59 Bible Verses about Horses
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Then Moses and the sons of Israel sang this song to the Lord, and said,
“I will sing to the Lord, for He is highly exalted;
The horse and its rider He has hurled into the sea.
They came out, they and all their armies with them, as many people as the sand that is on the seashore, with very many horses and chariots.
He sent horses and chariots and a great army there, and they came by night and surrounded the city. Now when the attendant of the man of God had risen early and gone out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was circling the city. And his servant said to him, “Alas, my master! What shall we do?”
Then the Egyptians chased after them with all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army, and they overtook them camping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon.
and what He did to Egypt’s army, to its horses and its chariots, when He made the water of the Red Sea to engulf them while they were pursuing you, and the Lord completely destroyed them;
Thus says the Lord,
Who makes a way through the sea
And a path through the mighty waters,
Who brings forth the chariot and the horse,
The army and the mighty man
(They will lie down together and not rise again;
They have been quenched and extinguished like a wick):
Now Ben-hadad king of Aram gathered all his army, and there were thirty-two kings with him, and horses and chariots. And he went up and besieged Samaria and fought against it.
At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob,
Both rider and horse were cast into a dead sleep.
Its arrows are sharp and all its bows are bent;
The hoofs of its horses seem like flint and its chariot wheels like a whirlwind.
“Behold, he goes up like clouds,
And his chariots like the whirlwind;
His horses are swifter than eagles.
Woe to us, for we are ruined!”
Go up, you horses, and drive madly, you chariots,
That the mighty men may march forward:
Ethiopia and Put, that handle the shield,
And the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.
“With you I shatter the horse and his rider,
And with you I shatter the chariot and its rider,
I will turn you about and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them splendidly attired, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them wielding swords;
“Their horses are swifter than leopards
And keener than wolves in the evening.
Their horsemen come galloping,
Their horsemen come from afar;
They fly like an eagle swooping down to devour.
Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid because of them, for tomorrow at this time I will deliver all of them slain before Israel; you shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.”
Joshua did to them as the Lord had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.
David captured from him 1,700 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers; and David hamstrung the chariot horses, but reserved enough of them for 100 chariots.
David took from him 1,000 chariots and 7,000 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers, and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved enough of them for 100 chariots.
“It will be in that day,” declares the Lord,
“That I will cut off your horses from among you
And destroy your chariots.
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help
And rely on horses,
And trust in chariots because they are many
And in horsemen because they are very strong,
But they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the Lord!
Moreover, he shall not multiply horses for himself, nor shall he cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses, since the Lord has said to you, ‘You shall never again return that way.’
Some boast in chariots and some in horses,
But we will boast in the name of the Lord, our God.
A horse is a false hope for victory;
Nor does it deliver anyone by its great strength.
He does not delight in the strength of the horse;
He does not take pleasure in the legs of a man.
He said, “This will be the procedure of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and place them for himself in his chariots and among his horsemen and they will run before his chariots.
Now it came about after this that Absalom provided for himself a chariot and horses and fifty men as runners before him.
For if you men will indeed perform this thing, then kings will enter the gates of this house, sitting in David’s place on his throne, riding in chariots and on horses, even the king himself and his servants and his people.
So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them food in exchange for the horses and the flocks and the herds and the donkeys; and he fed them with food in exchange for all their livestock that year.
Solomon had 40,000 stalls of horses for his chariots, and 12,000 horsemen.
and all the storage cities which Solomon had, even the cities for his chariots and the cities for his horsemen, and all that it pleased Solomon to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land under his rule.
They brought every man his gift, articles of silver and gold, garments, weapons, spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year. Now Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; and he had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, and he stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.
Solomon amassed chariots and horsemen. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, and he stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king at Jerusalem.
Their land has also been filled with silver and gold
And there is no end to their treasures;
Their land has also been filled with horses
And there is no end to their chariots.
So Naaman came with his horses and his chariots and stood at the doorway of the house of Elisha.
