37 Bible Verses about Arrows

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Isaiah 49:2

He made my words like a sharp sword;
He hid me in the shadow of His hand.
He made me like a sharpened arrow;
He hid me in His quiver.

2 Kings 13:18

Then Elisha said, “Take the arrows!” So he took them. Then Elisha said to the king of Israel, “Strike the ground!” So he struck the ground three times and stopped.

Psalm 64:7

But God will shoot them with arrows;
suddenly, they will be wounded.

Genesis 27:3

Take your hunting gear, your quiver and bow, and go out in the field to hunt some game for me.

Psalm 11:2

For look, the wicked string the bow;
they put the arrow on the bowstring
to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.

Psalm 58:7

They will vanish like water that flows by;
they will aim their useless arrows.

Proverbs 26:18

Like a madman who throws flaming darts and deadly arrows,

Job 6:4

Surely the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me;
my spirit drinks their poison.
God’s terrors are arrayed against me.

Psalm 7:13

He has prepared His deadly weapons;
He tips His arrows with fire.

2 Chronicles 26:15

He made skillfully designed devices in Jerusalem to shoot arrows and catapult large stones for use on the towers and on the corners. So his fame spread even to distant places, for he was marvelously helped until he became strong.

Deuteronomy 32:42

I will make My arrows drunk with blood
while My sword devours flesh—
the blood of the slain and the captives,
the heads of the enemy leaders.”

Psalm 120:4

A warrior’s sharp arrows
with burning charcoal!

Psalm 144:6

Flash Your lightning and scatter the foe;
shoot Your arrows and rout them.

Psalm 64:3

who sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim bitter words like arrows,

Psalm 18:14

He shot His arrows and scattered them;
He hurled lightning bolts and routed them.

2 Kings 13:15

Elisha responded, “Take a bow and arrows.” So he got a bow and arrows.

Zechariah 9:14

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.

Jeremiah 51:11

Sharpen the arrows!
Fill the quivers!
The Lord has put it into the mind
of the kings of the Medes
because His plan is aimed at Babylon
to destroy her,
for it is the Lord’s vengeance,
vengeance for His temple.

Isaiah 5:28

Their arrows are sharpened,
and all their bows strung.
Their horses’ hooves are like flint;
their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.

Habakkuk 3:11

Sun and moon stand still in their lofty residence,
at the flash of Your flying arrows,
at the brightness of Your shining spear.

Proverbs 7:23

until an arrow pierces its liver,
like a bird darting into a snare—
he doesn’t know it will cost him his life.

Ezekiel 39:3

Then I will knock your bow from your left hand and make your arrows drop from your right hand.

Jeremiah 9:8

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.

1 Chronicles 12:2

They were archers who could use either the right or left hand, both to sling stones and shoot arrows from a bow. They were Saul’s relatives from Benjamin:

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Arrows » God's

Psalm 7:13

He has prepared His deadly weapons;
He tips His arrows with fire.

Psalm 21:12

Instead, you will put them to flight
when you aim your bow at their faces.

Psalm 45:5

Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s enemies;
the peoples fall under you.

Psalm 144:6

Flash Your lightning and scatter the foe;
shoot Your arrows and rout them.

2 Samuel 22:15

He shot arrows and scattered them;
He hurled lightning bolts and routed them.

More verses: Psalm 18:14 Psalm 77:17

Arrows » Illustrative » Of God's judgment

Psalm 7:13

He has prepared His deadly weapons;
He tips His arrows with fire.

Psalm 21:12

Instead, you will put them to flight
when you aim your bow at their faces.

Ezekiel 5:16

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.

Deuteronomy 32:23-42

I will pile disasters on them; I will use up My arrows against them. They will be weak from hunger, ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will unleash on them wild beasts with fangs, as well as venomous snakes that slither in the dust. Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, there will be terror; the young man and the virgin [will be killed], the infant and the gray-haired man. read more.
I would have said: I will cut them to pieces and blot out the memory of them from mankind, if I had not feared insult from the enemy, [or feared] that these foes might misunderstand and say: Our own hand has prevailed; it wasn't the Lord who did all this." Israel is a nation lacking sense with no understanding at all. If only they were wise, they would figure it out; they would understand their fate. How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the Lord had given them up? But their "rock" is not like our Rock; even our enemies concede. For their vine is from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous; their clusters are bitter. Their wine is serpents' venom, the deadly poison of cobras. "Is it not stored up with Me, sealed up in My vaults? Vengeance belongs to Me; I will repay. In time their foot will slip, for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly." The Lord will indeed vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that [their] strength is gone and no one is left-slave or free. He will say: "Where are their gods, the 'rock' they found refuge in? Who ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up and help you; let it be a shelter for you. See now that I alone am He; there is no God but Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal. No one can rescue [anyone] from My hand. I raise My hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever, when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand takes hold of judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me. I will make My arrows drunk with blood while My sword devours flesh- the blood of the slain and the captives, the heads of the enemy leaders."

Psalm 64:7

But God will shoot them with arrows;
suddenly, they will be wounded.

Arrows » Carried in a quiver

Genesis 27:3

Take your hunting gear, your quiver and bow, and go out in the field to hunt some game for me.

Isaiah 49:2

He made my words like a sharp sword;
He hid me in the shadow of His hand.
He made me like a sharpened arrow;
He hid me in His quiver.

Jeremiah 5:16

Their quiver is like an open grave;
they are all mighty warriors.

Lamentations 3:13

ה HeHe pierced my kidneys
with His arrows.

Arrows » Discharged » Against enemies

2 Kings 19:32

Therefore, this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria:
He will not enter this city
or shoot an arrow there
or come before it with a shield
or build up an assault ramp against it.

