37 Bible Verses about Arrows
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Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They shall not be put to shame when they speak with their enemies in the gate.
And he has made my mouth like a sharp sword. He has hid me in the shadow of his hand, and he has made me a polished shaft. He has kept me close in his quiver.
And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stopped.
Above all having taken up the shield of faith, by which ye will be able to quench all the fiery darts of evil.
Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take venison for me.
For, lo, the wicked bend the bow. They make ready their arrow upon the string that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
Let them melt away as water that runs with haste. When he aims his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off,
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison of which my spirit drinks up. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
He has also prepared for him the instruments of death. He makes his arrows fiery.
And he made engines in Jerusalem, invented by skilful men, to be on the towers and upon the battlements, with which to shoot arrows and great stones. And his name spread far abroad. For he was marvelously helped, till he was strong
I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh, with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the head of the leaders of the enemy.
Cast forth lightning, and scatter them. Send out thine arrows, and discomfit them.
who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,
And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them, Yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them.
And Elisha said to him, Take bow and arrows. And he took to him bow and arrows.
And LORD shall be seen over them. And his arrow shall go forth as the lightning. And lord LORD will blow the trumpet, and will go with whirlwinds of the south.
Make sharp the arrows. Hold firm the shields. LORD has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it. For it is the vengeance of LORD, the vengeance of his temple.
whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent. Their horses' hoofs shall be accounted as flint, and their wheels as a whirlwind.
The sun and moon stood still in their habitation, at the light of thine arrows as they went, at the shining of thy glittering spear.
till an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hastens to the snare. And he does not know that it is for his life.
And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit. He speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lays wait for him.
They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow. They were of Saul's brothers of Benjamin.
From Thematic Bible
Arrows » God's
He has also prepared for him the instruments of death. He makes his arrows fiery.
For thou will make them turn their back. Thou will make ready with thy bowstrings against their face.
Thine arrows are sharp. The peoples fall under thee. [They are] in the heart of the king's enemies.
Cast forth lightning, and scatter them. Send out thine arrows, and discomfit them.
And he sent out arrows, and scattered them, lightning, and discomfited them.
Arrows » Illustrative » Of God's judgment
He has also prepared for him the instruments of death. He makes his arrows fiery.
For thou will make them turn their back. Thou will make ready with thy bowstrings against their face.
when I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine that are for destruction, which I will send to destroy you. And I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread.
I will heap evils upon them. I will spend my arrows upon them, [to be] wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat and bitter destruction. And I will send upon them the teeth of beasts, with the poison of crawling things of the dust. Outside the sword shall bereave, and in the chambers terror, [to] both young man and virgin, the suckling with the man of gray hairs. read more.
I said, I would scatter them afar, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men, were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, lest their adversaries should judge amiss, lest they should say, Our hand is exalted, and LORD has not done all this. For they are a nation void of counsel, and there is no understanding in them. Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight unless their Rock had sold them, and LORD had delivered them up? For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges. For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter. Their wine is the poison of serpents, and the cruel venom of asps. Is not this laid up in store with me, sealed up among my treasures? Vengeance is mine, and recompense at the time when their foot shall slide. For the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that are to come upon them shall make haste. For LORD will judge his people, and regrets for his servants, when he sees that [their] power is gone, and there is none [remaining], shut up or left at large. And he will say, Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge, which ate the fat of their sacrifices, [and] drank the wine of their drink-offering? Let them rise up and help you, let them be your protection. See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me. I kill, and I make alive. I wound, and I heal. And there is none that can deliver out of my hand. For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, As I live forever, if I whet my glittering sword, and my hand takes hold on judgment, I will render vengeance to my adversaries, and will recompense those who hate me. I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh, with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the head of the leaders of the enemy.
Arrows » Carried in a quiver
Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take venison for me.
And he has made my mouth like a sharp sword. He has hid me in the shadow of his hand, and he has made me a polished shaft. He has kept me close in his quiver.
He has caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my reins.
Arrows » Discharged » Against enemies
Therefore thus says LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.
Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, all ye who bend the bow. Shoot at her; spare no arrows. For she has sinned against LORD.
Arrows » General references
And I will shoot three arrows on the side of it, as though I shot at a mark.
And Elisha said to him, Take bow and arrows. And he took to him bow and arrows.
