Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Arrow » Figurative
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, their fury is drinking my spirit; the terrors of God are set against me.
My soul is among lions; I lie among those on fire, the sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
God brought him forth out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of an ox. He shall eat up the nations, his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.
I will make My arrows drunk with blood, and My sword shall devour flesh, with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the hairy scalp of the enemy.
for lo, the wicked bend their bow; they make ready their arrow on the string, so that they may secretly shoot at the upright in heart.
For You shall make them turn the back; You shall make ready Your arrows on Your strings against their faces.
For Your arrows stick fast in me, and Your hand presses heavily on me.
Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the King's enemies; peoples fall under You.
Let them melt away like waters; they run off to them; he bends his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.
You shall not fear the terror by night; nor because of the arrow that flies by day;
Cast forth lightning and scatter them; shoot out Your arrows and destroy them.
A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
He has bent His bow and set me as a mark for the arrow. He has caused the arrows of His quiver to enter into my inward parts.
When I shall send on them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their ruin, which I will send to destroy you; even I will increase the famine on you, and break your staff of bread;
The sun and moon stood still in their dwelling. At the light of Your arrows they go, and at the shining of Your gleaming spear.
Water » Illustrative » (rapidly flowing away,) of the career of the wicked
Let them melt away like waters; they run off to them; he bends his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.
He is swift on the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth; he does not behold the way of the vineyards.