Jeremiah 47:6

“Ah, sword of the Lord,
How long will you not be quiet?
Withdraw into your sheath;
Be at rest and stay still.

Jeremiah 12:12

“On all the bare heights in the wilderness
Destroyers have come,
For a sword of the Lord is devouring
From one end of the land even to the other;
There is no peace for anyone.

Ezekiel 21:3-5

and say to the land of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Behold, I am against you; and I will draw My sword out of its sheath and cut off from you the righteous and the wicked.

Deuteronomy 32:41-42

If I sharpen My flashing sword,
And My hand takes hold on justice,
I will render vengeance on My adversaries,
And I will repay those who hate Me.

2 Samuel 2:26

Then Abner called to Joab and said, “Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitter in the end? How long will you refrain from telling the people to turn back from following their brothers?”

1 Chronicles 21:27

The Lord commanded the angel, and he put his sword back in its sheath.

Psalm 17:13

Arise, O Lord, confront him, bring him low;
Deliver my soul from the wicked with Your sword,

Isaiah 10:5

Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger
And the staff in whose hands is My indignation,

Isaiah 10:15

Is the axe to boast itself over the one who chops with it?
Is the saw to exalt itself over the one who wields it?
That would be like a club wielding those who lift it,
Or like a rod lifting him who is not wood.

Jeremiah 4:21

How long must I see the standard
And hear the sound of the trumpet?

Jeremiah 12:4

How long is the land to mourn
And the vegetation of the countryside to wither?
For the wickedness of those who dwell in it,
Animals and birds have been snatched away,
Because men have said, “He will not see our latter ending.”

Jeremiah 15:3

I will appoint over them four kinds of doom,” declares the Lord: “the sword to slay, the dogs to drag off, and the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.

Jeremiah 25:27

“You shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “Drink, be drunk, vomit, fall and rise no more because of the sword which I will send among you.”’

Jeremiah 51:20-23

He says, “You are My war-club, My weapon of war;
And with you I shatter nations,
And with you I destroy kingdoms.

Ezekiel 14:17

Or if I should bring a sword on that country and say, ‘Let the sword pass through the country and cut off man and beast from it,’

Ezekiel 21:30

Return it to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.

John 18:11

So Jesus said to Peter, “Put the sword into the sheath; the cup which the Father has given Me, shall I not drink it?”

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.

General references

Bible References

Thou sword

Jeremiah 12:12
“On all the bare heights in the wilderness
Destroyers have come,
For a sword of the Lord is devouring
From one end of the land even to the other;
There is no peace for anyone.
Jeremiah 15:3
I will appoint over them four kinds of doom,” declares the Lord: “the sword to slay, the dogs to drag off, and the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.
Jeremiah 25:27
“You shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “Drink, be drunk, vomit, fall and rise no more because of the sword which I will send among you.”’
Jeremiah 51:20
He says, “You are My war-club, My weapon of war;
And with you I shatter nations,
And with you I destroy kingdoms.
Deuteronomy 32:41
If I sharpen My flashing sword,
And My hand takes hold on justice,
I will render vengeance on My adversaries,
And I will repay those who hate Me.
Psalm 17:13
Arise, O Lord, confront him, bring him low;
Deliver my soul from the wicked with Your sword,
Isaiah 10:5
Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger
And the staff in whose hands is My indignation,
Ezekiel 14:17
Or if I should bring a sword on that country and say, ‘Let the sword pass through the country and cut off man and beast from it,’
Ezekiel 21:3
and say to the land of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Behold, I am against you; and I will draw My sword out of its sheath and cut off from you the righteous and the wicked.

How long

Jeremiah 4:21
How long must I see the standard
And hear the sound of the trumpet?
Jeremiah 12:4
How long is the land to mourn
And the vegetation of the countryside to wither?
For the wickedness of those who dwell in it,
Animals and birds have been snatched away,
Because men have said, “He will not see our latter ending.”
2 Samuel 2:26
Then Abner called to Joab and said, “Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitter in the end? How long will you refrain from telling the people to turn back from following their brothers?”

Into

1 Chronicles 21:27
The Lord commanded the angel, and he put his sword back in its sheath.
Ezekiel 21:30
Return it to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.
John 18:11
So Jesus said to Peter, “Put the sword into the sheath; the cup which the Father has given Me, shall I not drink it?”

General references

Psalm 114:5
What ails you, O sea, that you flee?
O Jordan, that you turn back?