Arrows » Bright and polished
And he has made my mouth like a sharp sword. He has hid me in the shadow of his hand, and he has made me a polished shaft. He has kept me close in his quiver.
Make sharp the arrows. Hold firm the shields. LORD has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it. For it is the vengeance of LORD, the vengeance of his temple.
Arrows » Discharged » With great force
God brings him forth out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild-ox. He shall eat up the nations his adversaries, and shall break their bones in pieces, and smite [them] through with his arrows.
And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and smote Joram between his arms. And the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
Arrows » Sharp
whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent. Their horses' hoofs shall be accounted as flint, and their wheels as a whirlwind.
Arrows » Discharged » From a bow
For, lo, the wicked bend the bow. They make ready their arrow upon the string that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
[Men] shall come there with arrows and with bow, because all the land shall be briers and thorns.
Arrows » Illustrative » Of severe afflictions
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison of which my spirit drinks up. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
Arrows » Discharged » From engines
And he made engines in Jerusalem, invented by skilful men, to be on the towers and upon the battlements, with which to shoot arrows and great stones. And his name spread far abroad. For he was marvelously helped, till he was strong
Arrows » Discharged » At a mark for amusement
And I will shoot three arrows on the side of it, as though I shot at a mark. And, behold, I will send the lad, [saying], Go, find the arrows. If I say to the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them, and come, for there is peace to thee and no hurt, as LORD lives. But if I say thus to the boy, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee, go thy way, for LORD has sent thee away.
Arrows » Illustrative » Of lightnings
The clouds poured out water. The skies sent out a sound. Thine arrows also went abroad. The voice of thy thunder was in the whirlwind. The lightnings lightened the world. The earth trembled and shook.
Arrows » Illustrative » Of false witnesses
A man who bears FALSE witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Arrows » Deadly and destructive weapons
Arrows » Fleetness of, alluded to
And LORD shall be seen over them. And his arrow shall go forth as the lightning. And lord LORD will blow the trumpet, and will go with whirlwinds of the south.
Arrows » The ancients divined by
For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination. He shook the arrows to and fro. He consulted the teraphim. He looked in the liver.
Arrows » Illustrative » (falling from the hand), of the paralyzing power
And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
Arrows » Illustrative » Of slanderous tongues
Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit. He speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lays wait for him.
Arrows » Discharged » At the beasts of the earth
Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take venison for me.
Arrows » Illustrative » Of young children
Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They shall not be put to shame when they speak with their enemies in the gate.
Arrows » Illustrative » Of Christ
And he has made my mouth like a sharp sword. He has hid me in the shadow of his hand, and he has made me a polished shaft. He has kept me close in his quiver.
Arrows » Called shafts
And he has made my mouth like a sharp sword. He has hid me in the shadow of his hand, and he has made me a polished shaft. He has kept me close in his quiver.
Arrows » Illustrative » (broken), of destruction of power
There he broke the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
Arrows » Illustrative » Of devices of the wicked
For, lo, the wicked bend the bow. They make ready their arrow upon the string that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
Arrows » Illustrative » Of bitter words
who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,
Arrows » Illustrative » Of the word of Christ
Thine arrows are sharp. The peoples fall under thee. [They are] in the heart of the king's enemies.
Arrows » Sometimes poisoned
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison of which my spirit drinks up. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
Weapons » Of war » Arrows
And I will shoot three arrows on the side of it, as though I shot at a mark.
And Elisha said to him, Take bow and arrows. And he took to him bow and arrows.
Topics on Arrows
Arrows To Describe False Testimony
Proverbs 25:18A man who bears FALSE witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Arrows, Described As
Proverbs 26:18As a madman who casts firebrands, arrows, and death,
Arrows, Figurative Of
Deuteronomy 32:23I will heap evils upon them. I will spend my arrows upon them,
Arrows, Uses Of
Genesis 27:3Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take venison for me.
Bow And Arrows, Illustrations Of
Job 29:20My glory is fresh in me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.
Bow And Arrows, Symbol Of Strength
Psalm 44:6-7For I will not trust in my bow, nor shall my sword save me.
Bow And Arrows, Uses Of
Genesis 27:3Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take venison for me.
God's Arrows
Psalm 64:7-10But God will shoot at them. With an arrow they shall suddenly be wounded.