37 Bible Verses about Arrows
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Happy is the man that has filled his quiver with them: he shall not be ashamed when he speaks with the enemies in the gate.
And he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; with the shadow of his hand he has covered me, and made me a clean arrow; in his quiver he has kept me.
And he said again, Take the arrows. And he took them. Then he said to the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote three times, and stopped.
But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
above all, taking the shield of faith, with which ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, nor for the arrow that flies by day,
Now, therefore, take I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow and go out to the field and take me some venison
For, behold, the wicked bend their bow; they make ready their arrow upon the string that they may secretly shoot at the upright in heart.
Let them melt away as waters which run continually; when he bends his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks of the poison; and terrors of God combat me.
He has also prepared for him the weapons of death; he ordains his arrows against the persecutors.
And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks to shoot arrows and great stones with. And his name spread far abroad, for he was marvelously helped until he was strong.
I will make my arrows drunk with blood and my sword shall devour flesh, in the blood of the slain and of the captives of the heads, in revenge as an enemy.
Cast forth lightning and scatter them; shoot out thine arrows and destroy them.
Who whet their tongue like a sword and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words
He sent out his arrows and scattered them; he shot out lightnings and destroyed them.
And Elisha said unto him, Take the bow and the arrows. And he took unto him the bow and the arrows.
And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GOD shall blow the shofar and shall go forth as the whirlwinds of the south.
Make bright the arrows; gather the shields; the LORD has awakened the spirit of the kings of the Medes; for his thought is against Babylon to destroy her; for it is vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.
whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent; their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and the wheels of their chariots like a whirlwind;
The sun and the moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went and at the shining of thy glittering spear.
until the arrow pierces through his liver. He is as a bird struggling in the snare and not knowing that it is against his own 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 as a sharp arrow; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth but in heart he lays in wait.
They were armed with bows and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.
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Arrows » God's
He has also prepared for him the weapons of death; he ordains his arrows against the persecutors.
Therefore shalt thou separate them; thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
Thine arrows, by which the peoples fall under thee, penetrate the heart of the enemies of the king.
Cast forth lightning and scatter them; shoot out thine arrows and destroy them.
he sent out arrows and scattered them; he sent forth lightning, and consumed them.
Arrows » Illustrative » Of God's judgment
He has also prepared for him the weapons of death; he ordains his arrows against the persecutors.
Therefore shalt thou separate them; thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction and which I will send to destroy you, then I will increase the famine upon you and will destroy your sustenance of bread.
I will heap evils upon them; I will spend my arrows upon them. They shall be consumed with hunger and devoured with burning heat and with bitter destruction; I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust. The sword without and terror within shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs. read more.
I said I would shatter them in pieces: I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men, if I did not fear the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should become vain and lest they should say, Our high hand has done this and not the LORD. For they are a Gentile void of counsel, neither is there any intelligence in them. O that they were wise, if they were prudent, they would understand their latter end! How could one chase a thousand and two put ten thousands to flight if their strong One had not sold them, and the LORD had not delivered them up? For their strong one is not as our strong One, and even our enemies are judges of this. Therefore, their vine is of the vine of Sodom and of the fields of Gomorrah; their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are very bitter. Their wine is the poison of dragons and the cruel venom of asps. Do I not have this laid up in store, sealed up in my treasuries? Vengeance and recompense are mine, in the time when their foot shall slide; for the day of their calamity is at hand and that which is determined upon them makes haste. For the LORD shall judge his people and repent himself for his slaves when he sees that their power is gone, and there is none shut up or left. And he shall say, Where are their gods, their strong one in whom they trusted, who ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up and help you, and be your protection. See now that I, I am he, and there are no gods with me; I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; and there is not one that can deliver out of my hand. When I shall lift up my hand to the heavens and shall say, I live for ever, if I whet the resplendence of my sword and my hand takes hold on judgment, I will render vengeance to my enemies and will recompense those that hate me. I will make my arrows drunk with blood and my sword shall devour flesh, in the blood of the slain and of the captives of the heads, in revenge as an enemy.
