Job 20:24
“He may flee from the iron weapon,
But the bow of bronze will pierce him through.
Isaiah 24:18
Then it will be that he who flees at the sound of terror will fall into the pit,
And he who comes up out of the pit will be caught in the snare;
For the windows of heaven are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.
Amos 5:19
It is as if a man runs from a lion [escaping one danger]
And a bear meets him [so he dies anyway],
Or goes home, and leans with his hand against the wall
And a snake bites him.
2 Samuel 22:35
“He trains my hands for war,
So that my arms can bend (pull back) a bow of bronze.
1 Kings 20:30
But the rest ran to the city of Aphek, and the [city] wall fell on 27,000 of the men who were left. Ben-hadad escaped and came into the city, going into an inner chamber [to hide].
Proverbs 7:23
Until an arrow pierced his liver [with a mortal wound];
Like a bird fluttering straight into the net,
He did not know that it would cost him his life.
Jeremiah 48:43-44
“Terror and pit and snare are before you,
O inhabitant of Moab,” says the Lord.
Amos 9:1-3
I saw [in a vision] the Lord standing at the altar, and He said,
And break them on the heads of all of the people!
Then I will kill the rest of them with the sword;
They will not have a fugitive who will get away,
Or a survivor who will escape.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Flee from
The bow
Strike him
General references
Bible References
Flee from
Then it will be that he who flees at the sound of terror will fall into the pit,
And he who comes up out of the pit will be caught in the snare;
For the windows of heaven are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.
“Terror and pit and snare are before you,
O inhabitant of Moab,” says the Lord.
It is as if a man runs from a lion [escaping one danger]
And a bear meets him [so he dies anyway],
Or goes home, and leans with his hand against the wall
And a snake bites him.
And break them on the heads of all of the people!
Then I will kill the rest of them with the sword;
They will not have a fugitive who will get away,
Or a survivor who will escape.
The bow
“He trains my hands for war,
So that my arms can bend (pull back) a bow of bronze.
Strike him
Until an arrow pierced his liver [with a mortal wound];
Like a bird fluttering straight into the net,
He did not know that it would cost him his life.