14 Bible Verses about Breastplates

Uzziah prepared shields, spears, helmets, armor, bows, and stones for slings for the entire army.

He had a headdress of copper on his head. He was dressed in a coat of metal that weighed one hundred twenty five pounds.

Amasa met them at the large rock in Gibeon. Joab wore a military uniform. He strapped a sword in a scabbard at his hip. He stepped forward and the sword dropped into his hand.

From that time, half of my servants were doing their part of the work, and half kept the spears and body-covers and the bows and the metal wardresses. The leaders were in back of the men of Judah.

Harness your horses. Mount up, you horsemen. Take your positions, and put on your helmets. Polish your spears. Put on your armor.

Do not give its soldiers time to shoot their arrows or to put on their armor. Do not spare the young men! Destroy the whole army!

They had breastplates like iron. The sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots with many horses running to battle.

A stray arrow wounded the king of Israel a wound where his breastplate was joined to his clothing. He said to the chariot driver: Go to the side. Take me away from the fight for I am badly wounded.

One man aimed his bow at random and hit the king of Israel between his scale armor and his breastplate. Ahab told the chariot driver: Turn around, and get me away from these troops for I am badly wounded.

The heaviest fighting was against Saul. When the archers got him in their range, he was badly wounded by them.

The king of Israel responded: It is said, let not the one who puts on his armor boast like the one who takes it off.

He puts on righteousness like a coat of armor and a helmet of salvation on his head. He wears clothes of vengeance. He wraps himself with zeal as a coat.

Stand firm therefore and gird your loins with truth. Put on the breastplate of righteousness.

Let us be sober and put on the breastplate of faith and love; and the hope of salvation as a helmet.