37 Bible Verses about Swords
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Take the helmet of salvation,
and the sword of the Spirit,
which is God’s word.
At that time Joshua turned back, captured Hazor, and struck down its king with the sword, because Hazor had formerly been the leader of all these kingdoms. They struck down everyone in it with the sword, completely destroying them; he left no one alive. Then he burned down Hazor. Joshua captured all these kings and their cities and struck them down with the sword. He completely destroyed them, as Moses the Lord’s servant had commanded.
When the territory of the Danites slipped out of their control, they went up and fought against Leshem, captured it, and struck it down with the sword. So they took possession of it, lived there, and renamed Leshem after their ancestor Dan.
The Israelites, apart from Benjamin, rallied 400,000 armed men, every one an experienced warrior.
Joab gave the king the total of the registration of the troops. There were 800,000 fighting men from Israel and 500,000 men from Judah.
but Eleazar stood his ground and attacked the Philistines until his hand was tired and stuck to his sword. The Lord brought about a great victory that day. Then the troops came back to him, but only to plunder the dead.
David said to Ahimelech, “Do you have a spear or sword on hand? I didn’t even bring my sword or my weapons since the king’s mission was urgent.” The priest replied, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here, wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want to take it for yourself, then take it, for there isn’t another one here.”
“There’s none like it!” David said. “Give it to me.”
but Shammah took his stand in the middle of the field, defended it, and struck down the Philistines. So the Lord brought about a great victory.
David questioned him, “How is it that you were not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?” Then David summoned one of his servants and said, “Come here and kill him!” The servant struck him, and he died. For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood is on your own head because your own mouth testified against you by saying, ‘I killed the Lord’s anointed.’”
Samuel declared:
As your sword has made women childless,
so your mother will be childless among women.
Then he hacked Agag to pieces before the Lord at Gilgal.
David ran and stood over him. He grabbed the Philistine’s sword, pulled it from its sheath, and used it to kill him. Then he cut off his head. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they ran.
So the king said to Doeg, “Go and execute the priests!” So Doeg the Edomite went and executed the priests himself. On that day, he killed 85 men who wore linen ephods. He also struck down Nob, the city of the priests, with the sword—both men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep.
Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. Then his son Esar-haddon became king in his place.
They completely destroyed everything in the city with the sword—every man and woman, both young and old, and every ox, sheep, and donkey.
Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up, struck down Joab, and put him to death. He was buried at his house in the wilderness.
Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me.” But his armor-bearer would not do it because he was terrified. Then Saul took his sword and fell on it. When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his own sword and died with him. So on that day, Saul died together with his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men.
Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and torture me!” But his armor-bearer wouldn’t do it because he was terrified. Then Saul took his sword and fell on it.
When the jailer woke up and saw the doors of the prison open, he drew his sword and was going to kill himself, since he thought the prisoners had escaped.
He drove man out and stationed the cherubim and the flaming, whirling sword east of the garden of Eden to guard the way to the tree of life.
When he got up in the morning, Balaam saddled his donkey and went with the officials of Moab. But God was incensed that Balaam was going, and the Angel of the Lord took His stand on the path to oppose him. Balaam was riding his donkey, and his two servants were with him. When the donkey saw the Angel of the Lord standing on the path with a drawn sword in His hand, she turned off the path and went into the field. So Balaam hit her to return her to the path.
How happy you are, Israel!
Who is like you,
a people saved by the Lord?
He is the shield that protects you,
the sword you boast in.
Your enemies will cringe before you,
and you will tread on their backs.
I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to frighten you. I will remove dangerous animals from the land, and no sword will pass through your land. You will pursue your enemies, and they will fall before you by the sword. Five of you will pursue 100, and 100 of you will pursue 10,000; your enemies will fall before you by the sword.
For this is what the Lord God says:
The sword of Babylon’s king
will come against you!
I will make your hordes fall
by the swords of warriors,
all of them ruthless men from the nations.
They will ravage Egypt’s pride,
and all its hordes will be destroyed.
Mighty warrior, strap your sword at your side.
In your majesty and splendor—
They will shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword,
the land of Nimrod with a drawn blade.
So He will rescue us from Assyria
when it invades our land,
when it marches against our territory.
Then they answered, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go on a three-day trip into the wilderness so that we may sacrifice to Yahweh our God, or else He may strike us with plague or sword.”
Don’t assume that I came to bring peace on the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.
“If disaster comes on us—sword or judgment, pestilence or famine—we will stand before this temple and before You, for Your name is in this temple. We will cry out to You because of our distress, and You will hear and deliver.”
If anyone does not repent,
God will sharpen His sword;
He has strung His bow and made it ready.
Then Assyria will fall,
but not by human sword;
a sword will devour him,
but not one made by man.
He will flee from the sword;
his young men will be put to forced labor.
A sword is over the Chaldeans—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
against those who live in Babylon,
against her officials, and against her sages.
A sword is against the diviners,
and they will act foolishly.
A sword is against her heroic warriors,
and they will be terrified.
A sword is against his horses and chariots
and against all the foreigners among them,
and they will be like women.
