Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

Bible References

The arrows

Job 16:12
I was at ease, but He shattered me;
He seized me by the scruff of the neck
and smashed me to pieces.
He set me up as His target;
Deuteronomy 32:23
“I will pile disasters on them;
I will use up My arrows against them.
Psalm 7:13
He has prepared His deadly weapons;
He tips His arrows with fire.
Psalm 18:14
He shot His arrows and scattered them;
He hurled lightning bolts and routed them.
Psalm 21:12
Instead, you will put them to flight
when you aim your bow at their faces.
Psalm 38:2
For Your arrows have sunk into me,
and Your hand has pressed down on me.
Psalm 45:5
Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s enemies;
the peoples fall under you.
Lamentations 3:12
He strung His bow
and set me as the target for His arrow.

Drinketh up

Deuteronomy 32:24
They will be weak from hunger,
ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague;
I will unleash on them wild beasts with fangs,
as well as venomous snakes that slither in the dust.
Psalm 143:7
Answer me quickly, Lord;
my spirit fails.
Don’t hide Your face from me,
or I will be like those
going down to the Pit.
Proverbs 18:14
A man’s spirit can endure sickness,
but who can survive a broken spirit?
Mark 14:33
He took Peter, James, and John with Him, and He began to be deeply distressed and horrified.
Mark 15:34
And at three Jesus cried out with a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lemá sabachtháni? which is translated, My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?

The terrors

Job 9:17
He batters me with a whirlwind
and multiplies my wounds without cause.
Job 30:15
Terrors are turned loose against me;
they chase my dignity away like the wind,
and my prosperity has passed by like a cloud.
Job 31:23
For disaster from God terrifies me,
and because of His majesty I could not do these things.
Psalm 88:15
From my youth,
I have been afflicted and near death.
I suffer Your horrors; I am desperate.
2 Corinthians 5:11
Therefore, because we know the fear of the Lord, we seek to persuade people. We are completely open before God, and I hope we are completely open to your consciences as well.

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