at the innocent.
They shoot at him suddenly and are not afraid.
I am surrounded by lions;
I lie down with those who devour men.
Their teeth are spears and arrows;
their tongues are sharp swords.
Like a madman who throws flaming darts and deadly arrows,
so is the man who deceives his neighbor
and says, “I was only joking!”
In every situation take the shield of faith,
and with it you will be able to extinguish
all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
The clouds poured down water.
The storm clouds thundered;
Your arrows flashed back and forth.
He shot arrows and scattered them;
He hurled lightning bolts and routed them.
Flash Your lightning and scatter the foe;
shoot Your arrows and rout them.
Then the Lord will appear over them,
and His arrow will fly like lightning.
The Lord God will sound the trumpet
and advance with the southern storms.
Sons are indeed a heritage from the Lord,
children, a reward.
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior
are the sons born in one’s youth.
Happy is the man who has filled his quiver with them.
Such men will never be put to shame
when they speak with their enemies at the city gate.
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