A sword is against her treasuries,
and they will be plundered.
You fear the sword, so I will bring the sword against you.” This is the declaration of the Lord God. “I will bring you out of the city and hand you over to foreigners; I will execute judgments against you. You will fall by the sword, and I will judge you at the border of Israel. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.
and say to it: This is what the Lord says: I am against you. I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off both the righteous and the wicked from you.
“Son of man, speak to your people and tell them: Suppose I bring the sword against a land, and the people of that land select a man from among them, appointing him as their watchman,
“Write to the angel of the church in Pergamum:
“The One who has the sharp, double-edged sword says:
From Thematic Bible
Judgments » Different kinds of » Swords
My anger will burn, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will be widows and your children fatherless.
I will spoil the plans of Judah and Jerusalem in this place. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hand of those who want to take their life. I will provide their corpses as food for the birds of the sky and for the wild animals of the land.
Swords » Figurative » Of judgments
against the man who is My associate—
this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.
Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;
I will also turn My hand against the little ones.
and My hand takes hold of judgment,
I will take vengeance on My adversaries
and repay those who hate Me.
Confront him; bring him down.
With Your sword, save me from the wicked.
it will destroy and devour the bars of his gates,
because of their schemes.
Swords » Symbolical
He drove man out and stationed the cherubim and the flaming, whirling sword east of the garden of Eden to guard the way to the tree of life.
He had seven stars in His right hand; a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth,
When Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand.
Swords » Two-edged
For the word of God is living and effective
He had seven stars in His right hand; a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth,
Swords » used by » Peter
Then Simon
At that moment one of those with Jesus reached out his hand and drew his sword. He struck the high priest’s slave and cut off his ear.
Swords » Figurative » Of the malicious tongue
I lie down with those who devour men.
Their teeth are spears and arrows;
their tongues are sharp swords.
is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
Swords » To be beaten into plowshares
and provide arbitration for many peoples.
They will turn their swords into plows
and their spears into pruning knives.
Nations will not take up the sword against other nations,
and they will never again train for war.
and provide arbitration for strong nations
that are far away.
They will beat their swords into plows,
and their spears into pruning knives.
Nation will not take up the sword against nation,
and they will never again train for war.
Swords » Figurative » Of war
and you will serve your brother.
But when you rebel,
you will break his yoke from your neck.
Swords » used by » Goliath
The priest replied, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine,
“There’s none like it!” David said. “Give it to me.”
Swords » David's army equipped with
Joab gave the total troop registration to David. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 swordsmen and in Judah itself 470,000 swordsmen.
Swords » Made of plowshares
and your pruning knives into spears.
Let even the weakling say, “I am a warrior.”
Swords » used by » gideon
The three companies blew their trumpets and shattered their pitchers. They held their torches in their left hands, their trumpets
Swords » Suspended from the girdle
Each of the builders had his sword strapped around his waist while he was building, and the trumpeter was beside me.
David strapped his sword on over the military clothes and tried to walk, but he was not used to them. “I can’t walk in these,” David said to Saul, “I’m not used to them.” So David took them off.
In your majesty and splendor
They were at the great stone in Gibeon when Amasa joined them. Joab was wearing his uniform and over it was a belt around his waist with a sword in its sheath. As he approached, the sword fell out.
Swords » Carried in a sheath or scabbard
How long will you be restless?
Go back to your sheath;
be still; be silent!
and say to it: This is what the Lord says: I am against you. I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off both the righteous and the wicked from you. Since I will cut off [both] the righteous and the wicked, My sword will therefore come out of its sheath against everyone from the south to the north. So all the people will know that I, the Lord, have taken My sword from its sheath-it will not be sheathed again.
Swords » Illustrative » Of severe and heavy calamities
“Or if I bring a sword
You are to burn up a third of it in the city when the days of the siege have ended;
“Son of man, prophesy: This is what the Lord says! You are to proclaim:
and also polished.
Swords » Illustrative » Of the tongue of the wicked
I lie down with those who devour men.
Their teeth are spears and arrows;
their tongues are sharp swords.
like a piercing sword;
but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Swords » Illustrative » Of the justice of God
against the man who is My associate—
this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.
Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;
I will also turn My hand against the little ones.
and My hand takes hold of judgment,
I will take vengeance on My adversaries
and repay those who hate Me.
Swords » Often threatened as a punishment
But I will scatter you among the nations, and I will draw a sword to chase after you. So your land will become desolate, and your cities will become ruins.
I will bring a sword against you
Swords » Illustrative » (drawing of,) of war and destruction
But I will scatter you among the nations, and I will draw a sword to chase after you. So your land will become desolate, and your cities will become ruins.
and say to it: This is what the Lord says: I am against you. I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off both the righteous and the wicked from you. Since I will cut off [both] the righteous and the wicked, My sword will therefore come out of its sheath against everyone from the south to the north. So all the people will know that I, the Lord, have taken My sword from its sheath-it will not be sheathed again.
Swords » Illustrative » Of the word of Christ
He hid me in the shadow of His hand.