Then they brought him on horses and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.
Then they brought him on horses and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.
“When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs,
A train of donkeys, a train of camels,
Let him pay close attention, very close attention.”
Then they shall bring all your brethren from all the nations as a grain offering to the Lord, on horses, in chariots, in litters, on mules and on camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the Lord, “just as the sons of Israel bring their grain offering in a clean vessel to the house of the Lord.
Do not be as the horse or as the mule which have no understanding,
Whose trappings include bit and bridle to hold them in check,
Otherwise they will not come near to you.
‘Because of your raging against Me,
And because your arrogance has come up to My ears,
Therefore I will put My hook in your nose,
And My bridle in your lips,
And I will turn you back by the way which you came.
His breath is like an overflowing torrent,
Which reaches to the neck,
To shake the nations back and forth in a sieve,
And to put in the jaws of the peoples the bridle which leads to ruin.
“Because of your raging against Me
And because your arrogance has come up to My ears,
Therefore I will put My hook in your nose
And My bridle in your lips,
And I will turn you back by the way which you came.
And the wine press was trodden outside the city, and blood came out from the wine press, up to the horses’ bridles, for a distance of two hundred miles.
For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well. Now if we put the bits into the horses’ mouths so that they will obey us, we direct their entire body as well.
And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war.
When Elisha became sick with the illness of which he was to die, Joash the king of Israel came down to him and wept over him and said, “My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!”
Grain for bread is crushed,
Indeed, he does not continue to thresh it forever.
Because the wheel of his cart and his horses eventually damage it,
He does not thresh it longer.
Their appearance is like the appearance of horses;
And like war horses, so they run.
But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? Then they repented and said, ‘As the Lord of hosts purposed to do to us in accordance with our ways and our deeds, so He has dealt with us.’”’” On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah the prophet, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, as follows: I saw at night, and behold, a man was riding on a red horse, and he was standing among the myrtle trees which were in the ravine, with red, sorrel and white horses behind him.
Then I saw when the Lamb broke one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, “Come.” I looked, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer. When He broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come.”read more.
And another, a red horse, went out; and to him who sat on it, it was granted to take peace from the earth, and that men would slay one another; and a great sword was given to him. When He broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, “Come.” I looked, and behold, a black horse; and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. And I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not damage the oil and the wine.” When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come.” I looked, and behold, an ashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.
And this is how I saw in the vision the horses and those who sat on them: the riders had breastplates the color of fire and of hyacinth and of brimstone; and the heads of the horses are like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths proceed fire and smoke and brimstone.
And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on white horses.
As they were going along and talking, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire and horses of fire which separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind to heaven.
Then Elisha prayed and said, “O Lord, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.” And the Lord opened the servant’s eyes and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
For the Lord had caused the army of the Arameans to hear a sound of chariots and a sound of horses, even the sound of a great army, so that they said to one another, “Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.”
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Agriculture or husbandry » Beasts used in » Horses
Indeed, he does not continue to thresh it forever.
Because the wheel of his cart and his horses eventually
He does not thresh it longer.
Animals » Names of » Horses
And
And trust in chariots because they are many
And in horsemen because they are very strong,
But they do not
He did away with the horses which the kings of Judah had given to the
Whose trappings include bit and bridle to hold them in check,
Otherwise they will not come near to you.
Chariots » Drawn by » Horses
“Now,
Commerce » Articles of » Horses
and cinnamon and
A chariot
Those from
Horses » Colors of, mentioned » White
I looked, and behold, a
I saw at night, and behold, a man was riding on a
with the third chariot
Horses » Colors of, mentioned » Red
I saw at night, and behold, a man was riding on a
With the first chariot were
And another,
Horses » Described as » Swift
And
Their
Their horsemen come from afar;
They fly like an
Therefore you shall flee!
“And we will ride on swift horses,”
Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift.
