Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.

Bible References

Whet

Psalm 7:12
If anyone does not repent,
God will sharpen His sword;
He has strung His bow and made it ready.
Isaiah 27:1
On that day the Lord with His harsh, great, and strong sword, will bring judgment on Leviathan, the fleeing serpent—Leviathan, the twisting serpent. He will slay the monster that is in the sea.
Isaiah 34:5
When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens,
it will then come down on Edom
and on the people I have set apart for destruction.
Isaiah 66:16
For the Lord will execute judgment
on all flesh with His fiery sword,
and many will be slain by the Lord.
Ezekiel 21:9
“Son of man, prophesy: This is what the Lord says! You are to proclaim:

A sword! A sword is sharpened
and also polished.
Zephaniah 2:12
You Cushites will also be slain by My sword.

Them that hate

Deuteronomy 5:9
You must not bow down to them or worship them, because I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the fathers’ sin to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
Exodus 20:5
You must not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the fathers’ sin, to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
Romans 1:30
slanderers, God-haters, arrogant, proud, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,
Romans 8:7
For the mind-set of the flesh is hostile to God because it does not submit itself to God’s law, for it is unable to do so.
2 Timothy 3:4
traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

General references

Psalm 35:2
Take Your shields—large and small—
and come to my aid.
Isaiah 34:8
For the Lord has a day of vengeance,
a time of paying back Edom
for its hostility against Zion.
2 Thessalonians 1:6
since it is righteous for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you

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