But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
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 me some venison
And he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; with the shadow of his hand he has covered me, and made me a clean arrow; in his quiver he has kept me.
He He has caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my kidneys.
Arrows » Discharged » Against enemies
Therefore, thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city nor shoot an arrow there nor come before it with shield nor cast a bank against it.
Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about; all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows; for she has sinned against the LORD.
Arrows » General references
and I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof as though I shot at a mark.
And Elisha said unto him, Take the bow and the arrows. And he took unto him the bow and the arrows.
Arrows » Bright and polished
And he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; with the shadow of his hand he has covered me, and made me a clean arrow; in his quiver he has kept me.
Make bright the arrows; gather the shields; the LORD has awakened the spirit of the kings of the Medes; for his thought is against Babylon to destroy her; for it is vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.
Arrows » Discharged » With great force
God brought him forth out of Egypt; he has, as it were, the strength of a unicorn; he shall eat up the Gentiles his enemies and shall break their bones and pierce them through with his arrows.
But Jehu drew his bow with his full strength and smote Jehoram 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 counted like flint, and the wheels of their chariots like a whirlwind;
Arrows » Discharged » From a bow
For, behold, the wicked bend their bow; they make ready their arrow upon the string that they may secretly shoot at the upright in heart.
With arrows and with bows shall men come there because all the land shall become briers and thorns.
Arrows » Illustrative » Of severe afflictions
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks of the poison; and terrors of God combat me.
Arrows » Discharged » From engines
And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks to shoot arrows and great stones with. And his name spread far abroad, for he was marvelously helped until he was strong.
Arrows » Discharged » At a mark for amusement
and I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof as though I shot at a mark. And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee; take them, then come thou, for there is peace unto thee and no hurt, as the LORD lives. But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee, then go away, for the LORD has sent thee away.
Arrows » Illustrative » Of lightnings
The clouds poured out floods of waters; the heavens thundered; thy bolts of lightning also went forth. The voice of thy thunder was all around; the lightnings lightened the world; the earth trembled and shook.
Arrows » Illustrative » Of false witnesses
A man that bears false witness against his neighbour is a maul and a sword and a sharp arrow.
Arrows » Deadly and destructive weapons
Arrows » Fleetness of, alluded to
And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GOD shall blow the shofar and shall go forth as the 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 made his arrows bright; he consulted with images; 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 as a sharp arrow; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth but in heart he lays in wait.
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 me some venison
Arrows » Illustrative » Of young children
Happy is the man that has filled his quiver with them: he shall not be ashamed when he speaks with the enemies in the gate.
Arrows » Illustrative » Of Christ
And he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; with the shadow of his hand he has covered me, and made me a clean arrow; in his quiver he has kept me.
Arrows » Called shafts
And he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; with the shadow of his hand he has covered me, and made me a clean arrow; in his quiver he has kept me.
Arrows » Illustrative » (broken), of destruction of power
There he broke the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the war. Selah.
Arrows » Illustrative » Of devices of the wicked
For, behold, the wicked bend their bow; they make ready their arrow upon the string that they may secretly shoot at the upright in heart.
Arrows » Illustrative » Of bitter words
Who whet their tongue like a sword and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words
Arrows » Illustrative » Of the word of Christ
Thine arrows, by which the peoples fall under thee, penetrate the heart of the enemies of the king.
Arrows » Sometimes poisoned
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks of the poison; and terrors of God combat me.
Weapons » Of war » Arrows
and I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof as though I shot at a mark.
And Elisha said unto him, Take the bow and the arrows. And he took unto him the bow and the arrows.
Topics on Arrows
Arrows To Describe False Testimony
Proverbs 25:18A man that bears false witness against his neighbour is a maul and a sword and a sharp arrow.
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 me some venison
Bow And Arrows, Illustrations Of
Job 29:20My glory is renewed with 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, neither 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 me some venison
God's Arrows
Psalm 64:7-10But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.