And his
His horses are
Woe to us, for
Horses » Illustrative of » Beauty of the church
And I will punish the
For the Lord of hosts has
And will make them like His majestic horse in battle.
Horses » Sold in fairs and markets
and cinnamon and
Those from
Horses » Numbers of, kept for war
Blow a trumpet among the nations!
Consecrate the nations against her,
Summon against her the
Appoint a marshal against her,
Bring up the
Because of the multitude of his
Horses » Colors of, mentioned » Grisled
with the third chariot
with one of which the black horses are going forth to the
Horses » Colors of, mentioned » Black
With the first chariot were
with one of which the black horses are going forth to the
Horses » Colors of, mentioned » Bay
with the third chariot
When the strong ones went out, they
Horses » Used for » Conveying posts, &c
He wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king’s signet ring, and sent letters by couriers on
Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and he saw the company of Jehu as he came, and said, "I see a company." And Joram said, "Take a horseman and send him to meet them and let him say, 'Is it peace?'" So a horseman went to meet him and said, "Thus says the king, 'Is it peace?'" And Jehu said, "What have you to do with peace? Turn behind me." And the watchman reported, "The messenger came to them, but he did not return." Then he sent out a second horseman, who came to them and said, "Thus says the king, 'Is it peace?'" And Jehu answered, "What have you to do with peace? Turn behind me."
Horses » Kings and princes rode on
the
let them bring a royal robe which the king has worn, and the horse on which the king has ridden, and on whose head a royal crown has been placed; and let the robe and the horse be handed over to one of the king's most noble princes and let them array the man whom the king desires to honor and lead him on horseback through the city square, and proclaim before him, 'Thus it shall be done to the man whom the king desires to honor.'" Then the king said to Haman, "Take quickly the robes and the horse as you have said, and do so for Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the king's gate; do not fall short in anything of all that you have said." read more.
So Haman took the robe and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and led him on horseback through the city square, and proclaimed before him, "Thus it shall be done to the man whom the king desires to honor."
Horses » Often suffered » In battle
And with you I shatter the
I will
Horses » Used for » Mounting calvary
Then
Now the Philistines assembled to fight with Israel, 30,000 chariots and 6,000 horsemen, and
Horses » Fed on grain and herbs
Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs of water and to all the valleys; perhaps we will find grass and keep the horses and mules alive, and not
ten fat oxen, twenty
Horses » Described as » Strong
Nor does it deliver anyone by its great strength.
He
Horses » The jews » Condemned for trusting to
Therefore you shall flee!
“And we will ride on swift horses,”
Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift.
And their
So the Lord will
And
And he who is helped will fall,
And all of them will come to an end together.
Horses » Used for » Drawing chariots
O inhabitant of
She was the beginning of sin
To the daughter of Zion—
Because in you were found
The
With the first chariot were
Horses » Used for » Bearing burdens
Horses » Loud snorting of, alluded to
At the sound of the neighing of his
The whole land quakes;
For they come and
The city and its inhabitants.
Horses » Described as » Warlike in disposition
He
They have spoken what is not right;
Saying, ‘What have I done?’
Everyone turned to his course,
Like a
Horses » Vanity of trusting to
Nor does it deliver anyone by its great strength.
The swift of foot will not escape,
Nor will he who rides the
Horses » Governed by bit and bridle
Whose trappings include bit and bridle to hold them in check,
Otherwise they will not come near to you.
Now
Horses » Described as » Fierce and impetuous
He
And he does not stand still at the voice of the trumpet.
Horses » Described as » Fearless
And he does not turn back from the sword.
Inscriptions » Holiness » to the lord » Engraved » Horses » Bells
In that day there will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, “
Kings » Forbidden to multiply » Horses
Protection » Not to be found in » Horses
Nor does it deliver anyone by its great strength.
But
Topics on Horses
Acquiring Horses
Deuteronomy 17:16Riding Horses
Nahum 3:3
Swords flashing,
And
They stumble over
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