He made me like a sharpened arrow;
He hid me in His quiver.
He had seven stars in His right hand; a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth,
Swords » Illustrative » Of the word of God
and the sword
which is God’s word.
For the word of God is living and effective
Swords » Described as » Glittering
and My hand takes hold of judgment,
I will take vengeance on My adversaries
and repay those who hate Me.
the flashing tip out of his liver.
Terrors come over him.
Swords » Was used » By the patriarchs
Over and above what I am giving your brothers, I am giving you the one mountain slope
On the third day, when they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi,
Swords » Was used » By heathen nations
When Gideon’s men blew their 300 trumpets, the Lord set the swords of each man in the army against each other. They fled to Beth-shittah in the direction of Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah
Samuel declared:
so your mother will be childless among women.
Then he hacked Agag to pieces before the Lord at Gilgal.
Swords » Was used » For destruction of enemies
Israel struck him with the sword and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok,
They completely destroyed
Swords » Was used » By the jews
Joab gave the king the total of the registration of the troops. There were 800,000 fighting men from Israel and 500,000 men from Judah.
The leaders
Swords » Was used » For punishing criminals
Samuel declared:
so your mother will be childless among women.
Then he hacked Agag to pieces before the Lord at Gilgal.
Swords » Sharpened and furbished before going to war
God
He has strung
“Son of man, prophesy: This is what the Lord says! You are to proclaim:
and also polished.
Swords » In time of peace made into plowshares
and provide arbitration for many peoples.
They will turn their swords into plows
and their spears into pruning knives.
Nations will not take up the sword against other nations,
and they will never again train for war.
and provide arbitration for strong nations
that are far away.
They will beat their swords into plows,
and their spears into pruning knives.
Nation will not take up the sword against nation,
and they will never again train for war.
Swords » Often sent as a punishment
Our guilt has been terrible from the days of our fathers until the present. Because of our iniquities we have been handed over, along with our kings and priests, to the surrounding kings, and to the sword, captivity, plundering, and open shame,
because He was enraged with His heritage.
Swords » Illustrative » Of the protection of God
Who is like you,
a people saved by the Lord?
He is the shield that protects you,
the sword you boast in.
Your enemies will cringe before you,
and you will tread on their backs.
Swords » Was used » Sometimes for self-destruction
Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, "Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me." But his armor-bearer would not do it because he was terrified. Then Saul took his sword and fell on it. When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his own sword and died with him.
Swords » Illustrative » (not departing from one's house,) of perpetual calamity
Now therefore, the sword will never leave your house
Swords » Illustrative » Of false witnesses
is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
Swords » Described as » Oppressive
Indeed, each falls over the other.
They say, “Get up! Let’s return to our people
and to the land of our birth,
away from the sword that oppresses.”
Swords » Hebrews early acquainted with making of
No blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel,
Swords » Illustrative » (putting, into its sheath,) of peace and friendship
How long will you be restless?
Go back to your sheath;
be still; be silent!
Swords » Illustrative » (living by,) of rapine
and you will serve your brother.
But when you rebel,
you will break his yoke from your neck.
Swords » Illustrative » Of war and contention
Swords » Those slain by, communicated ceremonial uncleanness
Anyone in the open field who touches a person who has been killed by the sword or has died, or who even touches a human bone, or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.
Swords » Was one of God's four sore judgments
“For this is what the Lord God says: How much worse will it be when I send My four
Swords » Was brandished over the head
and their kings will shudder with fear because of you
when I brandish My sword in front of them.
On the day of your downfall
each of them will tremble
every moment
Swords » Was thrust through enemies
They will bring a mob against you
Swords » Was pointed
at all their gates,
so that their hearts may melt
and many may stumble.
Yes! It is ready to flash like lightning;
it is drawn
Swords » Illustrative » Of the end of the wicked
and as sharp as a double-edged sword.
Swords » Described as » Hurtful
who frees His servant David
from the deadly sword.
Swords » Probable origin
He drove man out and stationed the cherubim and the flaming, whirling sword east of the garden of Eden to guard the way to the tree of life.
Swords » Illustrative » Of persecuting spirit of the wicked
to bring down the afflicted and needy
and to slaughter those whose way is upright.
Swords » Illustrative » Of judicial authority
For government is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, because it does not carry the sword for no reason. For government is God’s servant, an avenger
Swords » Illustrative » Of the wicked
Confront him; bring him down.
With Your sword, save me from the wicked.
Swords » Frequently had two edges
and a double-edged sword in their hands,
Swords » Described as » Sharp
I lie down with those who devour men.
Their teeth are spears and arrows;
their tongues are sharp swords.
Swords » Was used » For self-defence
Then He said to them,
Swords » Illustrative » Of deep mental affliction
and a sword will pierce your own soul—that the thoughts
Swords » Described as » Bright
flashing sword,
shining spear;
heaps of slain,
mounds of corpses,
dead bodies without end
they stumble over their dead.
Swords » In time of war, plowshares made into
and your pruning knives into spears.
Let even the weakling say, “I am a warrior.”
