37 Bible Verses about Arrows
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How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them! He will not be ashamed as they confront their enemies at the city gate. A Song of Ascents
He made my mouth like a sharp sword; he hid me in the shadow of his hands. He made me like a polished arrow and hid me away in his quivers.
After this Elisha said, "Pick up the arrows." So the king picked them up. Then Elisha told the king of Israel, "Strike the ground!" So he struck it three times and then stood still.
In addition to having clothed yourselves with these things, having taken up the shield of faith, with which you will be able to put out all the flaming arrows of the evil one,
so go find your weapons, take your bow and arrows, go outside, and hunt some game for me.
Look, the wicked have bent their bow and placed their arrow on the string, to shoot from the darkness at the upright in heart.
May they flow away like rain water that runs off, may they become like someone who shoots broken arrows.
"The arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit absorbs their poison; God's terrors have been arranged just for me!
He prepares weapons of death for himself, he makes his arrows into fiery shafts.
He also had various siege engines built by skilled designers and placed them on the towers and on the corner ramparts that could fire arrows and very large stones. His reputation spread far and wide, and he was marvelously assisted until he grew very strong.
I'll make my arrows drunk with blood. My sword will devour flesh, along with the blood of the slain, and I'll take their enemy leaders captive.'
Like a sharp arrow from a warrior, along with fiery coals from juniper trees!
Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy, shoot your arrows and confuse them.
who sharpen their tongues like swords, and aim their bitter words like arrows,
He shot his arrows and scattered them; with many lightning bolts he frightened them.
Elisha told him, "Pick up a bow and some arrows." So he picked up a bow and some arrows.
The LORD will appear over them his arrow will shoot like lightning. The Lord GOD will blow the trumpet, and go out with the southern windstorm.
Sharpen the arrows, fill the quivers! The LORD has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes he has decided to destroy Babylon. Indeed, it's the LORD's vengeance, vengeance for his Temple.
Their arrows are sharp, all their bows ready for action. Their horses' hooves seem like flint, and their chariot wheels spin like a whirlwind.
The sun and moon stand still in their orbits; at the glint of your arrows they speed along, even at the gleam of your flashing spear.
until an arrow pierces his liver. As a bird darts into a snare, he doesn't realize his fatal decision.
There I will strike your bow from your left hand and your arrows from your right, causing your fall.
Their tongue is a deadly arrow that speaks deceit. With his mouth a person says, "Peace,' to his friend, but inwardly he sets a trap for him.
Equipped as archers, they could use both their right and left hands to shoot arrows and hurl stones. As descendants of Benjamin, they were Saul's relatives.
From Thematic Bible
Arrows » God's
He prepares weapons of death for himself, he makes his arrows into fiery shafts.
Indeed, you will make them retreat, when you aim your bow at their faces.
Your arrows are sharpened to penetrate the hearts of the king's enemies. People will fall under you.
Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy, shoot your arrows and confuse them.
Arrows » Illustrative » Of God's judgment
He prepares weapons of death for himself, he makes his arrows into fiery shafts.
Indeed, you will make them retreat, when you aim your bow at their faces.
I'll send arrows of severe famine in their direction, meant for destruction, which I'll shoot, intending to destroy them. I'll make you have more and more famines that will attack you, and I'll disrupt your source of food.
I'll bury them in misfortunes and bring them to an end with my arrows. Emaciated from famine, feverish from plague, and destroyed by bitterness, I'll send fanged beasts against them, along with poisonous snakes that glide through the dust. Outside, the sword will cause bereavement; within, there will be terror for the young man and virgin alike, also for the nursing infant and the aged man." read more.
"I said, "I will scatter them, erasing their memory from the human race, if it weren't for dreading the taunting of their enemies otherwise, their adversary might misinterpret and say, "Our power is great. It isn't the LORD who made all of this happen."'" They are a nation devoid of purpose and without insight. O, that they were wise to understand this and consider their future! How can one person chase a thousand of them and two put a myriad to flight, unless their Rock delivers them and the LORD gives them up? For their rock isn't like our Rock, as even our enemies admit. Instead, their vine is from the vines of Sodom and the vineyards of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous, their clusters bitter. Their wine is the venom of serpents, a poisonous cobra. "Is this not kept in reserve, sealed up with me in my treasury? To me belong vengeance and recompense. In due time their feet will slip, because their time of calamity is near and the things prepared for them draw near. For the LORD will vindicate his people and bring comfort to his servants, because he will observe that their power has waned, when neither prisoner nor free person remain. "He will say, "Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge? Who ate the fat of their offerings and drank the wine that was their drink offering? Let them rise and help you and be your hiding place!' "Look now! I AM, and there is no other god besides me. I myself cause death and I sustain life; I wound severely and I also heal; from my power no one can deliver. "I solemnly swear to heaven I say "As certainly as I'm alive and living forever, I'll whet my shining sword, with my hands in firm grasp of judgment. I'll show vengeance on my adversary and repay those who keep on hating me. I'll make my arrows drunk with blood. My sword will devour flesh, along with the blood of the slain, and I'll take their enemy leaders captive.'
Arrows » Carried in a quiver
so go find your weapons, take your bow and arrows, go outside, and hunt some game for me.
He made my mouth like a sharp sword; he hid me in the shadow of his hands. He made me like a polished arrow and hid me away in his quivers.
Their quiver is like an open grave, and all of them are powerful warriors.
Arrows » Discharged » Against enemies
"Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the king of Assyria: "Not only will he not approach this city or shoot an arrow in its direction, he won't approach it with so much as a shield, nor will he throw up a siege ramp against it.