Jeremiah 50:14

Line up in battle formation around Babylon,
all you archers!
Shoot at her! Do not spare an arrow,
for she has sinned against the Lord.

Arrows » General references

1 Samuel 20:20

I will shoot three arrows beside it as if I’m aiming at a target.

2 Kings 13:15

Elisha responded, “Take a bow and arrows.” So he got a bow and arrows.

Arrows » Bright and polished

Isaiah 49:2

He made my words like a sharp sword;
He hid me in the shadow of His hand.
He made me like a sharpened arrow;
He hid me in His quiver.

Jeremiah 51:11

Sharpen the arrows!
Fill the quivers!
The Lord has put it into the mind
of the kings of the Medes
because His plan is aimed at Babylon
to destroy her,
for it is the Lord’s vengeance,
vengeance for His temple.

Arrows » Discharged » With great force

Numbers 24:8

God brought him out of Egypt;
He is like the horns of a wild ox for them.
He will feed on enemy nations
and gnaw their bones;
he will strike them with his arrows.

2 Kings 9:24

Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow went through his heart, and he slumped down in his chariot.

Arrows » Sharp

Psalm 120:4

A warrior’s sharp arrows
with burning charcoal!

Isaiah 5:28

Their arrows are sharpened,
and all their bows strung.
Their horses’ hooves are like flint;
their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.

Arrows » Discharged » From a bow

Psalm 11:2

For look, the wicked string the bow;
they put the arrow on the bowstring
to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.

Isaiah 7:24

A man will go there with bow and arrows
because the whole land will be thorns and briers.

Arrows » Illustrative » Of severe afflictions

Job 6:4

Surely the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me;
my spirit drinks their poison.
God’s terrors are arrayed against me.

Arrows » Discharged » From engines

2 Chronicles 26:15

He made skillfully designed devices in Jerusalem to shoot arrows and catapult large stones for use on the towers and on the corners. So his fame spread even to distant places, for he was marvelously helped until he became strong.

Arrows » Discharged » At a mark for amusement

1 Samuel 20:20-22

I will shoot three arrows beside it as if I'm aiming at a target. Then I will send the young man [and say], 'Go and find the arrows!' Now, if I expressly say to the young man, 'Look, the arrows are on this side of you-get them,' then come, because as the Lord lives, it is safe for you and there is no problem. But if I say this to the youth: 'Look, the arrows are beyond you!' then go, for the Lord is sending you away.

Arrows » Illustrative » Of lightnings

Psalm 77:17-18

The clouds poured down water. The storm clouds thundered; Your arrows flashed back and forth. The sound of Your thunder was in the whirlwind; lightning lit up the world. The earth shook and quaked.

Arrows » Illustrative » Of false witnesses

Proverbs 25:18

A man giving false testimony against his neighbor
is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

Arrows » Deadly and destructive weapons

Proverbs 26:18

Like a madman who throws flaming darts and deadly arrows,

Arrows » Fleetness of, alluded to

Zechariah 9:14

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.

Arrows » The ancients divined by

Ezekiel 21:21

For the king of Babylon stands at the split in the road, at the fork of the two roads, to practice divination: he shakes the arrows, consults the idols, and observes the liver.

Arrows » Illustrative » (falling from the hand), of the paralyzing power

Ezekiel 39:3

Then I will knock your bow from your left hand and make your arrows drop from your right hand.

Arrows » Illustrative » Of slanderous tongues

Jeremiah 9:8

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.

Arrows » Discharged » At the beasts of the earth

Genesis 27:3

Take your hunting gear, your quiver and bow, and go out in the field to hunt some game for me.

Arrows » Illustrative » Of young children

Arrows » Illustrative » Of Christ

Isaiah 49:2

He made my words like a sharp sword;
He hid me in the shadow of His hand.
He made me like a sharpened arrow;
He hid me in His quiver.

Arrows » Called shafts

Isaiah 49:2

He made my words like a sharp sword;
He hid me in the shadow of His hand.
He made me like a sharpened arrow;
He hid me in His quiver.

Arrows » Illustrative » (broken), of destruction of power

Psalm 76:3

There He shatters the bow’s flaming arrows,
the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war.Selah

Arrows » Illustrative » Of devices of the wicked

Psalm 11:2

For look, the wicked string the bow;
they put the arrow on the bowstring
to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.

Arrows » Illustrative » Of bitter words

Psalm 64:3

who sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim bitter words like arrows,

Arrows » Illustrative » Of the word of Christ

Psalm 45:5

Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s enemies;
the peoples fall under you.

Arrows » Sometimes poisoned

Job 6:4

Surely the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me;
my spirit drinks their poison.
God’s terrors are arrayed against me.

Weapons » Of war » Arrows

1 Samuel 20:20

I will shoot three arrows beside it as if I’m aiming at a target.

2 Kings 13:15

Elisha responded, “Take a bow and arrows.” So he got a bow and arrows.

Topics on Arrows

Arrows, Figurative Of

Deuteronomy 32:23

“I will pile disasters on them;
I will use up My arrows against them.

Arrows, Uses Of

Genesis 27:3

Take your hunting gear, your quiver and bow, and go out in the field to hunt some game for me.

Bow And Arrows, Symbol Of Strength

Psalm 44:6-7

For I do not trust in my bow,
and my sword does not bring me victory.

Bow And Arrows, Uses Of

Genesis 27:3

Take your hunting gear, your quiver and bow, and go out in the field to hunt some game for me.

God's Arrows

Psalm 64:7-10

But God will shoot them with arrows;
suddenly, they will be wounded.

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