Thematic Bible: Arrow


Thematic Bible



Surely the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me;
my spirit drinks their poison.
God’s terrors are arrayed against me.
Verse ConceptsBeverages, FigurativeArrows, Figurative OfPoisonAnxiety, Examples OfThe AlmightySevere AfflictionsGod Appointed AfflictionsTerror Of GodArrows

I am surrounded by lions;
I lie down with those who devour men.
Their teeth are spears and arrows;
their tongues are sharp swords.
Verse ConceptsArrows, Figurative OfBitingLionsSpeech, Power And Significance OfSuffering, Of Jesus ChristTeethSharpnessEnemies Surrounding

God brought him out of Egypt;
He is like the horns of a wild ox for them.
He will feed on enemy nations
and gnaw their bones;
he will strike them with his arrows.
Verse ConceptsBones BrokenHorns VictoriousWild OxPeople OvercomingGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptUnicorns

“I will pile disasters on them;
I will use up My arrows against them.
Verse ConceptsArrows, Figurative OfGod Can Harm People

I will make My arrows drunk with blood
while My sword devours flesh—
the blood of the slain and the captives,
the heads of the enemy leaders.”
Verse ConceptsArrows, Described AsLong HairCovered With BloodGod KillingGod Making DrunkGod Will Kill The PeoplesGod's SwordArrows

For look, the wicked string the bow;
they put the arrow on the bowstring
to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Illustrations OfArrows, Figurative OfDarkness Of EvilArrowsResolving Conflict

Instead, you will put them to flight
when you aim your bow at their faces.
Verse ConceptsGod's ArrowsTurning One's BackTargets


Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s enemies;
the peoples fall under you.
Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfFeetArrows, Described AsArrows, Figurative OfGod's ArrowsSharp Tools

They will vanish like water that flows by;
they will aim their useless arrows.
Verse ConceptsArrows

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A warrior’s sharp arrows
with burning charcoal!
Verse ConceptsArrows, Described AsSymbolsArrows

Flash Your lightning and scatter the foe;
shoot Your arrows and rout them.
Verse ConceptsArrows, Figurative OfLightningGod's ArrowsScattering The PeoplesArrows

A man giving false testimony against his neighbor
is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
Verse ConceptsFalse Witnesses, Defined AsArrows, Figurative OfWitnesses, FalseSharpnessClubsArrows To Describe False Testimony

He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow. He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.

When I shoot deadly arrows of famine at them, arrows for destruction that I will send to destroy you, inhabitants of Jerusalem, I will intensify the famine against you and cut off your supply of bread. Verse ConceptsArrows, Figurative OfArrows, Described AsArchers, Likened To GodFamine Coming From God

Sun and moon stand still in their lofty residence,
at the flash of Your flying arrows,
at the brightness of Your shining spear.
Verse ConceptsLight, NaturalLightningTheophanyThe SunSparklingWeapons Of GodControlling Sun Moon And StarsArrowsThe Moon

When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers caught up with him and severely wounded him. Verse ConceptsBreastplatesArchers, Men Shot By

All your rulers have fled together,
captured without a bow.
All your fugitives were captured together;
they had fled far away.
Verse ConceptsIsrael Fleeing

Don’t let the archer string his bow;
don’t let him put on his armor.
Don’t spare her young men;
completely destroy her entire army!
Verse ConceptsBreastplatesDisarmamentRopes

But a man drew his bow without taking special aim and struck the king of Israel through the joints of his armor. So he said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!” Verse ConceptsBreastplatesBow And Arrows, Uses OfArmourDeath Of The Wicked, Examples OfArchers, Men Shot ByChancearmorlungs

He has prepared His deadly weapons;
He tips His arrows with fire.
Verse ConceptsArrows, Described AsGod's ArrowsWeapons Of GodArrowsinstruments

He shot arrows and scattered them;
He hurled lightning bolts and routed them.
Verse ConceptsArrows, Figurative OfGod's ArrowsScattering The Peoples

Therefore, this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria:
He will not enter this city
or shoot an arrow there
or come before it with a shield
or build up an assault ramp against it.
Verse ConceptsShieldsArchers, In ArmiesAttacks On Jerusalem Turned Back

