3 occurrences

'Fall by the Sword' in the Bible

And you shall pursue your enemies, and they shall fall by the sword {before you}.

Verse ConceptsPursuing PeoplePeople OvercomingEnemies

And five of you shall pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you shall pursue a myriad; and your enemies shall fall by the sword {before you}.

Verse ConceptsPursuing PeopleMinoritiesFive PeopleOne HundredTens Of ThousandsMany EnemiesPeople Overcomingflying

And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

Verse ConceptsdoubtersFaint HeartednessWhy Does God Do This?

For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you.

Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forKilled With The Sword

Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

Verse ConceptsRumoursSpirit, Emotional Aspects OfKilling Will Happenrumors

So Yahweh sent a messenger, who cut off every hero of valour, and chief ruler and captain, in the camp of the king of Assyria, - and he returned with shame of face to his own land, and, when he entered the house of his god, then, the issue of his own body - there, caused him to fall by the sword.

Verse ConceptsPride, Results OfAbaseAbasement, Examples OfGod Killed The PeoplesAngels Activities Among UnbelieversMiracles Involving Military Victory

They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.

Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.

Verse ConceptsCruelty, examples ofSurvivors Destroyed

And the Assyrian shall fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of men, shall devour him; and he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall become subject to taskwork.

Verse ConceptsSwordsGod KillingGod Will Kill The PeoplesForced Labour

Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

Verse ConceptsRumoursSpirit, Emotional Aspects OfKilling Will Happenrumors

And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.

Verse ConceptsGuidance, Need For God'sPlansAnimals Eating PeopleEating CorpsesKilling Israelites

For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.

Verse ConceptsSpectatorsExile In ProspectMade A HorrorGod Will Cause Defeatrelentlessterrorism

For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the LORD.

Verse ConceptsThe Effects Of FaithTrusting God And Not Worrying

And I will take away the remnant of Judah, those who have resolved to go to the land of Egypt to live there for a while; they will meet their end. All of them in the land of Egypt will fall by the sword; they will meet their end by famine. From the least to the greatest, they will die by the sword and by famine. Then they will become an object of cursing, scorn, execration, and disgrace.

Verse ConceptsKilled With The SwordFamine KillingMade A Horror

A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.

Verse ConceptsPlaguesRemnantPestilenceOne ThirdThings StrippedFamine Killing

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.

Verse ConceptsFeetPestilenceStampingClappingFamine Killing

He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them.

Verse ConceptsFamine Killing

Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

Verse Conceptsborders

And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the LORD have spoken it.

Verse ConceptsFugitivesRemnantKilled With The SwordSurvivors Threatened

And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesGod, Zeal OfJealousyMutilationNosesDisfigurementSurvivors DestroyedKilled With The SwordBurning PeopleChildren SufferingSevering Body Parts

Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.

Verse ConceptsFortressesKilled With The SwordChildren SufferingPolluting Holy Places

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.

Verse ConceptsStrength Of GodBoth Men And Animals Killed

“For I will send virulent disease to herAnd blood into her streets,And the wounded will fall in her midstBy the sword upon her from every side,And they shall know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord.

Verse ConceptsHuman Blood ShedKilled With The SwordKilling Will Happen

Cush, Put, and Lud,and all the various foreign troops,plus Libya and the men of the covenant landwill fall by the sword along with them.

Verse ConceptsAfricaKilled With The Sword

The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity.

Verse ConceptsMemphisYoung People SufferingKilling Will Happen

I will make your horde [of people] fall by the swords of the mighty—all of them are tyrants among the nations,And they will devastate the pride and presumption of Egypt,And all its hordes will be destroyed.

Verse ConceptsKilled With The SwordThe Proud Will Be Abased

Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.

Verse ConceptsAnimals, religious role ofCavesPlaguesPeople In CavesAnimals Eating PeopleKilled With The SwordWild Animals DevouringCaves As Places Of Refuge

And the nations shall know that for their iniquity the house of Israel were carried away captive: because they transgressed against me, and I will hide my face from them, and I will give them into the hand of their enemies, and they shall fall by the sword, all of them.

Verse ConceptsGod, Revelation OfUnfaithfulness, To GodExile Of Israel To AssyriaGod HidingKnowing Facts

And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.

Verse ConceptsWisdom, Human ImportanceKilled With The SwordBurning PeopleMan's Wisdom

They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsFaultsBow And Arrows, Illustrations OfRidicule, Nature OfAccuracyKilled With The Sword

Neither does a man crowd his fellow soldier; each one marches in his own path. When they fall by the sword they are not injured.

Verse ConceptsIn Order Of RankDo Not Hinder

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.

Verse ConceptsPagansKilled With The SwordDeath Of Office HoldersExile In ProspectUnclean Things

And they shall fall by the sword's edge. And shall be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the nations until the times of the nations is fulfilled.

Verse ConceptsFulnessLossKilled With The SwordForeigners In The Holy PlacesForeigners SubduedAll NationsTrampling PlacesGentiles

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