Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Arrow » Figurative
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, their poison drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of +God are arrayed against me.
My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down among them that breathe out flames, the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
God brought him out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of a buffalo. He shall consume the nations his enemies, and break their bones, and with his arrows shall smite them in pieces.
Mine arrows will I make drunk with blood, And my sword shall devour flesh; I will make them drunk with the blood of the slain and of the captives, With the head of the princes of the enemy.
For behold, the wicked bend the bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may in darkness shoot at the upright in heart.
For thou wilt make them turn their back; thou wilt make ready thy bowstring against their face.
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand cometh down upon me.
Thine arrows are sharp peoples fall under thee in the heart of the king's enemies.
Let them melt away as waters that flow off; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as blunted:
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, for the arrow that flieth by day,
Cast forth lightnings, and scatter them; send forth thine arrows, and discomfit them:
A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, is a man that beareth false witness against his neighbour.
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
When I send upon them the evil arrows of famine, that are for their destruction, which I send to destroy you, then will I increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread.
The sun and moon stood still in their habitation, At the light of thine arrows which shot forth, At the shining of thy glittering spear.
Water » Illustrative » (rapidly flowing away,) of the career of the wicked
Let them melt away as waters that flow off; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as blunted:
He is swift on the face of the waters; their portion is cursed on the earth: he turneth not unto the way of the vineyards.