God was with the boy, and he grew; he settled in the wilderness and became an archer. Verse ConceptsArchers, MenHuntingRecreationGrowing UpLiving In The WildernessGod With Specific Peoplemanhood

Take your hunting gear, your quiver and bow, and go out in the field to hunt some game for me. Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Uses OfArrows, Uses OfHuntingQuiversArchers, MenArrowsDeergames

When Elisha became sick with the illness that he died from, Jehoash king of Israel went down and wept over him and said, "My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!" Elisha responded, "Take a bow and arrows." So he got a bow and arrows. Then Elisha said to the king of Israel, "Put your hand on the bow." So the king put his hand on it, and Elisha put his hands on the king's hands. read more.
Elisha said, "Open the east window." So he opened it. Elisha said, "Shoot!" So he shot. Then Elisha said, "The Lord's arrow of victory, yes, the arrow of victory over Aram. You are to strike down the Arameans in Aphek until you have put an end to them." Then Elisha said, "Take the arrows!" So he took them, and he said to the king of Israel, "Strike the ground!" So he struck the ground three times and stopped. The man of God was angry with him and said, "You should have struck the ground five or six times. Then you would have struck down Aram until you had put an end to them, but now you will only strike down Aram three times."

I will shoot three arrows beside it as if I'm aiming at a target. Then I will send the young man [and say], 'Go and find the arrows!' Now, if I expressly say to the young man, 'Look, the arrows are on this side of you-get them,' then come, because as the Lord lives, it is safe for you and there is no problem. But if I say this to the youth: 'Look, the arrows are beyond you!' then go, for the Lord is sending you away. read more.
As for the matter you and I have spoken about, the Lord will be a witness between you and me forever." So David hid in the field. At the New Moon, the king sat down to eat the meal. He sat at his usual place on the seat by the wall. Jonathan sat facing him and Abner took his place beside Saul, but David's place was empty. Saul did not say anything that day because he thought, "Something unexpected has happened; he must be ceremonially unclean-yes, that's it, he is unclean." However, the day after the New Moon, the second day, David's place was [still] empty, and Saul asked his son Jonathan, "Why didn't Jesse's son come to the meal either yesterday or today?" Jonathan answered, "David asked for my permission to go to Bethlehem. He said, 'Please let me go because our clan is holding a sacrifice in the town, and my brother has told me to be there. So now, if you are pleased with me, let me go so I can see my brothers.' That's why he didn't come to the king's table." Then Saul became angry with Jonathan and shouted, "You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Don't I know that you are siding with Jesse's son to your own shame and to the disgrace of your mother? Every day Jesse's son lives on earth you and your kingship are not secure. Now send for him and bring him to me-he deserves to die." Jonathan answered his father back: "Why is he to be killed? What has he done?" Then Saul threw his spear at Jonathan to kill him, so he knew that his father was determined to kill David. He got up from the table in fierce anger and did not eat any food that second day of the New Moon, for he was grieved because of his father's shameful behavior toward David. In the morning Jonathan went out to the field for the appointed meeting with David. A small young man was with him. He said to the young man, "Run and find the arrows I'm shooting." As the young man ran, Jonathan shot an arrow beyond him. He came to the location of the arrow that Jonathan had shot, but Jonathan called to him and said, "The arrow is beyond you, isn't it?" Then Jonathan called to him, "Hurry up and don't stop!" Jonathan's young man picked up the arrow and returned to his master. He did not know anything; only Jonathan and David knew the arrangement. Then Jonathan gave his equipment to the young man who was with him and said, "Go, take it back to the city." When the young man had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone Ezel, fell with his face to the ground, and bowed three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and wept with each other, though David wept more. Jonathan then said to David, "Go in the assurance the two of us pledged in the name of the Lord when we said: The Lord will be [a witness] between you and me and between my offspring and your offspring forever." Then David left, and Jonathan went into the city.

For the king of Babylon stands at the split in the road, at the fork of the two roads, to practice divination: he shakes the arrows, consults the idols, and observes the liver. Verse ConceptsLiversMagical Arts, Practice OfArrows, Uses OfHousehold GodsPeople Shaking

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