Deploy the troops all around Babylon. All who bend the bow, shoot at her and spare no arrows, for she has sinned against the LORD.
Arrows » General references
I'll shoot three arrows to the side of the rock as though I were shooting at a target.
Elisha told him, "Pick up a bow and some arrows." So he picked up a bow and some arrows.
Arrows » Bright and polished
He made my mouth like a sharp sword; he hid me in the shadow of his hands. He made me like a polished arrow and hid me away in his quivers.
Sharpen the arrows, fill the quivers! The LORD has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes he has decided to destroy Babylon. Indeed, it's the LORD's vengeance, vengeance for his Temple.
Arrows » Discharged » With great force
God is bringing them out of Egypt with the strength of an ox. He'll devour enemy nations, break their bones, and impale them with arrows.
But Jehu drew his bow with all of his strength, shooting Joram between his shoulder blades. The arrow pierced his heart, and he collapsed in his chariot.
Arrows » Sharp
Like a sharp arrow from a warrior, along with fiery coals from juniper trees!
Their arrows are sharp, all their bows ready for action. Their horses' hooves seem like flint, and their chariot wheels spin like a whirlwind.
Arrows » Discharged » From a bow
Look, the wicked have bent their bow and placed their arrow on the string, to shoot from the darkness at the upright in heart.
"People will come there armed with bows and arrows, because the entire land will be nothing but briers and thorns.
Arrows » Illustrative » Of severe afflictions
"The arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit absorbs their poison; God's terrors have been arranged just for me!
Arrows » Discharged » From engines
He also had various siege engines built by skilled designers and placed them on the towers and on the corner ramparts that could fire arrows and very large stones. His reputation spread far and wide, and he was marvelously assisted until he grew very strong.
Arrows » Discharged » At a mark for amusement
I'll shoot three arrows to the side of the rock as though I were shooting at a target. Then I'll send a servant, saying, "Go, find the arrows.' If I specifically say to the servant, "Look, the arrows are on this side of you, get them,' then come out because it's safe for you, and, as surely as the LORD lives, there is no danger. But if I say this to the young man: "Look, the arrows are beyond you,' then go, for the LORD has sent you away.
Arrows » Illustrative » Of lightnings
The clouds poured rain; the skies rumbled. Indeed, your lightning bolts flashed. Your thunderous sound was in a whirlwind; your lightning lights up the world; the earth becomes agitated and quakes.
Arrows » Illustrative » Of false witnesses
Arrows » Deadly and destructive weapons
Arrows » Fleetness of, alluded to
The LORD will appear over them his arrow will shoot like lightning. The Lord GOD will blow the trumpet, and go out with the southern windstorm.
Arrows » The ancients divined by
"Meanwhile, Babylon's king is standing at the fork of the road, where he can head in either of two directions, and that's where he is practicing divination. Shaking his arrows, he's asking questions of his teraphim while he examines livers.
Arrows » Illustrative » (falling from the hand), of the paralyzing power
There I will strike your bow from your left hand and your arrows from your right, causing your fall.
Arrows » Illustrative » Of slanderous tongues
Their tongue is a deadly arrow that speaks deceit. With his mouth a person says, "Peace,' to his friend, but inwardly he sets a trap for him.
Arrows » Discharged » At the beasts of the earth
so go find your weapons, take your bow and arrows, go outside, and hunt some game for me.
Arrows » Illustrative » Of young children
How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them! He will not be ashamed as they confront their enemies at the city gate. A Song of Ascents
Arrows » Illustrative » Of Christ
He made my mouth like a sharp sword; he hid me in the shadow of his hands. He made me like a polished arrow and hid me away in his quivers.
Arrows » Called shafts
He made my mouth like a sharp sword; he hid me in the shadow of his hands. He made me like a polished arrow and hid me away in his quivers.
Arrows » Illustrative » (broken), of destruction of power
There he shattered sharp arrows, shields, swords, and weapons of war. Interlude
Arrows » Illustrative » Of devices of the wicked
Look, the wicked have bent their bow and placed their arrow on the string, to shoot from the darkness at the upright in heart.
Arrows » Illustrative » Of bitter words
who sharpen their tongues like swords, and aim their bitter words like arrows,
Arrows » Illustrative » Of the word of Christ
Your arrows are sharpened to penetrate the hearts of the king's enemies. People will fall under you.
Arrows » Sometimes poisoned
"The arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit absorbs their poison; God's terrors have been arranged just for me!
Weapons » Of war » Arrows
I'll shoot three arrows to the side of the rock as though I were shooting at a target.
Elisha told him, "Pick up a bow and some arrows." So he picked up a bow and some arrows.
Topics on Arrows
Arrows To Describe False Testimony
Proverbs 25:18A club, a sword, and a sharp arrow that's what a man is who lies about his neighbor.
Arrows, Described As
Proverbs 26:18Like the maniac who shoots fiery darts and deadly arrows
Arrows, Figurative Of
Deuteronomy 32:23I'll bury them in misfortunes and bring them to an end with my arrows.
Arrows, Uses Of
Genesis 27:3so go find your weapons, take your bow and arrows, go outside, and hunt some game for me.
Bow And Arrows, Illustrations Of
Job 29:20My glory renews for me and my bow is as good as new in my hand.'
Bow And Arrows, Symbol Of Strength
Psalm 44:6-7For I place no confidence in my bow, nor will my sword deliver me.
Bow And Arrows, Uses Of
Genesis 27:3so go find your weapons, take your bow and arrows, go outside, and hunt some game for me.