Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.

General references

Bible References

Ordaineth

Psalm 11:2

For look, the wicked are bending the bow;
They take aim with their arrow on the string
To shoot [by stealth] in darkness at the upright in heart.
Psalm 45:5

Your arrows are sharp;
The peoples (nations) fall under You;
Your arrows pierce the hearts of the King’s enemies.
Psalm 64:3

Who have sharpened their tongues like a sword.
They aim venomous words as arrows,
Psalm 144:6

Flash lightning and scatter my enemies;
Send out Your arrows and confuse and embarrass and frustrate them.
Deuteronomy 32:23

‘I will heap misfortunes on them;
I will use My arrows on them.
Job 6:4

Because the arrows of the Almighty are within me,
My spirit drinks their poison;
The terrors of God are arrayed against me.
Lamentations 3:12

He has bent His bow
And set me as a target for the arrow.
Habakkuk 3:11

The sun and moon stood in their places [as before Joshua];
They went away at the light of Your [swift] arrows,
At the radiance and gleam of Your glittering spear.

Persecutors

2 Thessalonians 1:6
For after all it is only just for God to repay with distress those who distress you,
Revelation 6:10
They cried in a loud voice, saying, “O Lord, holy and true, how long now before You will sit in judgment and avenge our blood on those [unregenerate ones] who dwell on the earth?”
Revelation 16:6
for they have poured out the blood of the saints (God’s people) and the prophets, and You [in turn] have given them blood to drink. They deserve Your judgment.”

General references

Psalm 35:2

Take hold of shield and buckler (small shield),
And stand up for my help.